Friday, April 06, 2007
A Song of Ice and Fire
I recently read all 4 books that have been released in George R. R. Martin's series A Song of Ice and Fire. I've rarely read anything but nonfiction since high school, but a few friends talked me into reading the first book of the series, and I was hooked from there.
They're in the fantasy genre like Lord of the Rings or The Chronicles of Narnia or Harry Potter, but these are very much not children's books. Aside from the violence and sex and politics, they're also full of very complex characters and there is rarely a clear good or clear evil. The series is supposed to go to 7 books in the next few years, and HBO and Martin are developing a television series.
I can't recommend them highly enough.
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why do they have such stupid covers?
Every last drop of gooey goodness is inside the covers, leaving none for the outside.
This is the only fantasy I've read other than Harry Potter in the past 10 years. I just finished the fourth one two weeks ago. I can't wait for the TV series.
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