Time Span
Hey everyone nice to meet you, first post here. This has been something that has had me wondering for some time now, especially since I started reading A Game of Thrones (only 134 pages in as of now). I must say that the HBO series was what initially made me aware of GRRM and ASOIAF, and after how wonderful the first season was, I decided to buy the pack of the first four books to read. This whole 'world' has me so hooked and enthralled it reminds me of my massive nerdi-ness for the world
These are off the cuff, and those who've done timelines probably have a clearer sense, but this is in the right ballpark: AGoT covers the most time -- approximately 1 year. ACoK seems to cover rough 6 months ASoS covers about 4 months AFfC covers about 6 months ADwD covers about the same six months, and adds one-two months (there's an exception to this that I won't get into because of spoilers) So, all told, characters are about 2.5 years older than they were at the very start of AGoT. Just