Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2011 07:35:02 -0400 From: mark <whitroth at 5-cent.us> To: WSFA Official List <wsfa-forum at yahoogroups.com>, WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>, "gt-pfrc at ml.gt.org" <gt-pfrc at ml.gt.org> Subject: [WSFA] George RR Martin: Barbarians at the gate Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net> Excerpt: When does anticipation for a new book turn into something darker? For bestselling fantasy author George RR Martin, that point came when his fans =96 desperate for the next title in his hugely popular series A Song= of Ice and Fire =96 launched an unprecedented flood of online abuse, berating him for everything from going on book tours to watching football games, just in case the author, self-described as "60 years old = and fat", was to die before finishing his epic story. --- end excerpt --- <http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/apr/13/george-rr-martin-game-throne= s> mark -- I simply cannot believe that in life we get back what we dish out to others, because Bush and his warmongers and profiteers don't even have enough time left in their lifespans to go through what they're inflicting. - A. Feeney