GRRM has posted a new sample from ADWD on his website. This sample is the first Tyrion chapter. You can read it here:
http://www.georgerrmartin.com/chapter.html
Thursday, June 01, 2006
Synopsis of GRRM reading at MARCON - ADWD
CAUTION: This post contains spoilers for the upcoming novel A Dance with Dragons. If you try to avoid spoilers, then skip this post. You have been warned.
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Sorry if this is kind of jumbled, but I’m typing from memory the reading from MARCON in Columbus on 5/27/06. This is the first Jon chapter in ADWD, and has been re-written several times since it was last read (according to GRRM). It takes place very soon after the last Jon chapter in ASOS. I didn’t take notes so this is all from memory.
The chapter starts with Jon having wolf dreams about Ghost. Ghost is reminiscing about his pack brother and sisters. He knows that Summer is on the other side of the Wall. He also knows that Grey Wind was killed.
Jon wakes up thinking that the wolf dreams are getting worse. He admonishes himself to remember that he is a man and will not be a wolf. Dolorous Edd comes in to ask him what he would like for breakfast as Jon is scolding the Old Bear’s raven. The raven answers, “Corn, Corn Corn”, and Jon says “Roasted raven”. (Many laughs by the audience at this).
Jon tells Dolorous Edd that he won’t have time for breakfast because he needs to talk to Stannis. Jon toys with a piece of parchment that would make him Lord Stark of Winterfell. Jon goes through the training yard on his way to see Stannis. A knight called Gadre (sp?) asks Jon to go a round with him. We learn that Gadre slayed a giant in the battle under the wall. Jon tells him he fears he has other matters to attend to and the knight taunts him by saying “Yes, you fear”. Jon ignores him and continues on to Stannis.
Jon passes Sam on his way to see Stannis. Sam is relaying a message for Stannis and tells Jon he’s not supposed to tell anyone what it says. Jon says he shouldn’t then and continues on.
Jon and Stannis have a long conversation: Stannis mentions that Jon has refused his offer to become Lord Stark and warns him that Winterfell will go to the Lannisters through Sansa (of course we know Jon has refused, but he still has the paper that would make it happen). Stannis then talks about the northern lords that have refused to acknowledge him as their rightful king. Only the Karstarks have agreed to join Stannis. Jon thinks this is because they have nowhere else to turn since Robb killed Lord Rickard and they slew Lannisters. Jon warns Stannis not to push the northern lords since they are just trying to protect their smallfolk from more bloodshed.
Stannis then tries to get Jon to give him the unmanned castles along the Wall for his own lords and knights as rewards for fighting Mance. Jon refuses and says that he has given them clothes, food and shelter. Stannis counters that the entire force at Castle Black would have been slain if he hadn’t arrived. Jon tells Stannis he knew that he was going to ask for the castles. Stannis asks him how, and Jon thinks because Stannis’s knights were boasting about it, but tells him he heard it from Gilly. Stannis says that maybe he should get rid of Gilly’s tongue since he only needs her teats, not her talk. Jon says that he is planning on sending her away anyway, and Stannis questions this since Mance’s son still needs the milk. Jon explains that Gilly’s son is too greedy and Mance’s son isn’t getting much anyway because of this, he also mentions that Gilly’s son is Craster’s son and that Craster was greedy. Stannis gets confused about Gilly’s son being Craster’s and Jon explains that Craster married his daughters and got children on them. Stannis tells him to go ahead and send Gilly away since he didn’t need those kinds of abominations around. He remarks, “This isn’t King’s Landing after all” (More laughter from the audience at this.
Jon still resists giving Stannis the castles and tells Stannis that he will man the castles again and requests that Stannis give him men to do so. Stannis says that his men won’t take the black. Jon says they can just take commands from his appointed officers and help. Stannis says that they won’t take orders from murderers, poachers, and thieves. Stannis threatens to take Jon’s head and see if the new Lord Commander will be more willing to give him what he wants. Jon said that he thought Stannis wanted the truth and mentions the Onion Knight. Stannis says that he took Davis’s fingers for being a smuggler. He says he would rather Jon tell him goods news than the truth (but we can tell that that’s not what Stannis really wants).
They start talking about Mance’s son and Dalla. Stannis is convinced that by holding them, the wildlings will do what he wants. Jon explains that wildlings do not consider the sons of kings as kings, only men strong enough to get them to follow. Stannis tells Jon he doesn’t know what he’s talking about. Jon thinks of Ygritte saying “You know nothing, Jon Snow,” and thinks “Not then, but I learned”. He doesn’t respond to this comment by Stannis out loud. Stannis was hoping to give Rattleshirt and the Magnar a couple of the Wall’s castles. Eventually Stannis gets mad enough to tell Jon to get out. Melisandre asks him if she can escort Jon back to his quarters. Stannis says that he knows the way, but she can do what she likes.
Mel tells Jon that she thinks Stannis is starting to like him, and he replies, “Yes. He only threatened to have my head twice”. Mel tells him that he shouldn’t worry about Stannis talking to him about that, it’s a silent Stannis he should worry about. She asks him not to be harsh with her since she is trying to be his friend. She then tells him he has other enemies she’s seen in the flames. He tells her he knows his enemies and she says that it’s not the ones he knows, it’s the ones he counts as friends that he should worry about. Jon doesn’t want to know who she is talking about, and starts asking her why she can’t see more useful things in the flames. She tells him that she has seen him cold and surrounded by enemies on all sides in the snow. He says he knows what it’s like to be cold, and she says “You know nothing Jon Snow”.
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Sorry if this is kind of jumbled, but I’m typing from memory the reading from MARCON in Columbus on 5/27/06. This is the first Jon chapter in ADWD, and has been re-written several times since it was last read (according to GRRM). It takes place very soon after the last Jon chapter in ASOS. I didn’t take notes so this is all from memory.
The chapter starts with Jon having wolf dreams about Ghost. Ghost is reminiscing about his pack brother and sisters. He knows that Summer is on the other side of the Wall. He also knows that Grey Wind was killed.
Jon wakes up thinking that the wolf dreams are getting worse. He admonishes himself to remember that he is a man and will not be a wolf. Dolorous Edd comes in to ask him what he would like for breakfast as Jon is scolding the Old Bear’s raven. The raven answers, “Corn, Corn Corn”, and Jon says “Roasted raven”. (Many laughs by the audience at this).
Jon tells Dolorous Edd that he won’t have time for breakfast because he needs to talk to Stannis. Jon toys with a piece of parchment that would make him Lord Stark of Winterfell. Jon goes through the training yard on his way to see Stannis. A knight called Gadre (sp?) asks Jon to go a round with him. We learn that Gadre slayed a giant in the battle under the wall. Jon tells him he fears he has other matters to attend to and the knight taunts him by saying “Yes, you fear”. Jon ignores him and continues on to Stannis.
Jon passes Sam on his way to see Stannis. Sam is relaying a message for Stannis and tells Jon he’s not supposed to tell anyone what it says. Jon says he shouldn’t then and continues on.
Jon and Stannis have a long conversation: Stannis mentions that Jon has refused his offer to become Lord Stark and warns him that Winterfell will go to the Lannisters through Sansa (of course we know Jon has refused, but he still has the paper that would make it happen). Stannis then talks about the northern lords that have refused to acknowledge him as their rightful king. Only the Karstarks have agreed to join Stannis. Jon thinks this is because they have nowhere else to turn since Robb killed Lord Rickard and they slew Lannisters. Jon warns Stannis not to push the northern lords since they are just trying to protect their smallfolk from more bloodshed.
Stannis then tries to get Jon to give him the unmanned castles along the Wall for his own lords and knights as rewards for fighting Mance. Jon refuses and says that he has given them clothes, food and shelter. Stannis counters that the entire force at Castle Black would have been slain if he hadn’t arrived. Jon tells Stannis he knew that he was going to ask for the castles. Stannis asks him how, and Jon thinks because Stannis’s knights were boasting about it, but tells him he heard it from Gilly. Stannis says that maybe he should get rid of Gilly’s tongue since he only needs her teats, not her talk. Jon says that he is planning on sending her away anyway, and Stannis questions this since Mance’s son still needs the milk. Jon explains that Gilly’s son is too greedy and Mance’s son isn’t getting much anyway because of this, he also mentions that Gilly’s son is Craster’s son and that Craster was greedy. Stannis gets confused about Gilly’s son being Craster’s and Jon explains that Craster married his daughters and got children on them. Stannis tells him to go ahead and send Gilly away since he didn’t need those kinds of abominations around. He remarks, “This isn’t King’s Landing after all” (More laughter from the audience at this.
Jon still resists giving Stannis the castles and tells Stannis that he will man the castles again and requests that Stannis give him men to do so. Stannis says that his men won’t take the black. Jon says they can just take commands from his appointed officers and help. Stannis says that they won’t take orders from murderers, poachers, and thieves. Stannis threatens to take Jon’s head and see if the new Lord Commander will be more willing to give him what he wants. Jon said that he thought Stannis wanted the truth and mentions the Onion Knight. Stannis says that he took Davis’s fingers for being a smuggler. He says he would rather Jon tell him goods news than the truth (but we can tell that that’s not what Stannis really wants).
They start talking about Mance’s son and Dalla. Stannis is convinced that by holding them, the wildlings will do what he wants. Jon explains that wildlings do not consider the sons of kings as kings, only men strong enough to get them to follow. Stannis tells Jon he doesn’t know what he’s talking about. Jon thinks of Ygritte saying “You know nothing, Jon Snow,” and thinks “Not then, but I learned”. He doesn’t respond to this comment by Stannis out loud. Stannis was hoping to give Rattleshirt and the Magnar a couple of the Wall’s castles. Eventually Stannis gets mad enough to tell Jon to get out. Melisandre asks him if she can escort Jon back to his quarters. Stannis says that he knows the way, but she can do what she likes.
Mel tells Jon that she thinks Stannis is starting to like him, and he replies, “Yes. He only threatened to have my head twice”. Mel tells him that he shouldn’t worry about Stannis talking to him about that, it’s a silent Stannis he should worry about. She asks him not to be harsh with her since she is trying to be his friend. She then tells him he has other enemies she’s seen in the flames. He tells her he knows his enemies and she says that it’s not the ones he knows, it’s the ones he counts as friends that he should worry about. Jon doesn’t want to know who she is talking about, and starts asking her why she can’t see more useful things in the flames. She tells him that she has seen him cold and surrounded by enemies on all sides in the snow. He says he knows what it’s like to be cold, and she says “You know nothing Jon Snow”.
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