Game of Thrones Season 4 (Books and Other Discussion Thread)

• Belly35

  

  Ytowngirlinfla;1716248 wrote:Come on Belly lol. You know you can buy the DVD's or Blu Rays. Plus if you have HBO it should be on demand. Not sure though.

  not a big fan of tv technology ... I have tw cable and I have HBO, just never use it ... Going to have to play with the remote more tonight...
• Classyposter58

  

  Cannot wait for Season 5
• Belly35

  

  Classyposter58;1716343 wrote:Cannot wait for Season 5

  Is there a date set for Season 5 ?
• ernest_t_bass

  

  Belly35;1716386 wrote:Is there a date set for Season 5 ?

  Supposed to air after Season 4.
• Belly35

  

  ernest_t_bass;1716402 wrote:Supposed to air after Season 4.

  so there some type of order to this series... that makes it easy
• TedSheckler

  

  Since this is the book thread, let me tell you what's going to happen this season....
• Belly35

  

  TedSheckler;1716405 wrote:Since this is the book thread, let me tell you what's going to happen this season....

  prefect that way i don't have to try a figure out how to record this mofo..
• Dr Winston O'Boogie

  

  I've never been a reader of scifi fantasy. But I've heard so much about these and I'm intrigued. Two questions:
  
  Do they translate well for the non scifi fantasy reader?
  
  Should the book precede the TV show?
• TedSheckler

  

  Yes.
  
  No. The show is very close to the book. The books go into much more detail, obviously.
• Heretic

  

  TedSheckler;1716508 wrote:Yes.
  
  No. The show is very close to the book. The books go into much more detail, obviously.

  To go into a bit more detail on your first question, while the books have their share of magic, dragons, blood magic and undead, those things often take second billing to court intrigue, treason and other stuff that could be ripped out of Europe during their more medieval-era wars. You can go multiple chapters without having any real contact with anything that wouldn't fit into a real-life scenario from that time period.
• Belly35

  

  Ttt
• bigorangebuck22

  Finished up a re-read over the weekend. The Great Northern Conspiracy makes the last two books much more enjoyable to read.
• lhslep134

  

  Re-reading now hoping to finish before Sunday night. It will take a small miracle for that to happen with baseball going on.