"Relatively new?" Compared to, say, Lord of the Rings, yes. It's been 18 years since the first publication of Game of Thrones. I could have conceived, born a child and had that child enter grade school in the time between "A Feast for Crows" and "A Dance with Dragons." The wait on the TV adaptation ain't ****.

I got sucked into the show. I watched the first 2 eposides on Wed on Demand then 1 on Thursday and 2 on Friday then on Saturday I was a couch potato and watched ALL of the rest. Now what the heck am I gonna due until 3/13 or 3/15 when it comes back on...I wanna see the baby dragons grow up...i want to know if the white walkers take over the north wall...will John Snow "know" the King beyond the wall (will he finally get laid) and what about Needle and Ned Stark's youngest??? So many questions ....

You're going to be waiting a while on some of those final questions...
I've read the books and I still don't have the answers to some of them.

I've read the books and they are by no means new. I am really hoping that the sixth book comes out in the next few years. That being said the series seems to follow the books really well, I was pretty impressed.

"Relatively new?" Compared to, say, Lord of the Rings, yes. It's been 18 years since the first publication of Game of Thrones. I could have conceived, born a child and had that child enter grade school in the time between "A Feast for Crows" and "A Dance with Dragons." The wait on the TV adaptation ain't ****.

Yes 18 years for a book is NEW.

For example, John Carter was written 100 years ago.

I really like the books and shows but I met George R.R. Martin once and he seems so... annoyed with the series. It's like he has no real love for it. It was a very surreal experience that someone could be surrounded by their creation and people that adore it and he couldn't even be bothered to make eye contact or smile at all.

Wow that is really disheartening!

I really like the books and shows but I met George R.R. Martin once and he seems so... annoyed with the series. It's like he has no real love for it. It was a very surreal experience that someone could be surrounded by their creation and people that adore it and he couldn't even be bothered to make eye contact or smile at all.

I met him for the signing of A Dance With Dragons, and he was just adorable. The Tattered Cover was just *packed* full of people waiting for him, and he was late. They had stated repeatedly that he would not take questions and would not be having a discussion, it was just sign and go. And no way - he stood up on the dais chatting with the crowd for over an hour and then signed every single person's books. I know I was there for about 3 hours, and I was towards the end of the line. He was very sweet and graceful. I only begged him to not kill off Arya, and he just smiled and winked and patted my hand.

I do fear that we may not see the 6th book though, with all that is going on and his work on the series. But it takes as long as it takes, and I know I'll still scarf up whatever I can. I'm such a sucker. Though, I've given up on some other series' that just won't die... But I don't think I can do that with A Song of Fire & Ice. I'm already too invested.

Can we get a special episode of 2 hours of Tyrion slapping Joffrey? Please?

Can we get a special episode of 2 hours of Tyrion slapping Joffrey? Please?

You think you hate him now? Just wait.

Can we get a special episode of 2 hours of Tyrion slapping Joffrey? Please?

Best. Gif. Ever!

I'm just hoping that Martin does not go the way of Robert Jordan and die before the series is finished. That would be tragic!

Cheers to that!

Its an insanely good show. Isn't it?
I think one reason it is consistently good is that the books are relatively new and the author is involved in production and writes many of the screenplays.

I never read the books and I won't till the series has ended.

I'm with you on not reading the books. I am just slightly obsessed with the show (haha) and I'm afraid that if I read the books I will not enjoy the show as much. But I should admit that I had to strongly resist the urge to power read through them after the 2nd season. When I got to the end of the last show I was thinking WTH, how could you end it like that!! How am I going to wait months and months to see what happens!

I'm half way through the 2nd half of book 3. No my god.

As someone who loves the TV series, I was unsure if I would like the books. I'm still working on the 1st book, but its amazing how much the series followed the book. I hope that continues. Can't wait for GoT to come back though!!!!

As someone who loves the TV series, I was unsure if I would like the books. I'm still working on the 1st book, but its amazing how much the series followed the book. I hope that continues. Can't wait for GoT to come back though!!!!

Season two strayed considerably from the books, IMO, but once I'm hooked on something I'll keep watching till the bitter end. The first book took a while for me to get hooked into because the first season was still going, but I've read them all now and am looking forward to the next book (sort of wistfully at this point) and of course the third season.

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