A Song of Ice and Fire
 
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My friend Mike gave me the first two books of
George Martin's "
A Game of Thrones" for my birthday last month, and I've
found them very engrossing - book three should be on its way from
Amazon now. It's a huge story, with more characters than you can
shake a stick at, and - unlike the cardboard ones you'll find in
your typical political thriller, these characters are fleshed out.
Having said that, if you decide to read these books, don't get too
atached to any particular character - a number of "he can't kill so
and so, can he?" moments have come and gone already (bear in mind
that I'm only in book 2!), and plenty of those characters have been
killed off. |
Heck, I like the books well enough that they are modifying the way I exercise. More than once, instead of heading out to jog, I've gotten on the stationary bike so that I can read a few chapters :) Highly recommended series - it's not your run of the mill "swords and sorcery" fare by any means.
Oh, and yes - I am looking forward to the HBO series :)
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