Two seasons down, the Seven alone know how many to go.  "Blackwater" was a really tough episode to follow up, but I thought "Valar Morghulis" was a strong way to finish the season.  As always, spoilers for the books and the show will abound, so do make sure you're caught up before reading any further.

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So last year I did a write-up on just about every episode of season one of Game of Thrones on HBO.  Those write-ups do take some time to put together, but people seemed to enjoy them, and I even received a couple of requests to continue them in season two.  So with season two set to premiere this Sunday, I'm happy to inform you all that I will ( Read more... )

So in the past I've expounded at some length about A Dance With Dragons, both right before the publication of the novel, and right after I finished reading it.  But after years of being an uber-fan, I've finally been given a professional platform to discuss my Westeros obsession.  This week's guest on Geek's Guide to the Galaxy is Lev Grossman.   ( Read more... )

So on Saturday night I finished reading A Dance With Dragons.  Before I go any further, yes, there will be spoilers concerning this book, so read on at your own risk.  Anyway, it's been a long wait, and since March my anticipation has been building for this one, as I started rereading the series, partaking in HBO's cool marketing tactics for the ( Read more... )

The only book in creation that matters is sitting on my bed, about to be read.  I'll be sparse for the next few days.  

 So with A DANCE WITH DRAGONS NOW TWO DAYS AWAY(!), AND NOW ONE(!) I went back and read my last ADWD post, which presents various predictions, questions, and also explodes a couple of secrets and prophecies.  However, it's now been roughly three weeks since I finished my reread, and about two weeks since I finished watching the HBO series.  If ( Read more... )

Yes, I know I'm very late in blogging about this. It could not be helped. I left on a cruise on Sunday, June 19th, the day of the season finale, and I left well before the finale aired. I didn't return home until Sunday, June 26th. As you might expect of a thirty-something single guy on the last night of the cruise, I stayed up late partying, ( Read more... )

So in anticipation of the release of A Dance with Dragons by George R. R. Martin, yesterday I wrapped up my reread of A Song of Ice and Fire.  Actually, I finished reading the series about a week ago, but right after I finished reading A Feast for Crows (for the the third time, the other books have been read four times), I immediately starting ( Read more... )

Poor dead Ned.  I think it's safe to say that all the readers of the books (or at least of the first one) who have been watching the series have been waiting for this episode all season long.  Not because we wanted Ned to die.  Far from it--we love Ned!  But we wanted to see the reactions of the newbies.  I suspect it was a lot harder for them to ( Read more... )

This will probably be my shortest post about Game of Thrones to date.  Why?  There is so little to nitpick on this one.  Episode 8--wherein we have a plethora of direwolves--was by far the strongest episode to date.  Given that George Martin wrote this episode, it hardly comes as a surprise.  I'd vote for him to write every episode, but that would ( Read more... )