Quote Originally Posted by Bruno View Post
Same here really. I've read them all, though there are 6 by now, not 5.
The tv show is horrible 1 dimensional compared to the books.
My wife is hooked on the tv series, which is funny because she doesn't like reading fantasy.

I have to admit, the actor playing King Joff does a terribly good job. And I really like how Tyrion is played. He looks just like I imagined him (only in my mind he has a beard). On the whole, I just watch the occasional bit (usually Tyrion or Arya) and just read a book while I answer the occasional questions from my wife. We don't watch every show, and I fill in the gaps in the storyline / explain why X is doing Y.
GOT wasn't/isn't the worst attempt to turn book into TV serie. The role of Tyrion is very well played as well lady Stark. However i do like to use my imagination while reading the books and with TV it is not possible.
I hope Martin will really want to write the rest of the stories before long. He's about to be aged.

I'm not very familiar with fantasy genre, i rather judge the books as readable and not so readable. But from that genre there are some fine books i've read (have no idea if they were ever made into movie or serie): GOT, Farseer saga by Robin Hobb, Earthsea (Le Guin), First Law trilogy (Abercrombie) and of course Tolkien.
I rather like books with hisory more, lately i've been reading Saxon stories by Cornwell and Crusades Trilogy by Guillou. It was also turned into tv-serie but i never watched.