62: The Pig is Chekhov's Gun

Published: Oct. 23, 2011, 10:15 p.m.

b'We discuss \\u201cA Dance With Dragons,\\u201d the latest 1000-page installment in George R.R. Martin\\u2019s bestselling \\u201cSong of Ice and Fire\\u201d fantasy series. Is this series going to end well? Which parts of this book were good, and which just treaded water? Would adding Klingons have helped? Why are trees the Westeros equivalent of security cameras? These are the sorts of questions you ask deep in the middle of a long fantasy series.'