A Rant of Winter and Summer

So, I mentioned that I was reading the  A Song of Ice and Fire books on a past Article...
I shall not review them because It would require spoilers and lots of them. Unlike the sparkly vampire books, these ones are a must read... Fair Warning: There's Blood, Gore, Violence, Sex (in some cases incestuous), and long descriptions of food items. This is not for the kids... Then again, if your book series is being adapted as an HBO Original TV Series, it's definitely not for Children.



Where do I start? A friend described me the series (both books and Game of thrones: the HBO Adaptation of the books) like this: "Take Lord of the Rings and add 90s Cinemax Porn to it." I could leave the description like that, but it still wouldn't do Justice to the books.

Now I just found out that there is MORE supplemental Reading that I have to do... (Tales of Dunk and Egg, which are in the same world as in A Song of Ice and Fire and there have been a few references peppered throughout the third and fourth books of A Song of Ice and Fire)  So, that's another reason why I can't review the books...

So, back to the main topic: How can I describe these books? A tale full of lies, deceit, manipulations, treachery... Pretty much like Politics, but with more Medieval-esque Fantasy...There's some sex in it, but that's not the focus of the story... It's Medieval Politics and War, but there is far more emphasis on the politics than on the battle. The story is seen through the eyes of various characters... Some complaints I've heard is that it can be a bit messy to follow the timeline with the chapters jumping through characters and various events happening at the same time. I'd recommend having a note pad to write down annotations (I don't write on my books, or those that are borrowed) to jot down things you might need to remember. The books include maps and an appendix where the lineages of families involved in the plot. they are pretty Useful to get SOME of your bearings... If I were to oversimplify it I'd say that A Song of Ice and Fire is like a Game of Chess.

and trust me there will be a LOT of Deaths once you enter the world of Westeros... Where Springs last years and Winters are rather long as well... You were expecting a Winter is Coming reference here...
and yes, you're going to see a LOT of the Phrase "Winter is coming." throughout the books.

The only thing that worries me is that the Author is not a child of Spring, but a child of Autumn and he still has 2 more books to finish... because

That's the Motto of the Starks... and George R.R. Martin isn't getting any younger. Not to Mention that it took him six years to publish A Dance With Dragons after he did A Feast for Crows in 2005. So, let's recap: Politics, Incest, Food, an incredibly hilarious dwarf... Seriously, he's the best character in the four books I've read so far... Tyrion freaking rocks!!
 There's this brat that is as bratty as a certain Canadian "Singer".

I'm surprised that there's not a "Slap Joffrey Baratheon" Flash game...

There's these Giant Wolves and some other stuff that I can't reveal cause of Spoilers. Some may find them a bit hard to get into due to the fantasy setting or the rather large number of characters, or the "Onion of Treachery"... cause Onions have multiple layers... Also the story seems to drag a bit, because a lot happens, but nothing is happening. While you could devour a book per day, I wouldn't recommend it, because you may miss things if you try to plow through each book. Take it slow and you may enjoy the ride! That didn't sound right...