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Luke Fleeman wrote:

5. There is some quote about "his is the song of ice and fire," so it can be Daenerys. And Snow would be Ice and fire.

Bingo..

That was the final nail in the coffin, but as I said all you have to do is step back while reading the first book and realize that Eddard Stark was to damn honourable to father a bastard and further, for his sister's sake and the Kingdom's sake was willing to piss off his new wife, so that the boy would not be killed by Robert's order..as would be the inevitable reaction by Robert to news that his bethrothed had lain with his arch enemy.

Concieveably, if Stark hadn't impunged his own honour by claiming Jon as a bastard, there may have been civil war between Stark and Robert..as Eddard made a promise to his sister to care for the boy and Robert would have wanted him dead.

So of course, with this in mind can we now guess who Jon will wind up marrying?

My guess would be Dany, the family does have something for marrying brother to sister.

I am quite amazed that no one has yet commented on who Jon Snow's real father is..heh..oops..spoilers..

After reading the whole series again prior to reading a feast for crows, I was struck how obvious the set-up was..its there in the first book if one just stands back objectively and reads (easier to do the 2nd time through).

One thing I like about Martin, he does reach out to his fans. I was very happy when he replied to an email I sent him.

He's in my top ten authors, not quiet up to Tolkien yet but definitely surged past Eddings, Fiest, Zahn and Erikson. Personally, I still prefer Turtledove over Martin cause Turtledove is a freaking writting machine, wheras Martin, is well, pacing himself.

I've been wondering about Jon Snow's father for some time now, I have my suspisions, but well that might be a spoiler, It seemed to be hinted at in Storm of Swords, though.

The next book needs to come out soon, I'm having serious withdrawls. My friends and family think I am insane that I drove to three different book stores with no air conditioning to find A Feast Of Crows, but I'm sure the rest of you know why.

There has been a lot of comment about how characters you used to hate becoming more likable, well, I've been finding that some characters I liked in the beginning I now can't stand, Martin is a character developement genius. I can't believe I ever really liked Robert Jordan.