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Friday, August 11th, 2006
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11:08a - A Song of Flying and Liquids
George RR Martin him of the thick, and critically applauded, fantasy book fame has a livejournal. Yes, it really is his, it's linked from his official site. Yes, it's really a livejournal and not a feed. So he can both receive and reply to comments.
He created it a while ago to be able to discuss things that didn't fit in on his official, mostly about the books, homepage.
The latest post opens with:
The news coming out of England this morning is depressing, and the reactions to it scary. I am glad that Parris returned home from Ireland on Monday, else she might be caught up in the madness at Heathrow. I am of course pleased that the British caught a bunch of terrorists, and look forward to seeing them tried, and the evidence of their plots (these liquid explosives and electronic triggers) brought forward in a court of law, but I am aghast at the "security" measures that are now being taken in the wake of those arrests.
Aaaaand, of course, there are a few wankers. Not so many, granted, but I think this one is good enough for three
Please keep any kind of political opinions to yourself . You are a great author and cannot wait to read "Dance of Dragons". But when you start rambling on and on about your political viewpoints and put down those around us who are trying to keep us safe well ut leaves a bad taste in my mouth among others.Just write good books and let proper agencies take care of the world problems O.K.?
- anon
GRRM comes back with a ( verbal bitchslap )
Further,
George, you are a phenomenal writer, but please spare me the knee jerk reactions and do your research.
An anon brings up ( global warming )
And we get people who want more racial profiling and a mini-wank in that thread...
Small, but may get bigger. Refreshingly good spelling as well except in my report
current mood: Holier-than-thou (227 comments |comment on this)
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