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    #32
    Witcher
    Registered Users Posts: 14,432 ✭✭✭✭Witcher


    GerB40 wrote: »
    Would I need to read Dunk and Egg to understand The World of Ice and Fire? I've read neither but I plan on reading both..

    No ya wouldn't, the D&E period is only a tiny part of the time it covers.

    There are just some mentions of characters etc. that you'll come across in the D&E's.

    There are some minor spoilers in TWOIAF for the first D&E so consider that if you're going to read it first.


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    #33
    GerB40
    Registered Users Posts: 2,047 ✭✭✭GerB40


    Blay wrote: »
    No ya wouldn't, the D&E period is only a tiny part of the time it covers.

    There are just some mentions of characters etc. that you'll come across in the D&E's.

    There are some minor spoilers in TWOIAF for the first D&E so consider that if you're going to read it first.

    You made my mind up for me, Dunk and Egg it is.. Nice one bud.


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    #34
    Son0vagun
    Registered Users Posts: 1,297 ✭✭✭Son0vagun


    GerB40 wrote: »
    You made my mind up for me, Dunk and Egg it is.. Nice one bud.

    I loved D&E, really enjoyable insight into Westeros when it was full of Targaryens! AWoIaF won't spoil D&E but it does have major spoilers to the eventual conclusion of The Tales, which at the moment are still unreleased by GRRM.


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    #35
    Thargor
    Registered Users Posts: 17,865 ✭✭✭✭Thargor


    There are 2 other novellas you should read after Dunk and Egg aswell:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Princess_and_the_Queen

    and

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rogue_Prince

    Both good, not as good as ASOIAF imo but definitely worth a read.


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    #36
    Sugar Free
    Registered Users Posts: 1,639 ✭✭✭Sugar Free


    Very enjoyable read so far. Really helped put together in my head all the feckin Targaryen kings.

    Some great artwork as well, especially the inside back cover of the Battle of the Trident (which correctly shows Robert and Rhaegar fighting on horseback) and inside front cover depicting Dragonstone.


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    #37
    podgemonster
    Registered Users Posts: 2,228 ✭✭✭podgemonster


    Bought it yesterday €18. The artwork is fantastic especially the dragon stuff.

    Balerion the black dread was monstrous.


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    #38
    Hibbeler
    Registered Users Posts: 541 ✭✭✭Hibbeler


    Quick question, I've yet to read any of the Dunk & Egg stories or the 2 recent princess and the queen and the rogue prince stories but I do intend on reading them probably before I look at a world of ice and fire.

    What I was wondering is can I buy the D&B stories as standalone books or do I have to buy the anthologies that they are contained within? Is this the same for the princess and the queen and the rogue prince?


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    #39
    Son0vagun
    Registered Users Posts: 1,297 ✭✭✭Son0vagun


    Hibbeler wrote: »
    Quick question, I've yet to read any of the Dunk & Egg stories or the 2 recent princess and the queen and the rogue prince stories but I do intend on reading them probably before I look at a world of ice and fire.

    What I was wondering is can I buy the D&B stories as standalone books or do I have to buy the anthologies that they are contained within? Is this the same for the princess and the queen and the rogue prince?

    Yes you can only get D&E in anthologies, same as The Queen & The Princess and The Rogue Prince. However you can find the first two D&E in comic book form, they are beautiful versions.

    But you don't have to have read them to enjoy The World of Ice & Fire. TWoIAF contains a different POV of The Queen & The Princess, which is interesting.


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    #40
    GerB40
    Registered Users Posts: 2,047 ✭✭✭GerB40


    Son0vagun wrote: »
    Yes you can only get D&E in anthologies, same as The Queen & The Princess and The Rogue Prince. However you can find the first two D&E in comic book form, they are beautiful versions.

    But you don't have to have read them to enjoy The World of Ice & Fire. TWoIAF contains a different POV of The Queen & The Princess, which is interesting.

    I'm not sure of the legality of what I'm about to say but surely there must be somewhere online one could read the material pertaining only to GRRMs work. It seems unfair that I have to buy whole books just read certain chapters that I'm interested in.

    With ebooks and the like all over the net surely somebody would've released the relevant chapters from Dunk & Egg, The Queen & The Princess and The Rogue Prince..

    Does anyone know if such a thing exists? Or if it's even legal??


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    #41
    Son0vagun
    Registered Users Posts: 1,297 ✭✭✭Son0vagun


    GerB40 wrote: »
    I'm not sure of the legality of what I'm about to say but surely there must be somewhere online one could read the material pertaining only to GRRMs work. It seems unfair that I have to buy whole books just read certain chapters that I'm interested in.

    With ebooks and the like all over the net surely somebody would've released the relevant chapters from Dunk & Egg, The Queen & The Princess and The Rogue Prince..

    Does anyone know if such a thing exists? Or if it's even legal??

    Yes, it exists, Yes it's illegal.


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    #42
    GerB40
    Registered Users Posts: 2,047 ✭✭✭GerB40


    Son0vagun wrote: »
    Yes, it exists, Yes it's illegal.

    PM sent..


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