I just bought the first season of the HBO show game of thrones and also a paper back copy of the book..what is reddits recommendation. Read book…
15 votes, 12 comments. I watched the show several times but recently I started hear the audio book version and I am mind blown, the show just…
Hey all! I'm a huge fan of the Game of Thrones series, and I have not read the books. Yet. I received all 5 A Song of Ice and Fire books as a…
Lord of the Rings. Tolkien basically took a scholar's approach to myth, history, and language, and wrote the book that would birth the modern medieval fantasy genre. Game of Thrones has a more grounded and gritty slant to it, but still owes much to Tolkien.
The show lets us see things we can't in the books due to the nature of TV, where you can follow most everyone, vs. The books where you're bound to perspective characters. But the books let us see through the eyes of characters, rather than just outside looking in, which can feel more visceral and give you a deeper understanding of the characters.
They know their history, after a fashion. They know that every time the King beyond the wall has invaded the 7 kingdoms, they get slaughtered and driven back. They are choosing to fight and maybe, this time it will be different, because if they stay, they will die a cold, brutal death.
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