Game of Thrones

[Irving]

That's right thanks. If you just go to the Wiki page, you can get a great reminder without having to read the books again.

I'm going into my crawl space tonight to dig the books out tonight. I'll either read them again, read them to my fiance, or have them ready in case any of my friends want to read them.

My top 5 list of all time favorite books/series goes like this, in no particular order:

1. Mistborn
2. Song of Ice and Fire
3. Harry Potter
4.
5.

If anyone is on the fence about whether they want to read this series, I can't say enough good things about it.

[GoldFinger]

That's right thanks. If you just go to the Wiki page, you can get a great reminder without having to read the books again.

I'm going into my crawl space tonight to dig the books out tonight. I'll either read them again, read them to my fiance, or have them ready in case any of my friends want to read them.

My top 5 list of all time favorite books/series goes like this, in no particular order:

1. Mistborn
2. Song of Ice and Fire
3. Harry Potter
4.
5.

If anyone is on the fence about whether they want to read this series, I can't say enough good things about it.

I haven't head of Mistborn, but I'll have to check it out. Song of Firen and Ice is definitely #1 on my list, though.

Thanks for the lead on that one.

[Irving]

Brandon Sanderson is the author. He is brand new and awesome. I've talked about the series/author before in the book section.

As far as Game of Thrones though, knowing what I know, I know that my fiance is going to seriously love/hate the series and will probably be angry for days after certain parts. Oh George R.R. Martin, you wily rascal!

[Irving]

So who is still watching? We're still enjoying the series, but they are doing things differently than I would prefer. Alas, I understand why they are making the changes that they are making. At this point, if there are say 12 scenes in an episode, perhaps only 4 of those scenes actually happen in the book Game of Thrones. Many of the interactions with the characters may have happened during the time line of Game of Thrones, but you don't actually hear about them until book 2, 3 or even 4. Despite having made up character interactions that don't specifically follow the book, they've done so in the spirit of the book, and only to help flesh out the plot, and the characters for those who've not read the books.

I dug all my books out of my crawl space because I figured one friend or another would want to read them. It only took about two days of me looking at them stacked up next to my bed before I started reading them again. Now I'm about 170 pages in Clash of Kings (book 2). I've got book 5 (to be released in July, finally) on order.

So who's still watching? Any questions on what the heck is going on?

[patrick0685]

Im still watching, actually watched the last episode last night, I also started reading the book and have finished the first and am waiting on my wife for the second, its been pretty good I think

[Beprepared]

I'm 3/4's through with the first book. Don't have HBO and won't watch the series till video. Pretty good read so far. I jumped to the end of this thread, if I read from the beginning, will their be any plot spoilers?

[Irving]

There shouldn't be any plot spoilers in this thread that I can remember. I do have one major complaint about this last episode (Episode 6) but I can't say anything about it, without it being a plot spoiler for people reading the books.

[theGinsue]

I don't have HBO so I'll be missing this series like so many other good ones that have only been shown on the premium channels.

I was @ Banres & Noble last weekend and really gave Game of Thrones a strong look but wasn't sure it was my kind of story. I take it that most of you would really recommend this book?

[Irving]

Don't let the genre dissuade you. A good story is a good story. In this case, it's a great story.

[Irving]

Only one episode left for this season. I loved reading the responses of the people who didn't read the books, and in some cases don't even know this is based on a book, after last night's episode. I laughed myself to sleep about it.