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So Varys explained that his main goal in the kingdom is peace and he’d rather have peace under the Lannisters than war under the Starks which is a surprisingly principled position assuming, of course, he’s telling the truth. This is the problem with important speeches being given by someone else. Each individual is more or less a reliable narrator for his or her POV but when someone else comes in the room and gives a speech involving someone else’s goals, the odds that they’re lying (or, at the very least, keeping some cards very close to their chest) is spectacularly high. In addition, Jon Snow found out his boss’s last name and Robb Stark got engaged to one of Walder Frey’s kids. (I admit to finding Walder Frey to be feisty.)

So… what are you reading?

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  1. I’m a couple hundred pages ahead of you. I’m nice so I won’t tell whats happening. : )

  3. How well is his plan for “peace under the Lannisters” working out?

    “assuming, of course, he’s telling the truth”
    A likely story.

    My opinion of Varys, but sufficiently informed by subsequent events to qualify as potential Dance spoilers even though no specific events are revealed:
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    Currently, I’m rereading Pandora’s Star by Peter Hamilton and reading The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie.

    • I understand what he’s going for and why. I am pretty sure that he won’t succeed. But, for the record, given his job and what we know about him so far, I can see why he’s backing the horse he’s backing.

      That said, I don’t know why anybody would want to be king. Well, actually, the main reason I can see behind wanting to be the king would be “so someone else isn’t the king”.

  4. I’m reading a book called Judging a Book by Its Lover. As books to read while sick go, it is aces.

  5. Just finished Consider Phlebas, Banks’s first (and my first) Culture novel. Sense of wonder, thrills, actions to the Nth degree, plus some well-drawn characters and damned fine writing. And the consensus is that the series only gets better.

    Off-topic, I ran across the Toccata and Fugue in D minor (the one from Fantasia), with the notes visualized. The fugue starts at about 2:50 in, and if you’ve ever wondered what makes it a fugue, it’s that same theme (shape) being re-introduced all over the place.

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