Tagged: a game of thrones
What will the myths be in A Song of Ice and Fire?
By the end of A Storm of Swords and the beginning of A Feast for Crows (which I just recently began rereading. I’m almost at A Dance!) Jaime’s transformation is roughly complete and Sansa...
What’s Really Wrong with ‘A Song of Ice and Fire’
~by Ryan B. Lots of spoilers for the whole series, up to and including A Dance with Dragons. Reader beware. Now that we’re past our contretemps of the last few days, maybe it’s time...
Alyssa Rosenberg on ‘A Game of Thrones’ and that Sady Doyle piece
Alyssa has the best response up yet to Sady Doyle’s critique of George R. R. Martin. I realize that we’ve done this to death over the past few days, but I do highly recommend...
After the dust settles
Okay, so first things first. I should not have pulled the traffic card when responding to Sady about A Game of Thrones. That was, in the words of a wise person I know, “a...
Sexism in Fantasy
Spoilers for the first three books of A Song of Ice and Fire below. A few noted, minor spoilers for the last two. Sady Doyle apparently wants female characters in George R. R. Martin’s...
Varys and the Long-Con
Spoilers for A Game of Thrones (all books, including Dance) and the HBO show…after the leap.
Eddard Stark’s Ethics of Honor
~by Kyle Cupp “Have you no shred of honor?” Ned Stark asks this question to the ever-plotting Lord Petyr Baelish toward the end of A Game of Thrones. The question exposes the Lord of...
Are you watching ‘A Game of Thrones’ yet?
You should be. But even if you’re not, this cover of the show’s theme song is sweet (via): I haven’t read anything fictional lately. Any good new fantasy stuff I should be reading before...
TV Review: A Game of Thrones (HBO)
I have television in my house once again – for a little while. This is because it was cheaper to hook up television service when we were hooking up cable internet than to pay...
