I read the first three books in the series years ago and was highly entertained. I’m not usually a fan of the fantasy genre, but the intricate plot lines and unexpected twists sold me on these books. I recently discovered that the fourth book of the planned seven part series is finally out, so I went to my library’s web site and requested it from the intrastate system. (PINES kicks ass, by the way) I got the book a few days later, but there’s one problem…
I can’t remember all that freakin’ happened in the first three. There’s just too many plot threads to remember from six or seven years ago. Can somebody give me a very abbreviated cliff’s notes version of the series up until “A Feast for Crows”? Who’s in power, who’s not, who’s alive, who’s dead, who’s undead, etc.
Feel free to discuss the books in general if you want, but please use spoiler tags when discussing “A Feast for Crows”. I haven’t read the thing yet.
Heh, I just had an idea. One of HBOs competitors hire(s/d) the guy who does the 30 second movie recaps with bunnies. It would be funny for them to poke fun at HBO by doing the recaps of the George RR Martin books, seeing as HBO is doing a series about them.
Don’t forget that the main character, the one who’s obviously going to be the anchor and thread of continuity thruout the entire series of books, gets killed. And so does the main character’s replacement. And that one’s replacement. And so on.
I appreciate the link but don’t follow why you shared it with me. The idea was spurned by the fact that HBO is doing this series. The cartoon guy doesn’t need rights to the story, it falls under satire or whatever. So Cinemax or Showtime, whoever employs him now, could do it to make fun of HBO, though I guess the story is a bit intricate for 30 seconds… I dunno.
I was simply linking to it for anyone else who was unaware of the HBO series and attributed the original mention of the series to you via the quote, not necessarily providing it for your benefit.
Do you think there’ll actually be a Seven Kingdoms when the story ends? That Wall is coming down, the Others are coming south… and after that, things are going to get a bit unpleasant. I can’t wait.
Jon would be #3, or possibly #2, but he’s not dead. Yet. Dany and Tyrion are the other two that I think you could claim to be the main character, but they’re also alive as far as we know.
