Arrested Westeros. GAME OF THRONES: A book fan’s review of “Winter is Coming” & “The Kingsroad” | Heroine TV. Photo Credit: HBO, via Winter-is-Coming.net. I started reading George R.R. Martin’s A Game of Thrones in August of 2009, after my brother recommended the book to me earlier that year, praising it effusively. He had sped through the four existent novels (about 800-1,000 pages apiece) that make up the A Song of Ice and Fire series (a fifth book is forthcoming), and even got his girlfriend hooked too. He explained to me that the series was on par with Tolkien in terms of quality, but “with less magic and stuff.” I was sold. I learned about the television series soon after I purchased the novel, and upon hearing that it was going to air on HBO, and that Sean Bean (Lord of the Rings) and Jennifer Ehle (Pride and Prejudice) would star, I was thrilled.
We open the series on a group of Rangers leaving The Wall—the massive wall covered in ice that marks the northern border of the Seven Kingdoms. I found this opening to be a bit slow. We were then introduced to the Starks at Winterfell. Emilia Clarke Online - Your Source For Emilia Clarke - www.emiliaclarke.com. Tower of the Hand ~ An Encyclopedia of Ice and Fire. Fuck Yeah Game of Thrones. Game of thrones. La Garde de Nuit: roman Le Trone de Fer. Game of Thrones BR.