Book Of The Month: A Game Of Thrones, By: George R. R. Martin

Sean Bean in season 1 of: 'Game Of Thrones'!

We all know the classic story of the, 'Seven Kingdoms', and the civil war, and the lives of the lead characters from HBO's classic acclaimed TV series, 'A Game Of Thrones'... (Man I can't wait for the series to come back on!) But before this show became so popular, it was originally a book series called, 'A Song Of Ice And Fire' by writer: George R. R. Martin!

Now the interesting thing about this series... (I haven't read all the books, but I was told this,) but I was told that the TV seasons each year follow the books on a slightly differing level... I,e... Season 1 essentially follows book 1, season 2 is a slightly different version of book 2, etc...

And for the month of February I thought that I would recommend the first book in the series, A Game Of Thrones!

A Game Of Thrones... A great TV series is an even better book!

This amazing book, like the first seasons, follows the setup of the series real nice, with, 'Jon Snow' going off to, 'The Wall', the final stages of the plan to bring a, 'Lannister' to the Throne of, 'Westeros', and the beginning of the journey of Daenerys Targaryen, etc...

And the way it is done, the detail makes you feel like you are actually living in the moment, and almost like you are reliving the series for the first time, (even if you haven.t seen the series!)

So check this book out, I think you might like it! And stay tuned for the book of the month for: March!

A Game Of Thrones (1996) - George R. R. Martin - Book Review

Official Score = 4 Devils

 Now here is a different one, you see I generally do try to avoid doing a review outside of the realm of either Horror or Science Fiction, but I could not resist, and considering the fact that even though, 'A Game Of Thrones' is primarily a fantasy epic, this Book/TV series had enough of an element of, 'Horror' to it that I figured what the hell... You know?

With that in mind folks, there is something that I must confess, I first got in to this series through the hit TV series when my wife got in to it... And well I have to admit that the TV series really intrigued me, so when she decided to get the book series, well forget it, of course I had to read them!

A great show, but a better book!

And like the TV series, the first book in the series was truly amazing, I mean this book, which tells the story of how the, 'Seven Kingdoms' has begun it's decent in to chaos with the death of King Robert and the rise of the wrongful heir, 'Prince Joffrey', as well as the threat from beyond, 'The Wall', and the beginning of the rise of, 'Daenerys', was beautifully shown on TV, but was just truly amazingly well put together and expanded upon in the book!

The truth is folks, is that this book truly does follow the old saying, 'The book is better then the movie'... (Well in this case the TV show,) and well, the show is good to, but if you are looking for a novel that has some great history, and some great creepy crawlies (like Zombish stuff,) then this one is a must, and if you check it out, well... I think you will find out why!