Poll: Winter Is Coming - HBO's A Game of Thrones [READ WARNING]

[Meridian]

Brace yourself then as it's the worst out of all the books so far I'm afraid.

Which is not the same as saying it's a bad book: it's still better than 80% of the stuff listed in the Epic Fantasy thread for instance. The problem is that the book before it was so good it's difficult to see how it could possibly have measured up. Especially when you consider that it is meant to have a slower pace then the first three (and does).


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[Antar Bolaeisk]

I would be surprised if it got that far tbh.

Or maybe he'll finish it off with the series instead of the books

Don't, just don't!

There's meant to be what, three more books, A Dance with Dragons and two more. If he takes as long with the others as with A Dance with Dragons it could be 2023 before they're all finished whereas the series could potentially have caught up by 2017 (assuming A Dance with Dragons has actually been released by then).

(it's really weird using years like that in a real life sentence)

 

[Ed1982]

Woo!

A Dance with Dragons has a release date of 12th July!
http://www.georgerrmartin.com/if-update.html

Just enough time to re-read the whole series first....

 

[Zeroecho99]

Woo!

A Dance with Dragons has a release date of 12th July!
http://www.georgerrmartin.com/if-update.html

Just enough time to re-read the whole series first....

About bloody time!!

 

[Hostile_18]

About bloody time!!

Nice one, time for a re-read I think. The first half of book one should make more enjoyable reading now I don't have to get to grips with so many characters at once lol.

 

[Ed1982]

About bloody time!!

Yeah, let's hope he sticks to it though!

 

[Antar Bolaeisk]

Woo!

A Dance with Dragons has a release date of 12th July!
http://www.georgerrmartin.com/if-update.html

Just enough time to re-read the whole series first....

I'll believe this when I can hold it in my hands on that day.

 

[HungryHippos]

Amazing, we might finally get the next book. Been waiting for this forever!

 

[Silent-Lucidity]

Can't wait for the book, can't wait for the tv show.

 

[jamesblade]

Newest video I've seen so far, not sure if its been posted in here yet ?

Shows some of the other characters and gives you an idea if they fit your mental picture of them as you've read the Books..

 

[Neil79]

Awesome

 

[kefkef]

Just seen the advert for this on Sky Atlantic. 18th April. Get set to Sky+ with series link!

 

[Hostile_18]

Can't believe its finally here, I posted this thread in August 2009

 

[Betamax-]

really annoys me how books come out in hardback first... I want to read the latest book when it comes out but all the other books I own in the series are in paperback so they wont match... :<

caaant wait for the tv series to begin!!!!!!!!

 

[Antar Bolaeisk]

You think that's bad, I'll have to buy it twice, once in hardback to match the rest and once in Kindle to actually read it!

Okay, so I don't need to do this but I will because I have to

 

[kefkef]

I'm the same. Buy it in Hardback for the collection then paperback so i can re-read at leisure. Got a nice autographed first edition Game of Thrones hidden away in the attic so sunlight doesnt get to it!

 

[n111ck]

The first 12 minutes can be watched here:

http://www.hbo.com/video/video.html?view=grid&vid=1170886&autoplay=true

This looks surprisingly good.

 

[tehtom]

Enjoyed the preview! The production level is fairly high, HBO know how to make a series . Hopefully the rest of the series is as good, can't wait.

 

[Tombstone]

REALLY enjoyed that preview ! I must confess that I had my doubts about how well it would translate to the tv, even from someone like HBO, but that preview has gone a long way to calming those doubts.

Absolutely cannot wait for this to start.