Comments on: Review: A Game of Thrones, George R. R. Martin (an exercise in discursion) https://readingtheend.com/2011/07/09/review-a-game-of-thrones-george-r-r-martin-an-exercise-in-discursion/ before I read the middle Thu, 19 Jan 2012 05:01:54 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: Game Of Thrones George RR Martin Book Review https://readingtheend.com/2011/07/09/review-a-game-of-thrones-george-r-r-martin-an-exercise-in-discursion/#comment-5937 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 05:01:54 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=3252#comment-5937 […] of Game of Thrones by George RR Martin:The Book Swarm Ticket To Anywhere S. Krishna’s Books Jenny’s Books//LinkWithinCodeStart var linkwithin_site_id = 778903; var linkwithin_div_class = "linkwithin_hook"; […]

]]> By: Game of Thrones – George R. R. Martin « Bibliophage's Buffet https://readingtheend.com/2011/07/09/review-a-game-of-thrones-george-r-r-martin-an-exercise-in-discursion/#comment-5936 Sat, 01 Oct 2011 05:00:47 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=3252#comment-5936 […] Jenny’s rant-or-review-or-maybe-discursion provides the perspective of a reader who wouldn’t normally open up a fantasy book like this. ย And she uses really long funny tags. […]

]]> By: Sandy M. https://readingtheend.com/2011/07/09/review-a-game-of-thrones-george-r-r-martin-an-exercise-in-discursion/#comment-5935 Sat, 01 Oct 2011 04:40:44 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=3252#comment-5935 Your tags make me laugh.

]]> By: Lightheaded https://readingtheend.com/2011/07/09/review-a-game-of-thrones-george-r-r-martin-an-exercise-in-discursion/#comment-5934 Thu, 04 Aug 2011 05:08:49 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=3252#comment-5934 The link to the video I was referring to earlier:

http://www.themarysue.com/almost-every-time-sean-bean-has-died-on-film-ever-which-is-a-lot-of-times/

]]> By: Lightheaded https://readingtheend.com/2011/07/09/review-a-game-of-thrones-george-r-r-martin-an-exercise-in-discursion/#comment-5933 Thu, 04 Aug 2011 03:04:40 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=3252#comment-5933 Dear Jenny, I just read this. I don’t know if I’ll go out now and buy the first book (I can, I’m doing nothing at work but the bookstore is quite far. So much for appearing to be busy.) You also made me laugh. We have HBO but I downloaded the torrents of all the episodes for Game of Thrones. Haven’t seen a single scene. But there’s a mass market paperback copy with Sean Bean’s face plastered in Book 1. I think I shall get that. As far as the Thing is concerned, my brother even warned me about it (even if I told him early on I’ve yet to watch a single scene). I still have seven hours left before I leave my office chair and I’ve been squirming here wanting to start with the book. Yes, the book. I’ll read the book first before I start with the tv show. But I need to buy it first (and will probably read it in the office tomorrow). And thanks for making me laugh today. The entire week has been crazy-busy-idle-stressful-boring. This post helped. And hopefully, by next week, I’ll be back posting in my blog again (eh, gosh, I still have a blog!).

Have a great (advanced) weekend! Do search for that compilation of Sean Bean’s death scenes (if you’ve yet to see it). I saw that in one of the websites I visit (Geek Girl or something).

]]> By: Ela https://readingtheend.com/2011/07/09/review-a-game-of-thrones-george-r-r-martin-an-exercise-in-discursion/#comment-5932 Tue, 02 Aug 2011 21:54:11 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=3252#comment-5932 I want to like this series so much but haven’t found myself really attached to any of the characters. Jon gets some love, partly because he shares his name with the Channel 4 newsreader and former journalist whom I like a lot. And because he’s a bastard.

]]> By: Jenny https://readingtheend.com/2011/07/09/review-a-game-of-thrones-george-r-r-martin-an-exercise-in-discursion/#comment-5931 Mon, 01 Aug 2011 00:11:59 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=3252#comment-5931 In reply to Pam.

Sorry! Did I say anything terribly spoilery? I didn’t! I only speculated. I hope you do force yourself to like Sansa, because I am hell-bent on everybody liking her because she will save the day.

Good luck with your friends! The series is sort of a hard sell but it is nice to have people to chat about it with. ๐Ÿ˜‰

]]> By: Pam https://readingtheend.com/2011/07/09/review-a-game-of-thrones-george-r-r-martin-an-exercise-in-discursion/#comment-5930 Thu, 28 Jul 2011 20:05:11 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=3252#comment-5930 I wish I hadn’t found your blog, Jenny. Damn this post. I told myself I would avoid any and all spoilers no matter what it took, but I just got sucked in and I couldn’t stop reading. Even though you’re just talking about things you WANT to happen or you THINK will happen later on in the series (I just finished book 2), I feel like you’ve permanently altered my reading experience. I see Sansa and Jon Snow in a whole new light. Boo. I hated Sansa. But seeing as I’ll probably have to deal with her and her stupidity til the end of the series, I’m sure I’ll subconsciously force myself to like her now.

Anyway, I really want to force one of my friends to like the series as much as you do so I have someone to rant about it with. ๐Ÿ˜›

]]> By: Vishy https://readingtheend.com/2011/07/09/review-a-game-of-thrones-george-r-r-martin-an-exercise-in-discursion/#comment-5929 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 09:53:16 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=3252#comment-5929 In reply to Jenny.

I liked the way you have categorized Harry Potter books into first and second place clusters ๐Ÿ™‚ It looks like the second and fourth books didn’t make the cut. I love the first five, and if I have to name a favourite from them, it has to be either the second or the third, though the fourth will also run them close, because it has some beautiful lines in it. I loved the sixth because of so many startling revelations and it made me cry in the end because of the ‘Thing’ (borrowing your phrase :)), but I also found that too many things were happening there which could have been extended into two or more volumes.

]]> By: Vishy https://readingtheend.com/2011/07/09/review-a-game-of-thrones-george-r-r-martin-an-exercise-in-discursion/#comment-5928 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 09:42:40 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=3252#comment-5928 In reply to Kimsie.

What can I say about Jordan – after repeated enthusiastic recommendations by friends, everytime I go to the bookstore, I check the first volume and browse it and see the number of pages and ponder whether I can read it. Then I see that he has actually written fifteen volumes of around thousand pages each and it totally intimidates me! I wish I can muster up the courage to read the first Jordan some day. Glad to know that the fourth Martin book is not that bad as it is made out to be. Maybe I should get into the series one of these days.

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