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[Pete-Rock]

Pete have you watched the HBO series Game Of Thrones? It is made after the first 2 novels, great fun to watch, you should give it a try.

[ktulusone]

Pete have you watched the HBO series Game Of Thrones? It is made after the first 2 novels, great fun to watch, you should give it a try.

Yes i have watched all ten episodes of Game of Thrones and thoroughly enjoyed them. I hope HBO are going to continue with this series.
pete

[Cridds]

A Song Of Ice and Fire is set in medaeval times involving the lives of major families the Lannisters, Starks, Tullys and Freys and also many minor families, outlaws and commonfolk. There are several religous factions involved as well. The first book A Game of Thrones concentrates on the stories of a few characters and as you read further books George Martins mythical world expands to include other realms and worlds. The first book was made into a tv series by HBO and this is the most faithful serialization of any book that i have seen.
I have read only the first four books and today started part five A Dance With Dragons. The characters in these books are really believable and when reading the books i developed tremendous empathy/loathing for them. When reading the Dark Tower series there were two or three subplots within the story with this story there are loads of subplots going on all of the time but this does not cause confusion. I would say it is extremely important to read these books in order otherwise it will not make sense.
I usually recomend any book purely if when i start reading it i cannot stop. These books want me to stop everything and read them. Be warned though like the dark tower series the more books you read the longer they get. Part five is as long if not longer than anything Stepen King has written and i have read everything he has written.
As usual one mans meat is another mans poison, so even though i think these books are a work of art other people may not agree.
Enjoy pete

Thanks Pete, I am looking for a new series of books to read and this looks ideal! Will try and get some 2nd hand copies on eBay over the next few weeks

[Pete-Rock]

Thanks Pete, I am looking for a new series of books to read and this looks ideal! Will try and get some 2nd hand copies on eBay over the next few weeks

Hey Cridds, why wait for ebay? You can get the the first book for just £4.79 (with free shipping) on Amazon.co.uk. Or buy it 2nd hand for cheap on Amazon, I found this one for example, it is just £1.88

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Game-Thrones-So ... 047&sr=8-4

[Cridds]

Thanks Pete, I am looking for a new series of books to read and this looks ideal! Will try and get some 2nd hand copies on eBay over the next few weeks

Hey Cridds, why wait for ebay? You can get the the first book for just £4.79 (with free shipping) on Amazon.co.uk. Or buy it 2nd hand for cheap on Amazon, I found this one for example, it is just £1.88

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Game-Thrones-So ... 047&sr=8-4

Thanks for the link - I may just do that!!

Currently reading Pyramid by Tom Martin. About a quarter of the way through so far, a professor has been murdered but has been covered up to look like suicide. He has left some old maps for his fellow tutor in Oxford University to decipher which seem to show an ancient conspiracy. Marvellous so far!

[Cridds]

How many books are in the "A Song Of Ice And Fire" series - are there five in total?

[damageinc]

Corey Taylor - Seven Deadly Sins

I'm at page 12 right now, but I love it already.

[Pete-Rock]

How many books are in the "A Song Of Ice And Fire" series - are there five in total?

So far! But the author stated several times that it will by seven in total. By the way, google is your friend. Check here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Song_of_ ... on_history

[ktulusone]

How many books are in the "A Song Of Ice And Fire" series - are there five in total?

The next book will be called The Winds Of Winter followed by A Dream Of Spring
George Martin has said he will not begin The Winds Of Winter until after Eastercon at Olympus 2012 so it will be a few years yet.
Many people on the Westeros pages seem to think there may even be an eigth book due to what needs to happen and the pace of the current books
Pete

[metmum]

reading Frankenstein by Mary Shelley at the moment