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Finished reading Dying of the Light yesterday. It was very good, powerful themes, beautiful ideas, dark and nostalgic in an inspirationnal way.
It reminded me of CS Friedman's In Conquest Born : both describe a very harsh and implacable society that we should hate but are too interesting and fascinating for us to. I liked some of the stuff in the small details, the whisperjewels, the subtility of the characters, the fact we are never told when Garse tell us the story of Vicary's heroes, but we can guess it by looking at his name...
One of the thing I love the most with Martin's writing, of course, is his ambiguity. There's no moral manicheism, ever with him. There's people and they all have their own values, their ideals, their own justifications. And they come into conflict. Can't have all of them. Can't have love, and honour, and compassion, and loyalty, and justice, and peacefulness. Not at the same time. That's true in A song of ice and fire as much as in this book.
And also, I love how the book is well named. It's all about how we act, what decisions we take, what meaning we gives, in front of the dark emptiness.
They are things to be criticized too. This was his first book, I heared, and it doesn't go as smoothly as others of him. But it's a very good book.

EDIT : Besides how can I not love a book who has the first template for my sweet Sandor ? Yeah Bretan's a rather minor character in Dying of the Light, but he's got the look, the voice, and cynism and the intensity. Thought, he's not as cool as the Hound yet ;)

On another topic altogether, all those personality tests, gawked from iichan and shisakura and shineko

Global Personality Test Results

Sensate (40%) moderately low which suggests you are not very empathetic, sensitive, or considerate of others. Intellectual (56%) moderately high which suggests you tend to be internally motivated, self seeking, and independent. Assertive (60%) moderately high which suggests you are proactive, direct, competitive, and intense.

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INTP - "Architect". Greatest precision in thought and language. Can readily discern contradictions and inconsistencies. The world exists primarily to be understood. 3.3% of total population.

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Conscious self	Overall self

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Enneagram Test Results Type 1 Perfectionism |||||||||| 33% Type 2 Helpfulness |||||||||||| 46% Type 3 Image Awareness |||||||||| 36% Type 4 Sensitivity |||||||||||||||| 66% Type 5 Detachment |||||||||||||||||| 76% Type 6 Anxiety |||||||||||||| 53% Type 7 Adventurousness |||||||||||||||| 70% Type 8 Aggressiveness |||||||||||||||| 63% Type 9 Calmness |||||||||||| 50% Your Conscious-Surface type is 5w4 Your Unconscious-Overall type is 6w7

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Big Five Test Results

Extroversion (66%) moderately high which suggests you are talkative, optimistic, sociable and affectionate but possibly not very internally grounded. Friendliness (58%) moderately high which suggests you are good natured, trusting, and helpful but possibly too agreeable Orderliness (38%) moderately low which suggests you tend to be unreliable, lazy, careless, and unmotivated. Emotional Stability (34%) moderately low which suggests you are worrying, insecure, emotional, and nervous. Openmindedness (68%) moderately high which suggests you are intellectual, curious, imaginative but possibly not very practical.

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Oh, and happy birthday miss_rynn !

Comments

[ripedecay.livejournal.com]

The tags, my dear ^^;; They seem to be screwed up along the top somewhere ^^;;

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

Fixed !

thanks :)

[ripedecay.livejournal.com]

*giggles* You're welcome! <3

[miss-rynn.livejournal.com]

Thankyou!