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Just finished A Game of Thrones . Great book! Although I want to jump into A Clash of Kings, but Under the Dome has been waiting patiently in the corner.
Just finished my re-read of Game of Thrones and am going to try to read The Anubis Gates next, if I can behave myself and not dive right in to re-reading Clash of Kings.
well, I'm re-reading Game of Thrones - slowly. Because of NaNoWriMo. Reading should pick up now that I've hit 50K and can relax a bit.
I am reading George R R Martin's A Game of Thrones , which is the first of the Song of Ice and Fire series. It definitely has "can't put down" characteristics. The chapters are short, which means you still have gas in the tank for another one. Although the story is told in fairly linear ...
It might interest SG Atlantis fans to know that Jason Momoa (Ronon Dex) is currently in Morocco filming Game of Thrones for HBO. He'll be playing Khal Drogo
considering they are currently filming game of thrones there is no way I'm dropping HBO
I'm chasing cats through the Red Keep with Arya Stark
Game of Thrones - reread
"I am the last dragon and he will not sleep easy while I live."
game of thrones George RR Martin
(Ebook edition so pages are very iffy)
#133
We appear to be having the same problem with our series reading!! I started A Game of Thrones but felt myself getting caught up in it, investigated and discovered that it wasn't finished so put it down. Hopefully at some point it will be finished so I can read it. I won't hold my breath ...
... once all is done or maybe not.
The same thing happened with George R. R. Martin's Song of Fire and Ice series. I read A Game of Thrones , A Clash of Kings and A Storm of Swords in the last decade, then watched as promised books failed to appear, year after year. Even when he finally ...
surely someone has mentioned the Song of Ice and Fire series by GRR Martin. Surely? First book is Game of Thrones currently being made into an HBO pilot and hopefully series
Ah, I see it in the first post now. Just no touchstone thingie so I was confused. Sorry!
... it.
Since I've finished my "challenge" for the year, I'm feeling less stressed about my reading choices. I'm rereading A Game of Thrones now, I've been following the making of the pilot (they're finally filming...like as I'm typing this!) and it's made me want to reread them. Of course, I'l ...
Decided to tackle The Song of Ice and Fire series. Just picked up A Game of Thrones today.
(I know, it's not really SF, but I know a lot of SF readers who seemed to like the series.)
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As for George R.R. Martin..I fell in love with his saga "A Song of Ice and Fire" after picking up the first novel in it, "A Game of Thrones ." It's a lot darker and far more gritty than say..Gaiman, but completely enthralling. I was totally drawn into all of the books..and I'm eagerly awaiting ...
... - I really loved it! One of the best fantasy books which I had a chance to read until now. For sure if you're after reading A Game of Thrones or Eragon, then maybe it will not be soooo good as it was for me. But I found it very interesting, it kept my attention all the time, I liked the ...
Hi Laura, I was interested to see that you called Game of Thrones a really good fantasy as I am planning on reading it for next years 1010 Challenge.
It´s October and I´m starting right now.
My book #1 is Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin. This book is a great fantasy book though it´s long, over 700 pages. I will definitely read the following books in the series.
Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin read October 2nd. A very good fantasy book. First book in the series and I´m definitely going to read the following books.
I'm so excited about the start of filming by HBO I'm re-reading Game of Thrones . But I'm not obsessed really...
I'm in the Godswood at Winterfell A Game of Thrones
I'm re-reading A Game of Thrones and this time I swear I will take my time and look up every part on Tower of the Hand.
... until we at least had notice that the next one was done, but as that may never happen, I'm thinking I might go ahead with Game of Thrones soon.
I just started A Game of Thrones . This is my second attempt to get into the series and George R. R. Martin. It ought to be prefect for me - fantasy, long books, and a long(ish) series. But I just can't seem to get into it. The first part is just as extraordinarily boring as I remember it, ...
I caved & started A Game of Thrones by George R R Martin... I was gonna wait until the whole series is finished, but I couldn't decide what to read & there have been discussions (on annother forum I visit) about a TV series based on the books & I wanted to read the books before I watch the TV ...
... Your World is About to Get a Whole Lot Smaller, Jeff Rubin- Peak Oil from an economist. Thought provoking.
69. A Game of Thrones 70. A Clash of Kings 71. A Storm of Swords 72. A Feast for Crows, George R.R. Martin- What can I say? I was rearranging some books, picked up A ...
Book 41: A Game of Thrones by George R R Martin
A Song of Ice and Fire - Book 1Started: 5 Sep 2009
Finished: 23 Sep 2009
Pages: 807
Rating: laura_88 in Alphabet Challenges : laura_88´s ABC (Sep 4, 2009, 4:52am)
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L de Laclos Choderlos, Dangerous Liaisons
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... are wholly unlikeable and although I like Bakkers use of language, I had a really hard time getting through this.
8. A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin
This has been on my to-read-List forever and it absolutely lived up to my expectations. Definitely going to read the rest of the ...
Recommendations
1.Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin read (Oct 2nd -09)
2.Drowning People by Richard Mason read (Oct 25th -09)
3.People of the Book Geraldine Brooks read (Oct 30th -09)
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Fantasy
1. A Game of Thrones
2. Cordelia's Honor
3. Assassin's Apprentice
4. The Lies of Locke Lamora
5. The Sharing Knife: Beguilement
6. The Immortal Prince
7. Sebas ...
(Jennifer Ehle has just been cast in the HBO pilot for A Game of Thrones , so I'm going to see her in something (assuming the pilot gets picked up) thought you'd want to know) :)
A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin
I thought that as the tale ventured out into the land between the wall and the capital, where a great deal of the story of A Game of Thrones takes place, that the map was rather nonspecific. I guess I'll have to get it out again and look
... and city map of King's Landing are my favorite (and most helpful!) maps that I've yet encountered. Check out a copy of A Game of Thrones .
18. The Dark Design by Philip Jose Farmer
19. Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin *re-read
20. Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin *re-read
21. Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin *re-read
22. Feast for Crows by George R.R. Martin *re-read
23. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallow ...
#6: I'm intimidated by the sheer length of A Game of Thrones , good to know it might be worth putting in my TBR pile.
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Speaker for Dead is the best book I've read this summer in terms of fiction.
Architecture and Disjunction, although somewhat technical at times (a preoccupation ...
... by Orson Scott Card and could not continue (it became too unrealistic), and I read a grand total of two books in GRRM's A Song of Ice and Fire . J. V. Jones's Baker's Boy also could not hold my interest.
... are many books in djay666's library that I am currently looking for but couldn't find at my local bookstore. I shall choose A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin
... of the books in the Song of Ice and Fire saga by George R. R. Martin ..I've never been so entranced by a series before. A Game of Thrones had me hooked from the first page..and I breezed through that one..along with the other 3 in the series. I was sad when I was done, though.
Lud-In-The- ...
I'm alternating books from my TBR pile with new, so my most recent addition is A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin. I also picked up Cry Wolf by Patricia Briggs, which was much more decent than I figured it would be.
Hi Shijuro, glad you liked Game of Thrones , Song of Ice and Fire seems to be an amazing series, I have almost finished the second part in the series, A Clash of Kings and it is equally intriguing.
Book #12. Game of Thrones - An exciting fantasy novel with very good characters, I grew to care for many of them and their adventures. The story took half the book to really get going but then the developing events were worth the build-up. I look forward to reading the next in the series. ...
#233 - Jaimie from Game of Thrones ?
(we're on a role with immoral men here...)
I am in Winterfell with the end of A Game of Thrones , though I'll probably stay there and run straight into the next book. I'm also in the graveyard with The Graveyard Book and in Tal Verrar with Red Seas under Red Skies. Tangentially, I'm also skipping around Reformation England in Duchess. ...
A Game of Thrones
... author to check out would be George R.R. Martin. I just finished the first of his A Song of Ice And Fire series, A Game of Thrones , which is considered fantasy. But I am not a big fantasy reader, and I found that it read very much like historical fiction, with a few fantasy elements, ...
>28, Oh dear. Does Game of Thrones kind of go the Wheel of Time route? Too many characters and too little plot don't make a very good story, unfortunately...
... century England. This also has a sequel that recently came out.
I am personally presently reading George RR Martin's Game of Thrones which I don't think anyone would compare to Tolkien, but I am only half way through it and so far I am losing a little interest as it has far more ...
I have one foot in Winterfell, Game of Thrones and one in Myrridian, An Unlikely Duke
... pages . Deadhouse Gates is 959 pages. A Game of Thrones is 704 pages. Tolkien still wins.
Yes, tie-ins have been around since the late 1960s, but the market was nowhere as near as large as it is now. And ...
... the rest of the series)
Eon by Greg Bear
Dry Water by Eric S. Nylund
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
Now about Game of thrones, I keep rereading because I keep hearing rumors that another book is coming out, so I reread the ...
Started a long overdue reread of A Song of Ice and Fire, beginning with A Game of Thrones .
I didn't see a group dedicated to this epic fantasy series by George R. R. Martin , so I thought I would make one. However, if there is one out there, lemme know!
Book 4:
A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin
This is the first book in a series called A Song of Ice and Fire and is totally captivating. Not sure there has been a more aptly named book as A Game of Thrones, because that's exactly what this book is about. Who is king, who wants to be ...
... TBR. I like Morphy's list better. :)
Edit: A couple I would have thought would be in there - Assassin's Apprentice and A Game of Thrones . Tigana or A Song for Arbonne would have been welcome additions as well.
I suppose any list posted here will have people think "Gosh, they haven't ...
I had several favorites. A game of thrones (song of ice and fire) by George R.R. Martin, Kushiels' dart by Jacqueline Carey and Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson.
I am looking forward to discover other new works this year!
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Special Topics in Calamity Physics
Arms of Nemesis
The Life and Death of Mary Wollstonecraft
Excellent Women
A Game of Thrones
Black Swan Green
Bard
In the Shadows of War
Penmarric
Clockers
The Heaven Tree Trilogy - Parts 2 and 3
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... about it after I walked away from the PC).
Suppose it was implemented. If I were collecting George R.R. Martin's Song of Ice and Fire series and had all of the books published and posted a comment on the series page, then someone added the upcoming book A Dance With Dragons (which ...
... nger...
Other than that, I generally try to steer clear of series-in-progress; I've actually got the first three books of A Song of Ice and Fire sitting on my shelf, but I refuse to start into them until I've got my hands on at least the first 5 books.
... as CS Harris so much.
Fantasy
I've tried two that I haven't finished:
Elantris by Brandon Sanderson
Game of Thrones by George RR Martin
Elantris I just didn't care for, but I was doing all right, but slowly, with Game of Thrones when it came due at the library. I ...
... and bogged down. So far there wasn't really anyone I cared about and it looked like the body count was going to be high. Game of Thrones is still sitting here on a TBR shelf, and I will probably give it another try one of these days.
My bad, to have left Ursula Le Guin off my list. I ...
A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin. Hands down the worst book I've ever read all the way through. Usually, if a book is bad, I just stop reading; but I kept reading this one because so many people I respect recommended it, and I kept hoping I'd figure out why. (I still don't know - ...
I was under the impression that A Game of Thrones was fantasy, not horror. Am I wrong in that?
A Game of Thrones is on my TBR list for this year. Good to see your take on it!
2. A Game of Thrones - George R. R. Martin
Very different to the usual fantasy novels I have been used to. The most amazing thing about the book apart from its darker than usual bit is its sheer unpredictibility. You never know who is going to die until the moment they actually do :P
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Does anyone else thing GRRM has had writers block for an awfully long time and isn't admitting it?
A Game of Thrones started so strong, but while reading it I thought three books, a trilogy, and we are done. Now it seems like that won't ever happen. Then I compare these books to the pace I ...
Tadad & dk_phoenix
I am currently reading A Game of Thrones , and its very different from the other fantasy novels I have read, I think I would like it.
Discovered George R.R. Martin this year. Now I can join the hoards of people screaming for A Dance with Dragons...
A Game of Thrones
A Clash of Kings
A Storm of Swords
A Feast for Crows
>28: Joyce
I read A Game of Thrones in early 97...long wait. :-(
If you didn't like Furies of Calderon, then I probably wouldn't go on. The coming of age aspect diminishes because, well, Tavi comes of age. However, the writing style doesn't change that much. I am a reasonable fan of ...
... to finish PhD and stuff. And was looking through and discovered basically no clunkers (the biggest disappointment was A Game of Thrones ) and there have been a few stars, with the biggest shiniest one being War and Peace. I'll probably aim to read about 50 this year. It's a nice round ...
... Men by Robert Penn Warren
3. One of Ours by Cather
4. Painter of Battles by Arturo Perez-Reverte
5. A Game of thrones , A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords by George Martin
6. A Drink Before the War, Darkness Take My Hand, Sacred, Gone, Baby, Gone, and pra ...
... version is more fun...Barbara and her family are good readers and there was quite a bit of color to it.
Just a caveat on A Game of Thrones . First fact: this series is not finished: he's only got four of the (planned) seven books done so far even though it's been 12 years since he started. H ...
Can not seem to get through A Game of Thrones , I like it, but just keep picking up other books. Finished The Book Thief, great book. I have indeed picked up Brisingr and so far I have been enjoying it. Does not llok like a 50 book year for me, oh well, will try again next year. Need to pick ...
... Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Through Black Spruce by Joseph Boyden
Three Day Road by Joseph Boyden- my favourite!!
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin
The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper
... no particular order)
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Chocolat by Joanne Harris (finished 3/15/09)
A Game Of Thrones by George R. R. Martin
Fried Green Tomatoes by Fannie Flagg (finished 8/22/09)
A Great And Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray
Mary by Ja ...
Sci-Fi/Fantasy
1. A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin
2. something by Connie Willis
3. Wicked: The life and times of the Wicked Witch of the west by Gregory Maguire
4. Legends: Volume 3 ed. by Robert Silverberg (finished Sept 4)
5. Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris (finished ...
... of which were good books and I look forward to reading more Robert Jordan and Terry Pratchett. I am currently reading A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin which is the first book in his series A Song of Fire and Ice. I am also reading The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. This book ...
A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin. I know it's a huge favorite in the genre, but I couldn't stand it at all. Horrid characters in a grim world.
About 175 pages into A Clash of Kings. Finished A Game of Thrones about six weeks ago and needed a break from this epic. To me it's so inconsistent; I'll read one chapter and think it's the best story I've ever read, then struggle to get through the next chapter because it's sooo boring! But ...
... to fantasy and without it I may not have read things like The Lord of the Rings or George R. R. Martin's series, A Song of Ice and Fire .
#31: jdthloue- You HAVE to read the rest of the series! A Game of Thrones was my favorite too, but the next 2 are right there too. These are the only books by George R.R. Martin that I have read, so thanks for the Fevre Dream suggestion. It sounds interesting and very original.
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i read A Game of Thrones and it took my breath away- so much that i have not read anything else in the Fire & Ice Series..i want to read Fevre Dream, though..haunted riverboats just spark my interest.. how about you?
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167. Killer Weekend by Ridley Pearson
168. American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld
169. A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
170. The Spell Book of Listen Taylor by Jaclyn Moriarty
I've got the whole Game of Thrones thing on hold. Not because they're not good...I enjoy them a lot...but because I'm worried about a Robert Jordan situation. I realized that Martin was only averaging a book every three years and that the two parts of the last one weren't released ...
... haven't read much fantasy, Lord of the Rings & Golden Compass books is the majority of it but I was totally immersed in A Game of Thrones . I think it's realism is what draws me in. Incredible drama! I've read the 1st 3 books and love them all. As a matter of fact, I need to get to the 4th ...
>101 And they don't get "less real," either. (re: A Game of Thrones )
Ooooh, no kidding! I had to put A Storm of Swords down for a day or two at one point, because it was so real and so upsetting.
>99 speedemon86 - A Game of Thrones really pulls you in, doesn't it? It only gets better as you move into the next books . . . . Have fun! (And they don't get "less real," either.)
... it; almost all the way through Left Hand of Darkness and absolutely loving it; just started George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones and still too early to tell what I think.
Outside of Sci-Fi/Fantasy, I'm re-reading The Princess of Cleves, Butterfield's The Origins of Modern Scien ...
... Man Who was Thursday,midnight never come,knife of dreams,the curse of chalion,winter rose,winter rose by mckillip,a game of thrones ,perdido street station,the eightname of the windquincunx,the magicians and mrs. quent.To add to my 600 other TBR.Oy.
... will be finishing up the murals on the nursery walls, while I sit on the couch and work from home. Also hope to finish A Game of Thrones .
Gone With the Wind
Anne of Green Gables
Trainspotting
Lord of the Rings
A Game of Thrones
The Historian
Dune
The Dark Elf Trilogy
I just started A Game of Thrones , so far so good. I'm also reading Lamb, well I was reading it until I misplaced it.
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin
A Clash of Kings by George R. R. Martin
A Storm of Swords by George R. R. Martin
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Martin's series, A Song of Ice and Fire , is ...
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Neil Gaiman: all his books!
Robin Hobb: the Farseer Trilogy and the Tawny Man series
George RR Martin: Song of Ice and Fire
Terry Pratchett: Discworld series
Charles Delint: the Newford series
Tad Williams: Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn
George R. R. Martin (GRRM) is the author of the Song of Ice and Fire series (Game of Thrones is the first). They're an extremely good fantasy series but he takes a tremendously long time between books. We are currently awaiting the 5th installment, A Dance with Dragons, the 4th installment ...
A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin
... turns, and fascinating characters - like Joyce said, a soap opera on a grand scale.
Joyce: I actually started re-reading A Game of Thrones a few weeks ago, but I decided to wait until the next book's final publication date is officially announced so I can read the first four then go right ...
A Game of Thrones , when Caitlyn takes Tyrion captive in the inn. With just a few words, she has every man draw his sword to do what she says. Major girl power moment!
#9 I totally agree with you about that scene from The Eye of the World. Sucked me in, too!
Oh, and almost every part of ...
I try to juggle several different series at once. I've read the first 4 books of WoT, A Game of Thrones , and I'm currently reading Stone of Tears, the second book in SoT. I figure if I bounce between series, it'll take me longer to read each series, and that way (hopefully) I won't be on pins ...
A Game of Thrones was my first fantasy book other than LOTR. I looked at this huge paperback which someone gave me and thought it would probably take months to read. Not so - finished it in a couple and weeks and purchased books 2 and 3. I am almost finished with book 3. I recommend reading ...
I stumbled upon the main page of A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin and noticed that it has a "LibraryThing members' description" in italian (I believe it is italien).
Now I'm using LT in English. Wouldn't it be nice to make members choose in a dropdownfield the language they are adding ...
... Dart by Jacqueline Carey
20. Mary Called Magdalene by Margaret George
21. City of Golden Shadow by Tad Williams
22. A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
23. Force Heretic 1: Remnant by Sean Williams & Shane Dix
24. Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
25. Rhapsody: Child ...
Thanks, Joyce. Actually, I tried to read Game of Thrones a few years ago and just couldn't get into it, but, as you know, it's quite possible the problem was me and where my head was at then. I have been thinking I'd try again, especially after you and others whose reading taste I respect have ...
... by George Martin in there, so I'm assuming you haven't read his fantasy series, A Song of Fire and Ice which starts with A Game of Thrones . Talk about addictive! I'm not much for fantasy, but this has proven to go way beyond the genre and reads like historical fiction. I was alerted to ...
... not so excellent, but once you're obsessed there's no stopping. Book five isn't coming out until the end of the year. :(
A Game of Thrones
A Clash of Kings
A Storm of Swords
A Feast for Crows
27. A game of thrones by George R.R. Martin
Thanks LT, for making this book known to me! It's fantabulous!
Sweeping fantasy of the historical/Arthurian type (but set in an imaginary world), with hardly any magic or fantastical creatures (at first). Full of realistic characters reacting to ...
Joycepa, I'm reading A Game of Thrones too at the moment and fully agree. Your 'just tinged with fantasy' comment is very true - the idea of 'magic' is barely present, if there at all, and the fantastic creatures are almost there but hover backstage. Realistic people with realistic actions and ...
... series, I think there are 20 of them now and I have reread about 15 of them numerous times)
A Song of Ice and Fire by George Martin (yep, the whole series so far)
The Generals Daughter by Nelson Demille (I know this isn't fantasy, but it is an excellent book)
Harry Potter series ...
43. A Game of Thrones by George Martin and
44. A Clash of Kings, same author. Installments 1 and 2 of A Song of Fire and Ice "fantasy" series, although it read far, far more like Arthurian-type fiction just tinged with fantasy. Absolutely outstanding. Told from about 6-8 different ...
>146 Joycepa - I'm so glad you're enjoying A Game of Thrones ! When you wrote that you were buying the whole series partly based on the fact that I said I liked it, I worried that it might not be your cup of tea. Whew! It's great, though, isn't it?
I'm in the middle of A Game of Thrones by George Martin. It is so good I can't put it down! It's formally labeled as fantasy but that isn't the way it reads. Normally I ignore hype from reviews but one review says that it's reminiscent of the Once and Future King and I'd go along with ...
I'll make you a deal suge, if you pick up Game of Thrones , I'll read Twilight!
#31 - Oh suge, be careful what you wish for.... A Game of Thrones an amazing book that kicks off a yet to be finished series with each book more massive than the last.
Sorry suge! The first book is Game of Thrones . They're great, highly recommend them!
Edited for touchstones
Have you read A game of thrones by George R.R. Martin?
15. A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin. Review coming.
Yesterday I finished A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin and didn't have book two ready to go, so even though I was sick I headed to Borders and bought A Clash of Kings and A Storm of Swords. I already found A Feast for Crows at a library sale, so now I don't need to worry about being ...
I finished A Game of Thrones yesterday, and even though I was home sick, I had to make a trip to Borders to get A Clash of Kings. I'm already on about page 200 and I haven't even entered it into LT yet! This is shaping up to be a great series - it's very hard to put down.
#32, #34: OK, you two convinced me--just checked out Game of Thrones and sequels at amazon, read the rave reviews there about the series, too--and ordered them! I HATE hanging around waiting for sequels to exciting books--takes too long for stuff to reach me!
I'm currently reading A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin. I bought it after philosojerk said how much she loved it. So far so good - I'm having a hard time putting it down! I haven't been making much progress in War and Peace (well, actually, no progress at all), but plan to spend some ...
... my purse, so I stopped on my way home. All three books were LT recommendations:
Mallory's Oracle by Carol O'Connell
A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin
Shakespeare: The World as Stage by Bill Bryson (touchstone not working)
I almost brought home two more books, but then ...
... Three Victorian Travellers, The Queen of Attolia, Deathstalker, Perdido Street Station, Cry, the Beloved Country, A Game of Thrones , and Black Swan Green. And yes, they are all library books.
... an ensemble story, so you don't just follow the evil ones.
Similarly, many of the POW-characters in George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire can be described as evil, although Martin's world is more about shades of grey than sharply divided blacks and whites. Even his most evil characters ...
... Dove
A prayer for owen meany
I was Amelia Earhart
We speak no treason (I'm a Richard III freak
Bel Canto
A Game of Thrones (1st that started me on the series)
The agony and the ecstacy
Pride and Prejudice
The Far Pavillions
And one bonus for mainstream lit:
The Go ...
... it.
Feist Serpent war (did'nt like the last book cleaned up the destruction to soon) & Empire loved them.
Martin's game of thrones loving it.
Stackpole dragon war series enjoyed it (except the ending kind of lame).
Various Warhammer fantasy (pretty good).
What i would like ...
A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin
Song of Fire and Ice Series by George R R Martin
It's as epic as Jordan's but better. The best fantasy series I've read so far.
... Driver
JF: Wee Free Men
CR: Gregor and the Marks of Secret
CR: Ptolemy's Gate
LF: Good Omens
LF: A Game of Thrones
Yes, the LF books aren't really YA, but hey, you gotta break away once in a while.
*punkypower, you are gonna love The Amazing Maurice and His ...
How about A Game of Thrones by Martin?
... much unless you haven't read the Harry Potter novels (OK, but not great). I would start with George R. R. Martin's Song of Fire and Ice , though the series isn't finished. Patrick Rothfuss's first novel is getting a lot of press and the second volume will be out soon. I liked Tad Wi ...
TA - I just read A Game of Thrones and enjoyed it to start off with but eventually got annoyed with it for various reasons, most of them related to its "fatness". There are so many story threads that you spend very little time with any of them and consequently can't really get into them (or ...
I'm reading several books.
Friday's Child by Georgette Heyer
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
The Histories by Herodotus
I find it helps me to read from several different genres at once so as not to become burnt out reading any one ...
... distant future.
I would also second the recommendation for George R.R. Martin's A Song Of Ice And Fire, beginning with A Game Of Thrones , partly because it is relatively light on magic, and partly because, well, I'd recommend it to anyone.
Praises be, I finished A Game of Thrones ! So now I'm mostly reading The Man Who was Thursday by G.K. Chesterton, who I should have read some of before, and think it's fab so far. I should also try to finish Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, which I'm enjoying but somehow poetry makes my ...
I nearly gave up on A Game of Thrones . I realise this is sacrilegious, but there we have it. It's just so chuffing long and drawn out! I have now finished it and read the synopses for the rest of the series published so far on wikipedia. It's far more fun than actually reading them.
OK, am ...
... by Simon R. Green
Perdido Street Station by China Mieville
Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
Black Swan Green by David Mitchell
Can't Wait to Get to Heaven by Fannie Flagg
Chocolat by Joanne Harris ...
... more and more horrified! It's definitely a transatlantic cultural difference...
On the what I'm reading this week front, A Game of Thrones is sucking me in, as philosojerk predicted on the last thread :-) I've also just been given The Man who was Thursday to read on GRTB, which I'm really ...
... but I think his best known, most recent series is A Song of Ice and Fire.
The following are in the series:
1. A Game of Thrones
2. A Clash of Kings
3. A Storm of Swords
4. A Feast for Crows
Also just out:
1. Dreamsongs Volumes I and II.
This week I've started two doorstops: A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin, which is all down to the denizens of the Green Dragon, and War and Peace. So I probably won't have any news for a while ;-)
... by Jonathan Barnes
My first Er book, which should actually be numbered 3.5 or something, since I read it between A Game of Thrones and Bardic Voices: The Lark and the Wren, only I forgot to list it at the time.
... my nominations:
Lord of the Rings
Assassin's Apprentice (plus 2)
The Name of the Wind
The Eye of the World
A Game of Thrones
... probably be Deadhouse Gates and House of Chains
- George R.R. Martin's Song of Ice and Fire series - First book is A Game of Thrones , A Storm of Swords also notable
- despite some of my misgivings about the religious aspects, C.S. Lewis' Narnia series should be on there - which ...
3) A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
... The Worm Ouroboros or The Power that Preserves
7. Dying of the Light or The Illearth War
8. A Game of Thrones or Lord Foul's Bane
. . . to be pared if necessary if series-reading becomes involved, or if I get the itch to reread Tolkie ...
Also, the size of A Game of Thrones is pretty much against it, too. Although I really HAVE to read that book.
... only "new" book that I'd read would be Foreigner. I'd be willing to reread a few others or chime in on what I remember - A Game of Thrones , Good Omens, or The Once and Future King. I think an actual poll might be a good idea - saves Clam the work!
... this morning! Though I'll likely finish it in a few days & move on by the time the discussion starts...
I'm gonna read A game of Thrones eventually, but not til the series is finished so I vote no for that one...
The Left Hand Of Darkness & Dealing with Dragons are both pretty high ...
... Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
Foreigner by C. J. Cherryh
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
Good Omens by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman
The Once and Future King By T.H. White
And these are the ...
... Darkness about a month ago, so I'll chime in on discussions if y'all choose that, too. I'm far less inclined to re-read A Game of Thrones , at least not until the next book in the series comes out (if it ever does...)
... by Caine
Warlock in Spite of Himself by Stasheff
Archangel by Shinn
Rhapsody by Haydon
Moonheart by de Lint
A Game of Thrones by Martin
Blood Price by Huff
Staying Dead by Gilman
Dhampir by Hendee
Diplomacy of Wolves by Lisle
Good Omens by Pratchett/Gaiman
*pants ...
I'm quite keen for The Left Hand of Darkness. Also I've just borrowed A Game of Thrones so I'd be keen for that too...
#33 fleela, I'll second you on both A Game of Thrones (loved it!) and Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell. I didn't even finish it. I got slightly past half way and just gave up out of sheer boredom.
... a Part-time Sorceress: A Girl's Guide to the Dungeons & Dragons Game - my review says it all.
Fiction
Best: A Game of Thrones - masterful worldbuilding AND character development! Hooray!
Worst: Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell - the author should stick to writing footnotes. Sh ...
... fantasy library! Woo! So I ended up borrowing Outlander (having worked out that it's called Cross Stitch in the UK), A Game of Thrones because I've heard so much good stuff about George R.R. Martin's Song of Ice & Fire series here and The Chosen by Ricardo Pinto got thrust into ...
...
Windhaven
Fevre Dream
The Armageddon Rag
Dead Man's Hand
and the series A Song of Ice and Fire, including,
A Game of Thrones
A Clash of Kings
A Storm of Swords
A Dance with Dragons
... SantaThing books! It'll be a reread for me; it's another one of those books I read 10+ years ago and wanted to return to.
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin - more SantaThing!
Finished up A Game of Thrones just a bit ago and will start Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse when I finish the dishes.
I'm still on A Game of Thrones . A combination of holiday activities, starting a new job and spending all day Christmas day watching Lord of the Rings has been biting into my reading time. I hope to finish it this weekend so I can start one of my Christmas gift books.
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
Celtika
A Game of Thrones
Empires of the Word: A Language History of the World
The Mother Tongue
Made in America
The Historian
Alpha Beta: How 26 Letters Shaped the Western World
The Map That Changed the World: William ...
... Added to my wishlist, though I could have sworn I already had added it. How could you not love a book with that title.
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
Arya padded down the alley, balanced lightly on the balls of her bare feet, listening to the flutter of her heart, breathing ...
... chili, then had friends over to share. The canvas however is still mocking me with its blankness. At least I am enjoying A Game of Thrones .
... long. I have a fundraiser for Montana Shakespeare in the Parks to attend tonight and I'll continue to work my way through A Game of Thrones .
Earlier this week I got
Winterbirth
A Game of Thrones
The Rough Guide to Europe (hmmm, the touchstone is wrong.)
White Night A Novel of the Dresden Files by Jim Butcher
Hi, I'm new here. I just started A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin
Empires of the Word: a language history of the world by Nicholas Ostler
Alpha Beta: How 26 Letters Shaped the Western World by John Man
My husband just read A Game of Thrones almost completely in the bathroom. Not all at once. Thankfully.
... get into Golden Compass Will try again later. I also finished Uglies, Pretties, and Specials.
Am now on A Game of Thrones .
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
Definitely A Song of Ice and Fire, beginning with A Game of Thrones .
Your requirements sound almost like a description of this series, especially the later books, as you get to see things a bit more from the point of view of the bad guys. There are a few complete, irredeemable bastards in these ...
Definitely A Song of Ice and Fire, beginning with Game of Thrones .
Your requirements sound almost like a description of this series, especially the later books, as you get to see things a bit more from the point of view of the bad guys. There are a few complete, irredeemable bastards in these ...
A Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones , Clash of Kings, Storm of Swords, Feast for Crows by George R.R. Martin
Have you tried the A Song of Ice and Fire series? It has all the attributes you're looking for. The first book is A Game of Thrones .
... pages)
4) Fermat's Enigma by Simon Singh (300 pages)
5) The Arcanum by Thomas Wheeler (325 pages)
6) A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin (807 pages)
7) 1776 by David McCullough (294 pages)
8) The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck (559 pages)
9) A ...
I'd say the His Dark Materials series (agreeing with #8), or A Game of Thrones , the first in the Song of Ice and Fire series.
Shipping News by Annie Proulx
The Borrowers Afloat by Mary Norton
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
... Chodron (a good one to read concurrent with the parasite book )
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin - the first in his Song and Ice Saga (been meaning to get around to this set for awhile and now's as good a time as any)
Conspiracies by F. Paul Wilson, a Repairman Jack novel (this one ...
#26
That's not a US cover of Game of Thrones ; both covers are UK, per Martin's website here:
http://www.georgerrmartin.com/gallery.html
Also, your scantily-clad damsel is wearing full body armor (minus helmet), so do you mean "curvaceous damsel?" In fact, for once, that Erikson cover ...
The only time I can remember this happening was when I read the first three books of A Song of Ice and Fire right in a row; near the end of Storm of Swords, I was getting a little burnt out, plus the veiled misogyny was getting on my nerves (there's only so many times I can handle hearing a ...
... the Wheel of Time also like the Song of Ice and Fire series by George RR Martin, the first installment of which is A Game of Thrones . But be prepared to have dire consequences fall upon your favorite characters.
Some better examples of the gap between lovely UK covers and dreadful US covers:
A Game of Thrones :
US cover
Amtep in Taggers! : Looking for a tag for books with many protagonists (Aug 29, 2007, 3:25pm)
... from a couple of paragraphs to a full chapter to each, and still maintaining a fairly consistent timeline.
I referenced Game of thrones because it's a well-known work, but I actually want the tag for The Wanderer by Fritz Leiber, which is a book from 1964 that somehow made it onto my ...
... to become distracted with new book suggestions. Here's a stab at listing what I want to plow through in the near future.
A Game of Thrones - now reading
On the Origin of Species - now reading
Singularity - now reading (listening, really)
The Annotated Hobbit - reading aloud with my son
...
... and Ice series. (By no nobility I mean he writes characters from a quite cynical perspective on human nature.) Start with A Game of Thrones .
For fantasy that isn't in the classic Tolkien style of "high fantasy" (elves, dwarves, nobility, clear good vs evil type stuff) and set in a more ...
I have been spending my time on magazines and journals, not so much novels. But, at long last, I have completed...
3.) A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
I really liked this one! I will certainly get to the rest of the trilogy at some point - I love a good fantasy novel!
... series.
I recently put Song of Ice and Fire on the back burner after learning that it wasn't complete. I really enjoyed A Game of Thrones , and I'm looking forward to a time when the series is complete.
So I just found out that George R.R. Martin's Song of Ice and Fire series, of which A Game of Thrones is the first piece, is not finished. I have issues with reading long fantasy series with no end in sight... that's the reason I stopped reading Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time. When I'm ...
... books more, and when I reread the series in the future, I'll enjoy the earlier books more than I did originally.
42. A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin - I read this book a few years ago and really enjoyed it, but for whatever reason, never moved on to the next in the series. Coworke ...
I've just finished A Game of Thrones and I have a few questions. Please, no blatant spoilers, but gentle hints and teasers are most welcome.
Am I supposed to like Tyrion? Dany? 'Cause I really do.
At this point, I don't care for Catelyn or Sansa? Do they become any more likable?
Does Tyri ...
1. Copy of A Game of Thrones on my lap
2. Return of the King
3. Blue, just blue. Like a Crayola crayon
... mountain by thomas mann
mountain of black glass by tad williams
the glass bead game by herman hesse
a game of thrones by george r.r. martin
... the best five would be:
invitation to a beheading by nabokov
forty signs of rain by kim stanley robinson
a game of thrones by george r.r. martin
night by elie wiesel
aztec by gary jennings
Well I've read
Clan of the Cave Bear
The Eye of the World
A Game of Thrones
and reinterpretations of Beowulf i.e. Eaters of the Dead
The Robert Jordan books are some of my favorite but many think the series is way to long and wordy. I read A Game of Thrones many years ago ...
... of the Cave Bear
Beowulf
Pillars of the Earth
People of the Moon
The Mask of Atreus
The Eye of the World
A Game of Thrones
The Years of Rice and Salt
Sarum
The Thousand Orcs
The Skystone
Any suggestions or recommendations?
... Chronicles of Amber, L. Sprague de Camp's The Incompleat Enchanter and Lest Darkness Fall, and George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones , to name a few.
i fell in love with the name arya as soon as i started reading a game of thrones . i'm onto the second book and arya's still a strong little girl.
... Stephen King, Douglas Adams, Carol O'Connell, C. S. Lewis etc...
FAVORITE BOOK(s): Homeland, A Game of Thrones , Anansi Boys, To Kill a Mockingbird, Huckelberry Finn, The Princess Bride, The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Lord of the Rings, The C ...
... BOOK(s): The Lord of the Rings, Till we Have Faces, Illusion, Ill Made Mute, Gormenghast trilogy, Catspaw, A Game of Thrones , Ender's Game, The Complete Calvin and Hobbes, The Last Unicorn and so many more..
FAVOURITE CHILDRENS BOOK: Where the Wild Things Are, Cloudy Wi ...
... Charlotte Bronte, George R. R. Martin, Guy Gavriel Kay, Sharon Kay Penman, Jacqueline Carey, Tolstoy
FAVORITE BOOK(S): A Game of Thrones , The Sunne in Splendour, Jane Eyre, Anna Karenina, Daughter of Fortune, The Poisonwood Bible, The Water Is Wide, It ... shall I continue? >>
...
... Bradley, Philippa Gregory, Christopher Paolini, Juliet Marillier, Philip Pullman
FAVORITE BOOK(s): A Game of Thrones , The Other Boleyn Girl, Eragon, The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, Wizard's First Rule, Daughter of the Forest
FAVORITE DRINK: A glass of ...
I'm very much looking forward to A Game of Thrones being made into a mini-series. I've maintained the view that Song of Ice and Fire books wouldn't be done justice as a stand alone movie. I was also concerned about it being done by those who wouldn't do it justice, but it looks like HBO could be ...
... it for fans of horror/dark fantasy and for those that enjoy authors like Stephen King.
Other recent reads have been A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin, Lud-in-the-Mist by Hope Mirrlees and, Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman.
I'm not sure yet which book I'll select from ...
... 578 pages
The first three books of Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series, weighing in at 832, 736, and 704 pages.
A game of thrones 864 pages
The skystone 512 pages
People of the moon 640 pages
There's more fiction there than I've read in the past few years combined. I don't ...
7. A Game of Thrones , by George R.R. Martin
I FINALLY got myself to take...myself...to the book store. ;P Bought The Lions of Al-Rassan and A Game of Thrones :D im pretty excited about finally having some good material to read.
Looked for that What do you say to a naked elf? book by Cheryl Sterling, but i couldnt find the thing. ...
*gasp* As far as I see, only 2 people mentioned George R.R. Martin! The rest of you, get thee to a bookstore and buy A Game of Thrones , stat!
Okay okay...
1) The aforementioned George R.R. Martin. The Ice and Fire series rocks my f-ing socks and I'm nearly drooling with anticipation ...
I've bought and otherwise acquired, (BookMooch, freebies, etc), quite a few things over the past little bit:
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
Magician: Apprentice by Rayond E. Feist
Grimm's Fairy Tales by the Brothers Grimm
Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie
...
... and kings : the origins of cultures
The Mask of Atreus
The eye of the world
The dragon reborn
The great hunt
A game of thrones
The lone drow
The thousand Orcs
The skystone
Beowulf
The Two Swords
Total: 15->17
More to add to this list as books come in from ...
... suckered into playing a Dungeons and Dragons game (for the first time in my life) based on George R.R. Martin's novel A Game of Thrones , so I've picked that up after several years away from it. Intense, beautifully realized, very rich and dense stuff. I don't think I'll read the others ...
... here are my top 5 books of 2006:
5. Watchmen, by Alan Moore
4. The Emperor's Children, by Claire Messud
3. A Game of Thrones , by George R.R. Martin
2. The Tender Bar, by J.R. Moehringer
1. The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini
... images. It can open a new world up. Just off the top of my head, I recollect going *wow* when I read
George Martin's A Game of Thrones
The Design of Everyday Things by Donald Norman
Pyramids by Terry Pratchett (my first Terry Pratchett)
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Ha ...
I bought A Game of Thrones , Through a Glass Darkly, Fistful of Charms, A Knight in Shining Armor,The Dream Thief by Shana Abe (no touchstone), and One of Those Flings.
... Butterfly. She has turned Anita Blake into a sex addict.
Life of Pi did not charm me and I could not finish it.
A Game of Thrones went on and on and left without me.
The Historian was damned dull despite the fact that I wanted to like it. I had to leave this one.
I was ...
... 104(ish) books and I could only come up with 4 I really disliked and 1 I was disappointed with.
George R.R. Martin's A Game of Thrones and A Clash of Kings
I know a lot of people think that these are the best books ever (tm) but frankly, I hate them. I managed to get all the way ...
I have to wholeheartedly agree on the George R R Martin A Song of Ice and Fire series starting with A game of Thrones as well as the Terry Pratchett Discworld novels probably starting with Mort.
I have just read the fabulous Alison Croggon and her series of books The Gift Th ...
...
The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor
Kringle by Tony Abbott
The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
Ptolemy's Gate by Jonathan Stroud
... was a bust. I did enjoy enough of it though to slog through to the end.
Finally, I tried George R.R. Martin's Game of Thrones but just couldn't get into it. Maybe it was my mood at the time. I may try again someday, because so many people have praised it.
I'm sure there were ...
... frequently. I'm also reading the series A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin. I finished the first one, A Game of Thrones a while ago and am now working on the second. And I'm reading Eragon by Christopher Paolini again, in preparation for the movie coming out!
Happy ...
How'd we get this far without George R.R. Martin? The Song of Ice & Fire books are wonderful. Game of Thrones is the first.)
I also like Jacqueline Carey's Kushiel series and Liann Hearn's Tales of the Otori, though I doubt they've passed into canon status yet.
Try George R. R. Martin's Game of Thrones series. It is incredibly well-written (I think). The characters vary between children and adults - "bad" and "good". Each chapter drops you into the actions of another character, basically. There are only 4 books out so far and I don't think the ...
I adore Settlers of Cataan. I've played the board game version of Game of Thrones and thought it was ok, I'd play it again. I like Risk, I've heard good things about Middleearth Risk. Any recommendations for multi-player strategy games?
... what I wish someone had told me... Make sure you have access to the other Song of Ice and Fire books before you start A Game of Thrones . I finished the first one and had to wait almost three weeks to get my hands on the next one. Tough waiting!
Let's see, since the last time I posted (about a week ago) I've bought
A Game of Thrones ($4, new)
The Good Earth (20 cents, used)
A Brief History of Time ($1, used)... which I'm frankly somewhat embarrassed I didn't already own
Nextwave Vol. 1: This Is What They Want! ($20, new)
Y: ...
... were subsistance farmers with one room shacks, we're not exactly sure what that meant.
I keep trying to read The Game of Thrones and I just can't. I'm a huge fantasy fan, but I just keep getting bored. The writing isn't terrible, but it just overwhelms too quickly and the main ...
... to read about), Life of Pi (yawn), The Celestine Prophesy (awful!), The Traveler: A Novel (almost as awful), and A Game of Thrones (sorry, all you George R.R. Martin fans, good writing but just plain endlessly boring). Oh, yes, and mustn't forget the old fantasy series The Chronicles ...
... I spent so much in Boston), I got a $25 amazon.com reward certificate from my credit card company, with which I bought:
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
Black Water and The Rivers of Zadaa by D.J. MacHale
Miles Errant by Lois McMaster Bujold
All of which are ...
... recall that it was very well written.
Right now, I'm waiting for Eldest to come out in paperback, and I just ordered A Game of Thrones , which is a pretty new fantasy direction for me. We'll see if I decide to pick up the rest of the series.
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