# A Song of Ice and Fire \[Warning: some spoilers unboxed\]

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 8, 2009, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-song-of-ice-and-fire-warning-some-spoilers-unboxed/484912 "2009-02-08T08:45:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![YamatoTwinkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/cc9497/32.png) [@YamatoTwinkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YamatoTwinkie)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-song-of-ice-and-fire-warning-some-spoilers-unboxed/484912/81 "2009-02-13T16:53:07Z")

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> [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](#):
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> Wasn’t iron protection against the undead (can’t remember what they were called)? Or am I making that up?

Would be pretty convenient if it was, as steel is mostly iron. I believe it was obsidian , however.

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**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-song-of-ice-and-fire-warning-some-spoilers-unboxed/484912/82 "2009-02-13T16:59:50Z")

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> [@YamatoTwinkie](#):
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> Would be pretty convenient if it was, as steel is mostly iron. I believe it was obsidian , however.

Yup, sure was. I’m just reading about the Black’s march back to the Wall and steel sure didn’t do anything against the Others. And fire works best against the Wights

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-song-of-ice-and-fire-warning-some-spoilers-unboxed/484912/83 "2009-02-13T17:50:24Z")

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> [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](#):
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> Yep. Year and month.
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> I’m going for October, 2009. I’m optimistic.

September 2010, then. Hope I’m proven wrong when it comes out two weeks from now. 😃

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**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-song-of-ice-and-fire-warning-some-spoilers-unboxed/484912/84 "2009-02-13T17:53:20Z")

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Put me down for May 2010. I think he’s going to miss the deadline to have it out by September of this year, but I’m hoping he won’t miss it by THAT much.

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