(BOOK SPOILERS) Game of Thrones Series Discussion for Book Readers

[Cook]

Originally Posted by Javert

I think a lot of the slow parts in "Feast" will be cut. There's too much in Book 5 to cover, even when it will also be split across two seasons.

Book 5 Spoiler alert:
Actually, a scene I'm looking forward to from "Dance" is Barristan's fight with Hizdahr's bodyguard (Chapter: The Kingbreaker). It's when you finally see Barristan kick some real ass.

I also can't wait for this scene!

[frogmort]

[Aragorn the Elfstone]

Red Viper was cast a few days ago. http://winteriscoming.net/2013/06/red-viper-cast/ Definitely looking forward to his fight with The Mountain.

Though these casting announcements are just make it painfully clear how long we've got till next season.

Also, looks like we've got Neil Marshall coming back next season for an episode (though not yet officially confirmed). If so, I presume he'll be directing the battle at the Wall.

[Witch King of Angmar]

In a recent blog post, Game of Thrones' author George R.R. Martin has given the world a glimpse of the Iron Throne he sees in his head, and it looks something like this:




The image was painted by French artist Marc Simonetti, and is made, as Martin describes, from "thousands of swords."

"It's a throne made by blacksmiths hammering together half-melted, broken, twisted swords, wrenched from the hands of dead men or yielded up by defeated foe."

So what does Martin think of HBO's version of The Iron Throne? It's good, he reckons, but not quite good enough.

"The HBO throne has become iconic. And well it might. It's a terrific design, and it has served the show very well...everyone knows it. I love it. I have all those replicas right here, sitting on my shelves.And yet, and yet... it's still not right. It's not the Iron Throne I see when I'm working on (the forthcoming sixth Game of Thrones novel) The Winds of Winter. It's not the Iron Throne I want my readers to see. The way the throne is described in the books... HUGE, hulking, black and twisted, with the steep iron stairs in front, the high seat from which the king looks DOWN on everyone in the court... my throne is a hunched beast looming over the throne room, ugly and asymmetric...

http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/07/...al-iron-throne

[Edword]

Game of Thrones panel SDCC 2013 - YouTube

At 6:30 I sense some sarcasm that could make mredman hopeful about LS

[mredman]

Originally Posted by Edword

Game of Thrones panel SDCC 2013 - YouTube

At 6:30 I sense some sarcasm that could make mredman hopeful about LS

if they cut her out it would not make sense to show Berics resurrection,Brans Dream ect..

Weird there is so much secret about this

[Edword]

Rome's Indira Varma Joins Game of Thrones

EW is reporting that "Rome" actress Indira Varma has joined the fourth season of "Game of Thrones" in the role of Ellaria Sand. Varma's character will be the lover for Pedro Pascal's Prince Oberyn Martell in the series. She gave birth to four of his children, known as the "Sand Snakes" in the source material.

Based on the bestselling fantasy book series by George R.R. Martin, "Game of Thrones" is an epic story of treachery and nobility set on the continent of Westeros, where summers and winters can last years, and only the lust for power is eternal.

The executive producers of "Game of Thrones" are David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, Carolyn Strauss, Frank Doelger, Bernadette Caulfield; co-executive producers, Guymon Casady, Vince Gerardis, George R.R. Martin, Vanessa Taylor; produced by Chris Newman, Greg Spence.

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/tvnews.php?id=106987

[Aragorn the Elfstone]

Just fantastic that we're going to start meeting the characters from Dorne. As for Ellaria Sand, I remember the character's name, but for the life of me, I can't remember her place in ASOS. Time for a reread.

It's fantastic to see so many Rome actors in this show.

[robertee]

Originally Posted by Aragorn the Elfstone

As for Ellaria Sand, I remember the character's name, but for the life of me, I can't remember her place in ASOS. Time for a reread.

She heads to King's Landing with The Red Viper (she's his paramour, mother of the youngest Sand Snakes), attends the PW, witnesses the trial by combat and goes back to Dorne.

[Witch King of Angmar]

Awesome! I have been watching Rome lately. Great series.

[frogmort]

I really like this fan photo:



I think there is much evidence that Jon Snow is Azor Ahai.

[mrrant_33]

I like this photo. Unfortunately the wounds are inconsistent with what happened on the show so we probably won't be getting this

http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/i/20...an-d5vuvtd.jpg

[Edword]

Originally Posted by frogmort

I really like this fan photo:

[Show spoiler]

I think there is much evidence that Jon Snow is Azor Ahai.

Do I dare look that up not having reading the fifth book yet

[robertee]

Originally Posted by Edword

Do I dare look that up not having reading the fifth book yet

Don't look up stuff related to Jon possibly being Azor Ahai reborn. Very spoilery if you haven't read Dance.

[Fortion]

azor ahai reborn!!!!
man use spoiler tags

[frogmort]

Originally Posted by Fortion

azor ahai reborn!!!!
man use spoiler tags

This is the "(SPOILERS) Game of Thrones Series Discussion for Book Readers" thread. Anything goes in here.

For people not familiar with the books, there is the Game of Thrones Series Discussion Thread.

[mrrant_33]

Now THIS is what I've been waiting for...


The World of Ice and Fire: The Official History of Westeros and The World of A Game of Thrones:

If the past is prologue, then George R. R. Martin’s masterwork—the most inventive and entertaining fantasy saga of our time—warrants one hell of an introduction. At long last, it has arrived with The World of Ice and Fire.

This lavishly illustrated volume is a comprehensive history of the Seven Kingdoms, providing vividly constructed accounts of the epic battles, bitter rivalries, and daring rebellions that lead to the events of A Song of Ice and Fire and HBO’s Game of Thrones. In a collaboration that’s been years in the making, Martin has teamed with Elio M. García, Jr., and Linda Antonsson, the founders of the renowned fan site Westeros.org—perhaps the only people who know this world almost as well as its visionary creator.

Collected here is all the accumulated knowledge, scholarly speculation, and inherited folk tales of maesters and septons, maegi and singers. It is a chronicle which stretches from the Dawn Age to the Age of Heroes; from the Coming of the First Men to the arrival of Aegon the Conqueror; from Aegon’s establishment of the Iron Throne to Robert’s Rebellion and the fall of the Mad King, Aerys II Targaryen, which has set into motion the “present-day” struggles of the Starks, Lannisters, Baratheons, and Targaryens. The definitive companion piece to George R. R. Martin’s dazzlingly conceived universe, The World of Ice and Fire is indeed proof that the pen is mightier than a storm of swords.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product?ASIN=0553805444


The "Release Date" for this Hardcover is October 28th 2014

[robertee]

Originally Posted by mrrant_33

Now THIS is what I've been waiting for...


The World of Ice and Fire: The Official History of Westeros and The World of A Game of Thrones:

If the past is prologue, then George R. R. Martin’s masterwork—the most inventive and entertaining fantasy saga of our time—warrants one hell of an introduction. At long last, it has arrived with The World of Ice and Fire.

This lavishly illustrated volume is a comprehensive history of the Seven Kingdoms, providing vividly constructed accounts of the epic battles, bitter rivalries, and daring rebellions that lead to the events of A Song of Ice and Fire and HBO’s Game of Thrones. In a collaboration that’s been years in the making, Martin has teamed with Elio M. García, Jr., and Linda Antonsson, the founders of the renowned fan site Westeros.org—perhaps the only people who know this world almost as well as its visionary creator.

Collected here is all the accumulated knowledge, scholarly speculation, and inherited folk tales of maesters and septons, maegi and singers. It is a chronicle which stretches from the Dawn Age to the Age of Heroes; from the Coming of the First Men to the arrival of Aegon the Conqueror; from Aegon’s establishment of the Iron Throne to Robert’s Rebellion and the fall of the Mad King, Aerys II Targaryen, which has set into motion the “present-day” struggles of the Starks, Lannisters, Baratheons, and Targaryens. The definitive companion piece to George R. R. Martin’s dazzlingly conceived universe, The World of Ice and Fire is indeed proof that the pen is mightier than a storm of swords.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product?ASIN=0553805444


The "Release Date" for this Hardcover is October 28th 2014

That release date is a just a placeholder, might come out sooner (Spring 2014). Bookmark this thread if you want the latest info: http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php...re-coming-out/

[mrrant_33]

Originally Posted by robertee

That release date is a just a placeholder, might come out sooner (Spring 2014). Bookmark this thread if you want the latest info: http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php...re-coming-out/

Much Thanx

[frogmort]

Originally Posted by mrrant_33

Now THIS is what I've been waiting for...

The World of Ice and Fire: The Official History of Westeros and The World of A Game of Thrones:

[Show spoiler]If the past is prologue, then George R. R. Martin’s masterwork—the most inventive and entertaining fantasy saga of our time—warrants one hell of an introduction. At long last, it has arrived with The World of Ice and Fire.

This lavishly illustrated volume is a comprehensive history of the Seven Kingdoms, providing vividly constructed accounts of the epic battles, bitter rivalries, and daring rebellions that lead to the events of A Song of Ice and Fire and HBO’s Game of Thrones. In a collaboration that’s been years in the making, Martin has teamed with Elio M. García, Jr., and Linda Antonsson, the founders of the renowned fan site Westeros.org—perhaps the only people who know this world almost as well as its visionary creator.

Collected here is all the accumulated knowledge, scholarly speculation, and inherited folk tales of maesters and septons, maegi and singers. It is a chronicle which stretches from the Dawn Age to the Age of Heroes; from the Coming of the First Men to the arrival of Aegon the Conqueror; from Aegon’s establishment of the Iron Throne to Robert’s Rebellion and the fall of the Mad King, Aerys II Targaryen, which has set into motion the “present-day” struggles of the Starks, Lannisters, Baratheons, and Targaryens. The definitive companion piece to George R. R. Martin’s dazzlingly conceived universe, The World of Ice and Fire is indeed proof that the pen is mightier than a storm of swords.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product?ASIN=0553805444


The "Release Date" for this Hardcover is October 28th 2014

While that sounds interesting, THIS is what I've been waiting for: