Wow, what timing. I'm 2/3 through Game of Thrones right now, picked it up in the Myrtle Beach airport a week and a half ago on a parts run. I wasn't too sure when I picked it up but it sucked me right in. It seems more like it ought to be a couple books all by itself; I can hardly wait to get the rest. I may have to order them straight off Amazon. With as much time as I have to read nowadays, they ought to last for months!