boojam Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 I also regret reading asoiaf. Unfinished. It's bugged me since I finished the last published book last summer. . I've always found writing the ending is the easiest part. If you're the author. You should know exactly where everything's going and you should be drooling to get it into the paper. It's frustrating.I sure have read a lot of novels that started out great but had awful punk endings.Sometimes a good ending is the hardest part to write. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stannis broatheon Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 I think that reading what some character think is the main reason that the books are better than the show, besides the books does not have crappy hollywood writing and does not concentrate that much on sex and boobs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drogonthedread Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 I think that reading what some character think is the main reason that the books are better than the show, besides the books does not have crappy hollywood writing and does not concentrate that much on sex and boobs. You need to reread the books if you think that the boobs and sex are not concentrated too much on the books Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drogonthedread Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 I sure have read a lot of novels that started out great but had awful punk endings. Sometimes a good ending is the hardest part to write. i understand that but a good ending he always known and since he is in the last act of the series i expected the book to be written at a quick pace than the previous oneS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stannis broatheon Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 You need to reread the books if you think that the boobs and sex are not concentrated too much on the books In the books there are some sex scene and some boobs, but in season 1 we got a dhot ton of extra boobs and sex through Littlefinger, and in tje series we have to many rape scenes proportionally to the books Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drogonthedread Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 In the books there are some sex scene and some boobs, but in season 1 we got a dhot ton of extra boobs and sex through Littlefinger, and in tje series we have to many rape scenes proportionally to the books there never was few here and there infact i dont think we can pass through any chapter without one geting nude and the sex scenes in books are more gratious and there are plenty of horrible rapehappens in the books i love the books but it is way worse when it comes to nude scenes and sex scenes compared to show Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sword of Nightfall Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 Harry Potter is aimed at pre-teens, LOTR at teens and GRRM at adults. LOTR is not aimed at teens, unless you're only going by the Peter Jackson movies. Try reading the Children of Hurin - darker by far than most of GRRM's universe if you don't make the mistake of conflating dark with graphic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chett's Boils Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 I highly recommend the books on tape version read by Roy Dotrice. The five of them have been on constant rotation in my car's CD player since the end of Season 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kissdbyfire Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 I highly recommend the books on tape version read by Roy Dotrice. The five of them have been on constant rotation in my car's CD player since the end of Season 3. Hear hear! Listen to them ALL the time, sometimes even to sleep. Absolutely adore the audio books and Dotrice. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starky_AF Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 This thread has given me the motivation to finally read the books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starky_AF Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 I highly recommend the books on tape version read by Roy Dotrice. The five of them have been on constant rotation in my car's CD player since the end of Season 3. on second thought....great idea. I actually hate reading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falcon2908 Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 This thread has given me the motivation to finally read the books. Congrats ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perliouszara Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 I enjoy the novels and the show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perliouszara Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 I love the books and the show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maester Egg Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 On June 17, 2015 at 3:28 PM, Lady Thecla said: Reading the source material is respectable to the author. As a writer, I can't imagine how frustrated I'd be if people watched the film adaptation of my literature without reading said literature first. So: if 1 million people read your book, but 8 million view the TV version, you would be "frustrated"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philpenn Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 If I could do it over I would have only read GOT, and ACOK so far. When I started reading I only wanted to read what I had watched. Think it was between seasons 3 and 4? Was told I was safe through ASOS, but something happens in it that still hasn't on the show. It probably will this season which would make the rest of the books available once it does. I wouldn't be so eagerly awaiting a book forever away if I still had three books waiting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlesAncelle Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 I apologize if this is being discussed elsewhere but I'm wondering if anyone is discussing whether to wait for the next book to come out before watching the show or just watching season 6 when it comes out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon in the North Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 1 hour ago, CharlesAncelle said: I apologize if this is being discussed elsewhere but I'm wondering if anyone is discussing whether to wait for the next book to come out before watching the show or just watching season 6 when it comes out? Here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fattest Leech Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 On 1/20/2016 at 11:49 AM, Maester Egg said: So: if 1 million people read your book, but 8 million view the TV version, you would be "frustrated"? I am also a writer and I can tell you, without a doubt, yes! I write for a younger crowd (middle grade) and on occasion short stories for the adult crowd (not porn "adult"). The amount of time and work and brainpower and ignoring of our families that goes in to creating these worlds just to have it chopped to pieces is awful, many times disrespectful and very often gets you wondering why the adapters didn't just create their own story to tell from scratch. It happened to me on a much (much) smaller scale than GoT, but it still hurt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fattest Leech Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 On 8/9/2015 at 4:09 PM, Drogonthedread said: You need to reread the books if you think that the boobs and sex are not concentrated too much on the books I'm afraid I have to disagree with a bit of this. The first time we meet Ros in episode 1 we are greeted with her dental records that can be read through her other end as she noisily "humms" on Tyrion. And it gets even more gratuitous from there. Yes, there is sex and rape (female and male), but it's part of the story and not just to visually titillate the young crowd in order to maintain their interest. The show makes up naked, sexytime scenes to add to the ones already there. Why? The difference is pretty wide when it comes to the commitment to reading a book series and just plopping down with a bowl of ice cream on your sofa for 52 minutes once a week. When my boob-lovin' husband gets bored because there are too many nips flashing all over... then there is a problem Oh, and I like nakedness and such. I'm not the prude that my post accidentally made me sound to be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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