Danny- Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 I've been coming to this website for a while now for information on Asoiaf. i don't know if its right to post this thread here but i think its the best place to get answers. Shall i read the books after watching the show?is it worth it or just a waste of time? I think this thread will help others like me who are fans of the show to decide wether or not reading the books will be rewarding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aegon VII Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 I like many people started with the show and loved it. I then moved on to the books. Looking back, the best part of the show is that it introduces you to the books. It's like being alive when Tolkien was releasing lotr. So IMo, yes, definitely worth it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 The books are good and definitely worth reading but be warned that you are probably going to have to wait a long, long time for the author to ever finish them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahl of the House Cutler Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 I didn't start reading the books until this past December and finished all of them by June. I now wish that I never watched the show and I wake up at night in a cold sweat screaming WINDS OF WINTER at least once a week. Definitely read the books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny- Posted August 20, 2017 Author Share Posted August 20, 2017 Its done then ... Thank you! i looked online and saw the leather bound set.I think its better than buying the stand alone ones coz it really looks good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makk Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 Yes definitely they are superb, imo much superior to the show. Just a warning though, don't make too many assumptions about character behavior. Characters can be quite different between the show and the books and some things may be a little confusing at first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo of House Cartel Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 Read the books Danny, hours and hours worth of fun and plenty of cool life lessons to be had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darksnider05 Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 You actually get to know what people are thinking and understand the characters, read the books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Señor de la Tormenta Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 dont Either you wont like them, or, more probably, you will like them but end up frustrated because Martin will never finish them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordToo-Fat-to-Sit-a-Horse Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 Don´t do it!!!!!!!! wait until they are finished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Ravens Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 Read the books. There is so much more nuance and detail than the show delivers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hodor the Articulate Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 5 hours ago, Leo of House Cartel said: Read the books Danny, hours and hours worth of fun and plenty of cool life lessons to be had. Like patience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walda Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 I'd suggest you start with a library copy of A Game of Thrones. If your local public library is anything like mine, there are plenty of copies, and no huge demand for them at the moment. Hold off on the quality leather-bound edition, because there is a low probability that Winds and Dream will be published in leather-bound singles of the same size, colour, quality. When the song is sung, there is a high probability that there will be a quality leather-bound edition of the complete set. That is the time to buy the version that is too nice to read at the breakfast table. Game is the book that is most like the show, it will give you a deeper appreciation of what they were trying to achieve in season one. From the start there is a lot that is hard to convey on the screen, a lot of subtle changes (for example, the scene that starts the show, the rangers riding through the tunnel to the north side of the Wall, gives the viewer an idea of the scale of the Wall, but also gives the impression that the wildlings they are tracking are considerably less than nine days ride from the wall, and is still smaller than the one in the books). You then have plenty of time to decide whether or not you want to borrow Clash from your local library, whether you'd rather Yara or Asha. Then you can read Storm and see if Styr's ears really do ruin the whole show, when you watch it frame-by-frame. By that stage you might find you need cheap paperback editions (the more recent the better) so you can make notes in books and put postits in the pages, the better to contribute to the "Wow I never Noticed That" thread. Or a 5-in-1 ebook version, like I did when my wrists started swelling from holding those doorstoppers up to my face for a month non-stop. Ebooks can talk to you while you are driving and in the shower, and they are easy to quote from, and not hard to annotate. You have picked a good time to read all the books, enough time to read them all and still have enough time to read them all again, closely, before Winds is released. When you do the close read you will understand why we still call people who have only seen the show unsullied, even though the show has passed the books now. You are not too late to experience the waiting for the ultimate (and maybe penultimate) book, and when you finally have the opportunity to buy a complete leather-bound version of the series, you will not have sacrificed the unique experience of being one of the first readers - the ones that had all those wild speculations, before everyone knew how they ended. It might spoil you for the last series of the show, though. Actually, I think if I was in your position, I'd hold off on reading the books until after the next season of the show had started. Read the first books while watching the last series of the show. That way the hype about J=R+L is augmented. And there is a fair chance your box-set will soon be augmented with a copy of Winds of Winter, when all the details are still fresh in your blown mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Blizzardborn Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 Show is good. Books are fantastic. Ignore the people who claim the books will never be finished. Unless they've got a working crystal ball, they don't know that. And if they do have a crystal ball, they need to share. If you want to wait til the show is done, or the books are finished, that's fine. But I recommend reading them at some point because there is so much the show had to cut or change, you can't get the full story without the books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMIFairy Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 Yes, I recommend reading the books. It might improve your capitalisation skills as well as spelling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Table8 Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 Don't bother with the books. They were great, but will never be finished, so, just save your money Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haskelltier Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 I can definitely recommend reading the books. You will be surprised, but there are a lot of plot parts and whole plots, which are different in the books or only exist in the books. In addition you will get a lot more details about the personality of different persons. Its excellently written, so its definitely better (in my opinion) to read A Song of Ice and Fire then a random book. So, if you don't know what to read, ASoIaF ist a very good pick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny- Posted August 21, 2017 Author Share Posted August 21, 2017 Thank you all for your posts. Walda ,thank you for taking the time to reply ,i don't live the the usa so i can't borrow the books from a library.i do have an Ipad but i preffer the feel of a book. Amazon doesn't deliver here so i will go to the library and check them all out and weigh my options. I'm gonna get "a world of ice and fire as well". It seems really cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DominusNovus Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 On 8/20/2017 at 0:02 PM, Danny- said: Its done then ... Thank you! i looked online and saw the leather bound set.I think its better than buying the stand alone ones coz it really looks good. I, too, have often thought of buying a nice leather bound set, but I want to wait until the series is finished, so I can buy one combined set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fire&blood Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 YES! Absolutely you should read them. I started watching the show first and being a reader I jumped right into the series. The books and show are very different though so try not to judge a character by what you've seen. And the best part is discussing the theories with our friends on this board, reading the World of Ice and Fire to learn about the history and re-reading the series for stuff you didn't pick up on during your first read. Martin is an incredible author and the world he has created on page doesn't come close to what D&D put on screen - of course I understand there are significant limitations when filming as opposed to writing, but you know what I mean Enjoy!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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