all right then!

[dira]

You know, I will admit: I am not the world's most passionate George R. R. Martin fan. I'm not even in the running, given I still haven't read the fourth book. I kind of vaguely thought it was neat that there was going to be an HBO miniseries, you know, hooray genre getting on the telly (not TV, HBO, whatever) and so on.

Okay, so. I AM INVESTED NOW, OH YEAH.

Although this means Sean Bean will ONCE AGAIN die a big heroic death at the end and I will probably reprise my damn half hour of weeping from Fellowship of the Ring. So there's something to look forward to...

Comments

[ex_gryphon136]

Just idle curiosity, as I never got further than the first book... does *anybody* you actually like enough to want them to survive do so?

[dira]

a) Yes. Uh, at least through the first three or four books.

b) He starts making you like people you started out hating, so your sympathies get even more engaged. It's pretty amazing. :)

[ex_gryphon136]

Yeah, I thought so. The people-you-didn't-like-being-likable thing, that is. There were signs.

I may decide to read the series when all the books are out. But probably not.

[dira]

I am sort of pursuing that strategy, now--mainly because the plots are so intricate that I feel compelled to reread all the previous books to read a new one and that's more time commitment than I'm ready to make, just yet.