tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759789976253980784.post7837290585166880479..comments2023-10-25T04:48:34.609-04:00Comments on Claudie A.: The Most Horrible and Perfect Sentence of A Dance with DragonsClaudie A.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10726598163986994132noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759789976253980784.post-20951787726676766912011-07-23T10:09:42.367-04:002011-07-23T10:09:42.367-04:00Oh, sad. :( My comment didn't post...
I'...Oh, sad. :( My comment didn't post... <br /><br />I'm tempted to agree with Margo; I'm not sure if this is a description I necessarily WANT to get to. Alas, the first book is keeping my interest and I'm separated from the sentence in question by a good 4500 pages. :)TL Conwayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08831728300345220814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759789976253980784.post-77725601129064257232011-07-22T15:43:31.330-04:002011-07-22T15:43:31.330-04:00Back in my academic research days, I had the pleas...Back in my academic research days, I had the pleasure of reading a few 400-year-old manuscripts that were created by women. Specifically, they were collections of medical recipes ("receipts") for treating all kinds of things. The most horrifying thing I have ever read came from one of these books. It was a recipe for something called "Oil of Whelps." Yes, oil of puppies. <br /><br />The method for extracting the oil is about as gross as your horrible and perfect sentence. I don't remember what it was supposed to cure.Elizabeth Twisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03133959633383307056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759789976253980784.post-84801362880951730182011-07-22T15:20:09.882-04:002011-07-22T15:20:09.882-04:00It's a very bleak description, but does commun...It's a very bleak description, but does communicate a certain derelict condition. How low do you have to go to start eating half-cooked puppies. Almost sounds as bad as McCarthy's The Road -- which I loved. :)<br /><br />Thanks for no spoilers. I still haven't started book two yet. Soon. TBR pile is teetering.Luanne G. Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15762881276976395955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759789976253980784.post-22599950138242619542011-07-22T13:16:26.284-04:002011-07-22T13:16:26.284-04:00Okay...that's an image I could have done witho...Okay...that's an image I could have done without, and more reason not to pick the series back up.Margo Lerwillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00773653995392669855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759789976253980784.post-34736911292574395622011-07-22T13:12:00.563-04:002011-07-22T13:12:00.563-04:00*grins*
*forced* is not exactly the word I'd...*grins* <br /><br />*forced* is not exactly the word I'd use ;) It was on my desk, all nice and beautiful and heavy and I couldn't help myself but to flip the first page.<br />I was doomed :) <br /><br />I agree though, G.R.R Martin's settings are just perfectly grim not to spare you and that quote sounds powerful enough to me :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com