Same here. It also seemed like they didn't evolve at all. By around book 5 or 6 I lost interest in the series.
They're not Harry Turtledove bad though, right? Please tell me they're at least better than Harry Turtledove characters.
Same here. It also seemed like they didn't evolve at all. By around book 5 or 6 I lost interest in the series.
They're not Harry Turtledove bad though, right? Please tell me they're at least better than Harry Turtledove characters.
They're not Harry Turtledove bad though, right? Please tell me they're at least better than Harry Turtledove characters.
I haven't read any Turtledove either. FWIIW, many people do enjoy The Wheel of Time series. I'm just not one of them. At least it isn't Terry Goodkind. So you have that going for you.
When I was at the bookstore it was between this and a Terry Goodkind book. Apparently my taste in books is very low brow. Oh well, if this doesn't work out there's always the Twilight series.
They're not Harry Turtledove bad though, right? Please tell me they're at least better than Harry Turtledove characters.
They're not Harry Turtledove bad though, right? Please tell me they're at least better than Harry Turtledove characters.
have not read it...its supposed to be background to the Westros world?
Anybody else wondering where whores go?
Tyrion never asked Tywin in the show, but that line becomes his mantra for the next few books. That was the only change that made me wonder a bit during the finale.
I have really enjoyed the differences between the show and the books, even that crazy fight between brienne and the hound!
Yeah, that fight had to be a nod towards her other brutal fight in book 4. It irks me though that everyone is just lolly-gagging through the hills around the Eyrie, hills known to be infested with savage hill tribes (remember those guys?). That is the kind of stuff GRRM remembers from book to book but the show definitely slips up.
For me the real danger from watching the show from this season on out isn't so much "spoilers" but infered knowledge due to LACK of show inclusion. Like Coldhands. I guess he isn't that critical to the book plot? Or the possibility that Jayne Westerling could be hiding a Robb Stark pregnancy. Or maybe Tywin was poisoned by someone else before Tyrion killed him (Varys, Shae?). Jojen obviously isn't that important, though I suppose a ghost version could linger to give exposition (which has also been cut a bit, so their father Howland Reed and his possible knowledge of Jon's true mother is out). I wonder if the actor wanted to bail or what.
This stuff makes me wonder if GRRM was juggling too many balls in his books (leading to the ridiculous time needed to write them) and so he is cutting bait and using the show to finish up. It'll be sad if ASOIAF fizzles out instead of coming to a rousing conclusion. I think GRRM has a chance to make an enduring fantasy legacy up there with Tolkien but only if he can maintain momentum and fan good-will, else he will be at the mercy of some decades distant critic to resurrect interest.
I don't follow the interwebs. Who do they say Jon Snow really is?
The interwebs offer the following theory about who Mr. Snow really is:
Basically, the theory is that Ned is not Jon's dad. If you go back to book 1, there is a discussion where Ned talks about bastards, and then mentions that he kept a promise to his sister that was very difficult....this has led people to guess that Jon is the child of Lyanna Stark and Rhaegar Targaryen. http://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Jon_Snow/Theories
Ooooo I like that idea. Makes it very interesting!
Which would mean that
Jon Snow is the one true king of the seven kingdoms?