Uneasy rests the seat: A review of George R.R. Martin's A Game of Thrones.

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From Monday, 14 November through Saturday, 26 November, I read George R.R. Martin's A Game of Thrones (NY: Bantam Books (a division of Random House, Inc.), 2011 [copyright 1996]; 696 pps. [excluding the 15-page excerpt from A Clash of Kings, 1999]; ISBN: 978-0-553-38679-0); this is the first book in his A Song of Ice and Fire series, which also

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[marlowe1]

I think that most of the gold bricking accusations come from the fourth book in which Martin had to take a step back from the chaos that he unleashed upon the readers in the first three books (especially the third one) and then expanded his world to include Dorne and more about the pirates. The fourth and fifth book are a little less intense than the first three because he realized that it was a seven book series instead of a trilogy and these are the connection.

Also the fourth book does not have Daenerys, Tyrion and Jon Snow - who as you can tell from the first book are definite fan favorites. However, I loved the fourth book for the simple reason that it's mostly from the perspective of the women in the world including Cersei and Briene (who isn't in the first one)