Game of Thrones - Season 3 Pre-order

[insomniac013]

Ah, that doesn't look HALF bad. What is the meaning of the swords though? I dont remember anything like that in the show.

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Originally Posted by insomniac013

Ah, that doesn't look HALF bad. What is the meaning of the swords though? I dont remember anything like that in the show.

It's three swords, since, you know, it's the third season, but other than that, it's a reference to the title of the novel; a Storm of Swords.

Originally Posted by Buddy Ackerman

It looks like Season 4 will have the rest of 3 (we're about two-thirds into it I believe? Or just over halfway?) and parts of 4 (and maybe 5) with Season 5 combining 4 and 5 with the narratives sticking to the timeline rather than separating the stories. I would assuming that adding 4 and 5 together would mean it would also need to split into season 6 as well (as Surfdude says, 5 is a massive book even before you add in the events of book 4) leaving seasons 7 and 8 for the final two books.

The first part of the fourth book actually takes place during the last part of the third book. I expect season 4 to have the rest of book 3 and some of both 4 and 5. Then season 5 will include book 4, 5 and the first 200 pages of book 6 (we know something important happens there that was moved out of book 5, but that the tv series might want to include). Then season 6 and 7 will have the remainder of the books.
Yes, book 5 is enormous, but can easily be condensed since the important plotlines aren't that complicated. The showrunners will probably be smart enough to move some of 4 and 5 to an earlier and a later season, but they would do well to not spread it out to two seasons. Seven seasons is a luxury most series don't even get, so counting on eight might be a bit too optimistic. And they will need those last two to finish the story. Who knows how big the last book is going to be.