The Official Game of Thrones [A Song of Ice and Fire] Thread (includes spoilers)

[theSTEREO.]

If you think LoTR is dry read the Simarlillian... It is the cure for insomnia (Tolkien's start of the world creation story and the first 2 ages of man). The Ainulindalë deals with the creation of beings from the Onde and the Quenya. If you are having trouble sleeping i suggest reading it.

Man, I tried to read the Simarillian. I just... I just can't do it.... It's like reading a medical journal.

 

[The Human Q-Tip]

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Man, I tried to read the Simarillian. I just... I just can't do it.... It's like reading a medical journal.

It's really five separate parts, and the first two can be really difficult to get through. The second part in particular is more of a glossary/encyclopedia than an actual story. The actual "story" part of the book, the "Quenta Silmarilla", is the bulk of the overall book and is really good once you get into it. Having read the entire book multiple times, I usually read only the first part (which I think is quite beautiful once you are familiar with the entire story), and the main story. I skip the second part.

The last two of the five total parts consist of the story of the Second Age, which is pretty good, and a very abridged version of LOTR. I've read them, but generally skip them on reread as well.

 

[BooyaCS]

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It's really five separate parts, and the first two can be really difficult to get through. The second part in particular is more of a glossary/encyclopedia than an actual story. The actual "story" part of the book, the "Quenta Silmarilla", is the bulk of the overall book and is really good once you get into it. Having read the entire book multiple times, I usually read only the first part (which I think is quite beautiful once you are familiar with the entire story), and the main story. I skip the second part.

The last two of the five total parts consist of the story of the Second Age, which is pretty good, and a very abridged version of LOTR. I've read them, but generally skip them on reread as well.

I used to read the Simarillion in Quenya... Yes I am a Heathen

 

[Jack Brickman]

Man, I tried to read the Simarillian. I just... I just can't do it.... It's like reading a medical journal.

The Hobbit aside, I've found all of Tolkien's work (that I've read, obviously) to be pretty tedious. It often felt like he was more concerned with world-building than story-telling.

 

[BMAN]

Anyone that's talking bad about my man Tolkien in here is a fuck. That is all. Shit I read The Silmarillion when I was in middle school. Suck it. Was huge Middle Earth nerd

 

[theSwayze]

Do not read it. You have been warned.

I will say that the stuff Sanderson put out was better (relative term) then the multiple volumes of dreck Jordan had been putting out for years. Jordan's series started off decently, probably peaking at the third book. Decent enough after that until maybe book six, then it just fell off a cliff. Incredibly bad, with nothing of substance happening for entire books at a time, and not even redeemed by sharp prose or witty dialogue. Dude was clearly milking it. I quit even skimming at some point.

Even before that point, though, far too much junior-high school level romances, "tugging of braids" and "smoothing of skirts" (trust me, you'll understand if you ignore my warning), and incredibly crappy filler. It started off as sort of a basic fantasy story, then started teetering down the "Young Adult", path, and badly.

It would be the equivalent of entering a turkey-dog eating contests, then getting punch in the face when you finally stop.

I've never given up on a series of books as many times as WOT. I hate beginning a series (or book) and not completing it but I'm happy to leave that dusty copy of Path of Daggers lost somewhere forever. I realized I was barely half way through the series and only reading it to try and complete it, not because it was entertaining or even good.

 

[Jack Brickman]

Anyone that's talking bad about my man Tolkien in here is a fuck. That is all. Shit I read The Silmarillion when I was in middle school. Suck it. Was huge Middle Earth nerd

I did too (well, in high school). It's why I kept falling asleep in math class.

 

[Rich]

The Hobbit aside, I've found all of Tolkien's work (that I've read, obviously) to be pretty tedious. It often felt like he was more concerned with world-building than story-telling.

He is. To some, that can be interesting. I've read the Silmarillion multiple times. I'm not gonna profess it to have been some great, amazing read, but I do find the ability to build such an in depth world quite incredible.

I'd like to see a visual depiction of the Turin Turambar story, whether a movie or a mini-series.

 

[SixPACK]

ALso....

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau was shocked when he read the Game of Thrones season 7 scripts: “I’m like, ‘Already? Now?! What?!'”

The Jaime Lannister actor (and other members of the HBO hit’s cast) say fans should similarly brace themselves: The upcoming season is an intense and fast ride. The pace of the series, they say, has noticeably ramped up from previous years. In fact, season 7 doesn’t play quite like any other season of the show.

“I feel like I’d been lulled into a different pace,” Coster-Waldau says. “Everything happened quicker than I’m used to … a lot of things that normally take a season now take one episode.”

Agrees Jon Snow actor Kit Harington: “This season is really different than any other season because it’s accelerating toward the end, a lot of stuff collides and happens much much quicker than you’re used to seeing on Thrones … it’s so different than what everybody is used to. It’s quite exciting.”

Now, fans are probably thinking the fast pace is because there are fewer episodes — seven this year instead of the customary 10 (and then there’s an eighth-and-final season still to come). But that’s actually not the case, the show’s writers say. “Things are moving faster because in the world of these characters the war that they’ve been waiting for is upon them,” showrunner Dan Weiss explains. “The conflicts that have been building the past six years are upon them and those facts give them a sense of urgency that makes [the characters] move faster.”

Put another way: Between Daenerys and her army sailing toward Westeros, the Night King and his army of the dead descending from the North and the Starks aggressively retaking Winterfell … there are multiple storm-of-swords battle fronts all coming together at the same time.

“For a long time we’ve been talking about ‘the wars to come,'” showrunner David Benioff says. “Well, that war is pretty much here. So it’s really about trying to find a way to make the storytelling work without feeling like we’re rushing it — you still want to give characters their due, and pretty much all the characters that are now left are all important characters. Even the ones who might have started out as relatively minor characters have become significant in their own right.”

Adds co-executive producer Bryan Cogman: “There are White Walkers and dragons and once they start to come together the story has to go where it goes.”

And where does the story go, exactly? Well, Monday’s dragon war photo gives you some idea. And, previously, actor Iain Glen, who plays Ser Jorah, claimed the season 7 scripts were the best ones yet.

 

[Jack Brickman]

Sounds like they're pulling some Last Kingdom shit this year. That show moves faster than any show I've ever watched. I think more stuff has happened in sixteen episodes than in six seasons of Game of Thrones.

 

[Sebastian]

ALso....

She's fighting Lannister troops.

 

[getBUCKED]

Looks like just what we want - more dragons and more White Walkers. This season is going to be the best yet.

 

[Kbiz]

When is the first trailer gonna drop? Seems like we are overdue.

 

[SixPACK]

I didn't even notice at first in that little 13 second video of the white walker I posted...

there is a reflection of Jon Snow.

 

[Kbiz]

When is the first trailer gonna drop? Seems like we are overdue.

They must've heard me.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giYeaKsXnsI