Darn it! Couldn't Wait!

[Paddrino]

Took the book out and I am going to start it today!!! How far into the book did the first season go? I assume season one did not cover the entire book.

The game of thrones on TV went through the entire first book. Although, there were some intricate details that were left out in my opinion. Sure it depicted what happened, but the real gem of this series is in the books. Martin's style of writing is epic. He has the very unique ability to write from the actual character's perspective. He will show the same event through the eyes of a dozen different people. That is really what makes the series for me to be completely honest. Was the HBO series good? Sure it was, but that isn't why I read the entire story thus far.

As long as we are talking sci/fantasy, anybody ever read Steven Kings Dark Tower series? The Gunslinger is epic!!!! (and I am not a huge king fan, usually he is OK, and a good read for a plane, but these books are so far removed from what he usually does, they are in a class of their own)

I've read just about everything SK wrote. His stuff is either pass or fail. It's either wonderful, or total crap. The gunslinger is his magnum opus in my opinion.

 

[moorea]

The game of thrones on TV went through the entire first book. Although, there were some intricate details that were left out in my opinion. Sure it depicted what happened, but the real gem of this series is in the books. Martin's style of writing is epic. He has the very unique ability to write from the actual character's perspective. He will show the same event through the eyes of a dozen different people. That is really what makes the series for me to be completely honest. Was the HBO series good? Sure it was, but that isn't why I read the entire story thus far.

I'm still kicking myself for not reading it sooner. But unfortunately I only heard of it after they started advertising the show! At least I'll get to read the left out intricate details that are left out of every movie that becomes a book!

I've read just about everything SK wrote. His stuff is either pass or fail. It's either wonderful, or total crap. The gunslinger is his magnum opus in my opinion.

I think that is his opinion to. It took him 20 years or so to write. He event had to go back and rewrite the first book years after it was published! He was trying to write his version of the lord of the rings and having read both, I think he more than did that. Tolkens tale is classic and very good, but the Dark Tower books... are better!

 

[Paddrino]

I'm still kicking myself for not reading it sooner. But unfortunately I only heard of it after they started advertising the show! At least I'll get to read the left out intricate details that are left out of every movie that becomes a book!

Well consider yourself lucky. He takes forever to publish, so at least you don't have to wait 4+ years to read the next one. The last 2 for me seems like he is starting to have the problem that most of these huge epics do. They start to either slow the story down to the point of boredom, or they end abruptly with a huge gap in the story that just pisses you off. The last 2 books in the series are probably the worst in my opinion.

I think that is his opinion to. It took him 20 years or so to write. He event had to go back and rewrite the first book years after it was published! He was trying to write his version of the lord of the rings and having read both, I think he more than did that. Tolkens tale is classic and very good, but the Dark Tower books... are better!

Well King is interesting with his writing. All of his good books reflect parts of his life. He wants people to take a journey with him, and is one of the very few writers in the world who actually care about his audience and at the same time he is taking them down the journey of the story. His works are more about the journey than the beginning or the end of the story. Because he feels (and so do I and ringhtfully so) that in real life the journey is the "good" part of life. Who wins or loses really doesn't matter as much as how we react to how we got there. It is the really good stories that we tell in our daily life that reflect how we got there, not what we are doing once we got there. Look at how the gunslinger series ended.

 

[moorea]

I was lucky with the dark tower series, I started it about 6 months before the last one came out, so I didn't have to wait years (or decades like some people) to read the entire series. I had them finished 6 months and one week after I started!

 

[Paddrino]

I was lucky with the dark tower series, I started it about 6 months before the last one came out, so I didn't have to wait years (or decades like some people) to read the entire series. I had them finished 6 months and one week after I started!

I started reading them between the second and the third. I remember that the wizard book was the first book I ever preordered from a bookstore. That was published around 93? 94? It was before amazon was around to download it the day of release

 

[moorea]

I purchased the first book from amazon and before I was even done got the rest. I was going to purchase the last from Amazon to, but I couldn't wait for it to ship and went to the local book store so I could get started the day it came out!