A Brief Post to Discuss GRRM's Ice and Fire Books
Just because these books could be used as jack stands for your car is no reason to avoid them. Just because you got wrapped up in a neverending series and the author died before completing the story is no reason to avoid these books. Just because you might have had to have waited like six years between books is...you get the point.
I'm going to break down the books for you.
A Game of Thrones: It sets the stage, gets us to like the characters, develops tension. It's the First Act of this story. In the last 30 pages, Martin wounds your soul with what he does to some of the characters. For one thing, a kid gets dropped off a roof.
A Clash of Kings: Stuff Happens. More characters you love will die. Or be maimed. You will want revenge for all those bugs, worms and grubs that are eaten to fend off starvation.
A Storm of Swords: Holy shit, I cannot believe he did that to my favorite character! And wow, I really can't say I totally hate (or like) any single person in this. They are all so complex. Except Joffrey. Kill that fucker already!!!
A Feast for Crows: This is the B-Side character book. Homeskillet has so many characters that he needs a catch-up book, yo. Enjoy it! If you want, go back to ASoS and read the Red Wedding chapter again. Whatever. Knock your socks off. Just remember, the Beatles had some excellent B-Sides.
The Dunk and Egg stories: I don't like them all that much because they just whet my appetite for ASoIaF.
This shit is the full-on, stripped down, in your face, realistic version of the brutality of the Middle Ages, mixed in with some freaky-cool shit.
Plus, HBO will have the series in just a few months. Which just looks badassss.
The only thing I don't like about these books is the timeline for the history of Westeros. Seriously, it goes back over 10,000 years. You mean to tell me that in 10,000 years, people have not risen above feudalism and fighting wars with swords and bows? And they've I think a backstory going back 10,000 years was unnecessary.
I'm going to break down the books for you.
A Game of Thrones: It sets the stage, gets us to like the characters, develops tension. It's the First Act of this story. In the last 30 pages, Martin wounds your soul with what he does to some of the characters. For one thing, a kid gets dropped off a roof.
A Clash of Kings: Stuff Happens. More characters you love will die. Or be maimed. You will want revenge for all those bugs, worms and grubs that are eaten to fend off starvation.
A Storm of Swords: Holy shit, I cannot believe he did that to my favorite character! And wow, I really can't say I totally hate (or like) any single person in this. They are all so complex. Except Joffrey. Kill that fucker already!!!
A Feast for Crows: This is the B-Side character book. Homeskillet has so many characters that he needs a catch-up book, yo. Enjoy it! If you want, go back to ASoS and read the Red Wedding chapter again. Whatever. Knock your socks off. Just remember, the Beatles had some excellent B-Sides.
The Dunk and Egg stories: I don't like them all that much because they just whet my appetite for ASoIaF.
This shit is the full-on, stripped down, in your face, realistic version of the brutality of the Middle Ages, mixed in with some freaky-cool shit.
Plus, HBO will have the series in just a few months. Which just looks badassss.
The only thing I don't like about these books is the timeline for the history of Westeros. Seriously, it goes back over 10,000 years. You mean to tell me that in 10,000 years, people have not risen above feudalism and fighting wars with swords and bows? And they've I think a backstory going back 10,000 years was unnecessary.