The finished manuscript for A Game of Thrones was 1088 pages long (without the appendices), with the publication following in August 1996. Wheel of Time author Robert Jordan had written a short endorsement for the cover that was influential in ensuring the book's and hence series' early success with fantasy readers.

1. The Red Wedding. In the Book: For the most part, HBO followed Martin’s action faithfully. However, in the books, Rob’s wife Jeyne Westerling stays at Riverrun to avoid any tensions at the

But don't worry, Tyrion is still an imp, the "Red Woman" still looks like an evil bitch and your beloved Khaleesi is still the smoking hot blonde who has a bunch of fire-breathing dragons. Take a

It's still fairly graphic. The series plays it up a bit but not by much. Likewise with the language, there's a good number of obscenities if that's an issue for you. The series plays it up a bit but not by much. At least the first book, it seems played up a lot.
Worst: Removing Jaime’s Confession To Tyrion About Tysha. The Tysha incident is extremely crucial to Tyrion’s character development. In the show’s canon, the whole thing was set up by Jaime. However, when Jaime saves Tyrion in the books, he confesses that Tywin forced him to say it was a set-up.

Aug 05, 2012 05:51PM. The HBO series is terrific, but it necessarily cuts out a lot of content and detail (and additional characters). This isn't said as a criticism, it's just a fact of translating the full "immersion" experience of a novel into thirteen one-hour episodes of a TV series.

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