Great deal on amazon for all 7 volumes of GOT, saving £41.01
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aaronmcc
4 Jul 172#1
Wish the fud would stop indulging in HBO spin off series and finish the books :disappointed:
bensbargains
4 Jul 172#2
Amazing value. After watching the series multiple times, the books are unbelievably good.
The recent TV scripts are so much poorer without GRRMs input.
Avenger1324 to bensbargains
4 Jul 171#14
Great price for all the books. I paid only slightly more a few years ago in a sale from The Works which regularly has this for £30.
I've enjoyed both the books and the tv series, but have to agree that with the last season there was a distinct change of pace. For atleast the first 4 season there was a real sense there was so much content in the books they were having to work really hard to condense it down into a 10 episode season. For season 6, where they have gone completely beyond the current books, it didn't have the same feel - there were sections that felt like filler.
That said - still really looking forward to season 7 starting in just over a weeks time :smiley:
EndlessWaves
4 Jul 171#3
If he'd stuck to the original plan of a trilogy this could have been quite good.
Unfortunately dragging it out to ten volumes or so has meant the pacing has suffered and these are rather tedious. I'd skip them in favour of his other, better works.
bensbargains to EndlessWaves
4 Jul 17#8
"Could have been quite good" :laughing: They're epic.
pedrorq to EndlessWaves
4 Jul 17#10
This.
Buy the first 2 books which are excellent, maybe the 3rd that is still reasonably good. There are otherwise much better fantasy writers around.
Max-Power
4 Jul 17#4
Is there another book coming? If so, they'll probably change the cover design on that so it'll be annoying if they don't follow the set!
raheelium88 to Max-Power
4 Jul 17#5
Not any time soon mate!
byazura to Max-Power
4 Jul 17#6
They've already changed the cover design twice since the last book came out.
This is the latest cover design (January 2015)
andypolack
4 Jul 17#7
Cold, no-one reads paper books anymore.
Winspiration to andypolack
4 Jul 171#9
elbs
4 Jul 17#11
Such as? Looking for some good recommendations..
Yas
4 Jul 172#12
He's getting slower and slower.
A Game of Thrones (1996)
A Clash of Kings (1998)
A Storm of Swords (2000)
A Feast for Crows (2005)
A Dance with Dragons (2011)
There's a very real chance he will never finish.
Yas
4 Jul 171#13
For more of the same:
Robert Jordan - Wheel of Time
J V Jones - Sword of Shadows
Tad Williams - Memory, Sorrow, Thorn
Raymond E Feist - Riftwar + Empire trilogies
or for something a bit different, but still top notch fantasy:
Robin Hobb - Farseer
Steven Erikson - Malazan
PS. Still think the first 3 GRRM books are the best fantasy I've ever read, it's only books 4 and 5 that dip below his very high standards and have started to drag a bit.
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The recent TV scripts are so much poorer without GRRMs input.
I've enjoyed both the books and the tv series, but have to agree that with the last season there was a distinct change of pace. For atleast the first 4 season there was a real sense there was so much content in the books they were having to work really hard to condense it down into a 10 episode season. For season 6, where they have gone completely beyond the current books, it didn't have the same feel - there were sections that felt like filler.
That said - still really looking forward to season 7 starting in just over a weeks time :smiley:
Unfortunately dragging it out to ten volumes or so has meant the pacing has suffered and these are rather tedious. I'd skip them in favour of his other, better works.
Buy the first 2 books which are excellent, maybe the 3rd that is still reasonably good. There are otherwise much better fantasy writers around.
This is the latest cover design (January 2015)
A Game of Thrones (1996)
A Clash of Kings (1998)
A Storm of Swords (2000)
A Feast for Crows (2005)
A Dance with Dragons (2011)
There's a very real chance he will never finish.
Robert Jordan - Wheel of Time
J V Jones - Sword of Shadows
Tad Williams - Memory, Sorrow, Thorn
Raymond E Feist - Riftwar + Empire trilogies
or for something a bit different, but still top notch fantasy:
Robin Hobb - Farseer
Steven Erikson - Malazan
PS. Still think the first 3 GRRM books are the best fantasy I've ever read, it's only books 4 and 5 that dip below his very high standards and have started to drag a bit.