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6626879 No.6626879 [Reply] [Original]

Hey faggots, is it worth it to start reading A Song of Ice and Fire if I've seen the first five seasons of Game of Thrones. More specifically, how many of the books in the series have been covered in the show so far? I understand there are 5 books, but it doesn't seem like the show is about to end any time soon so I guess they couldn't have covered all the novels. Let me know what you think and maybe give me a recommendation of another good fantasy series.

>> No.6626886

>>6626879
No.
No.

AND NO.

Is shit.

>> No.6626890

>>6626879
>come to /lit/
>act like an ignorant jackass
>genre fiction
Get the fuck out.

>> No.6626895

>>6626879
read ulysses

>> No.6626896

>>6626879
We get it op, you saw the other thread and are here to bait.

>> No.6626939

OP here. Breh, I saw the other thread just after I posted this one to be honest with you. The reason I posted the thread is I just saw the last episode, and I felt like reading some pop-corn fantasy with great court intrigue and what not. My question is directed to people who have actually read the books. I'm willing to commit to reading the first three books in the series if I know that last two will be spoiler free unexplored material.

>> No.6626957

the more she drank the more she shat

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6626980

>>6626939
>Breh

>> No.6626983

>>6626879
>>6626939
No, you're not losing much sticking to the series. There are slight variations, but otherwise the books are mostly bloat, and they've been caught up with by the show already.

>> No.6626986

>>6626980
>>6626957
>>6626896
>>6626890
>>6626886

Fuck you, I liked it.

>> No.6626988

>>6626879
In general terms, the show is almost near the end of both books 4 and 5 (books 4 and 5 are concurrent). They've already used up all the material for some plotlines (e.g. Bran and Sansa; for Sansa they're using another character's story to fill in season 5), and other plotlines are completely different from the show (e.g. Jaime and Brienne). With other stories they're beyond where the books are (e.g. Tyrion meeting Dany, or showing more of the white walkers).

Unless Gurm gets ass into gear and publishes another book soon, the show will have completely overtaken him next season. The only major unused storyline at this point is the Ironborn one from book 4.

>> No.6627000

>>6626988

Thanks man. That's what I feared. Fuck it - I won't bother with it then. The thing is I feel like reading some good fantasy or fantasy/sci fi mix. I guess I'll try something else.

>> No.6627084

>>6627000
for future reference, talk about game of thrones on /tv/. the discussions pretty active

>> No.6627136

>>6627084
but /tv/'s GoT discussion is awful, they like tits, battle scenes, and gruff male badasses and hate everything else.