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Sansa: What a horrible, awful book!
Littlefinger: I thought it was very well done. Why didn't you like it?
Sansa: Everyone in the book is awful! There are no true knights in the story. This isn't the way people should behave! There is no one in the book to admire!
Littlefinger: Not even your father?
Sansa: Yes, my father is probably the most honorable person in the book. And even there, the author keeps dwelling on his fathering a bastard. One mistake in his life-
Littlefinger: Ah, no, one mistake? Hardly. Insisting on a rigid morality, or "honor," as you put it, is itself a mistake, in a world such as ours. To survive, you need pay attention to which way the wind's blowing.
Sansa: So you just drift along with the wind, willy-nilly, is that it? That's no way to live.
Littlefinger: No, to steer a ship, you have to work with the wind, not against it. It's a "ship" metaphor, not a "leaf" metaphor. My point is that the book depicts people as they really are.
Sansa: But the book is supposed to be a fantasy. It says so on the spine. Even assuming that people "really are" this way, I read fantasy to get away from reality. If I wanted to know about reality, I'd watch the evening news.
Littlefinger: Careful, you're getting out of character. It all depends on what you want from a novel, that's true. If you want intricate plots with a large cast of three-dimensional characters, I've seen few series which do it better.
Sansa: Series? You mean I have to read those as well?
Littlefinger: Maybe the author will find someone else to do his reviews for him.

Warning: This series is incomplete. May cause Martin Derangement Syndrome in people with high impatience. Do not read while operating heavy machinery.


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A Song of Ice and Fire 7 Volumes George R R Martin 0731329510504 Books Reviews

Extremely pleased with this leather edition. Absolutely stunning. Ten times more gorgeous in person.
What could be said about Game of Thrones, the first of George R.R. Martin's epic series, that hasn't been said a million times? It's absolutely brilliant. Going into these books (I read them after the show began but before I'd seen the show...), I enjoyed my share of sci-fi/fantasy along the lines of Harry Potter, Buffy the Vampire Slayer... fairly light-hearted stuff (in comparison, at least) that always felt grounded in the same world I live in. The one genre I really disliked was "Middle Ages Fantasy" as I called it. Lord of the Rings, for instance, while the films were visually appealing, was not my cup of tea... too detached from reality. So when I first saw articles and clips from the HBO Game of Thrones series, I thought it looked like the one type of fantasy series that I would never enjoy. I held out for a looong time, until 3 different friends of mine with similar tastes in books/shows/films promised me that, while they too disliked this sub-genre of fantasty, this series was different, and I HAD to read the books or start the show. Grudgingly, I picked up the first book, figuring that I'd push myself half-way through it and let me friends know I tried and they were totally wrong.

Of course they weren't wrong.

What George R.R. Martin has done here defies genre, period. It doesn't matter if you're like me and don't care for this sub-genre of fantasy... it doesn't matter if your like my spouse, and don't like fantasy at all. If you enjoy brilliant, incredibly-developed, thought-provoking stories... those with a strongly developed cast of characters who blissfully lack being "good vs. evil" and instead all display their shades of grey, good traits, evil traits, unique traits, all sorts of traits... then this book is for you. Buy it. Open it up. Start reading. You won't regret it.
I watched the first season of the show and was hooked, but I normally prefer to read the book first, so I ordered this set and have started reading them. My son advised me I should read the whole series before I watch the other seasons because after the first book & season, the seasons don't always track well with the books.

That's fine with me - I'm loving the book more than the show anyway. There are details in the books that film just can't translate, such as the way a character is thinking. I'm amazed at the number of characters and how individual and unique they are.

While there is a lot of action and some of it quite violent, there is also humor and tender moments, complicated family dynamics, and good descriptions of the landscape and surroundings so that I can picture what is going on without having to rely on my memory of the show. I'll be ordering more when I get through the first five, as I enjoy reading well written book series.
This review is primarily to give a feedback on the sizes of leather bound and paperback printed books. I initially bought leather bound books. They were really pretty and paper quality was very good. But the down side is they are really small books. So I got the paperback edition books. These books are bigger than leather bound and easy to read. So it totally depends on the customer what size book you would like to buy. I attached a photo to compare. Hope this helps
Sansa What a horrible, awful book!
Littlefinger I thought it was very well done. Why didn't you like it?
Sansa Everyone in the book is awful! There are no true knights in the story. This isn't the way people should behave! There is no one in the book to admire!
Littlefinger Not even your father?
Sansa Yes, my father is probably the most honorable person in the book. And even there, the author keeps dwelling on his fathering a bastard. One mistake in his life-
Littlefinger Ah, no, one mistake? Hardly. Insisting on a rigid morality, or "honor," as you put it, is itself a mistake, in a world such as ours. To survive, you need pay attention to which way the wind's blowing.
Sansa So you just drift along with the wind, willy-nilly, is that it? That's no way to live.
Littlefinger No, to steer a ship, you have to work with the wind, not against it. It's a "ship" metaphor, not a "leaf" metaphor. My point is that the book depicts people as they really are.
Sansa But the book is supposed to be a fantasy. It says so on the spine. Even assuming that people "really are" this way, I read fantasy to get away from reality. If I wanted to know about reality, I'd watch the evening news.
Littlefinger Careful, you're getting out of character. It all depends on what you want from a novel, that's true. If you want intricate plots with a large cast of three-dimensional characters, I've seen few series which do it better.
Sansa Series? You mean I have to read those as well?
Littlefinger Maybe the author will find someone else to do his reviews for him.

Warning This series is incomplete. May cause Martin Derangement Syndrome in people with high impatience. Do not read while operating heavy machinery.