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[telophase]

We started watching the first season of Game of Thrones this week--while I never managed to get too far into the first book, because I have lost my tolerance for millions of characters interacting with complicated plotlines in books, I'd heard enough good things about the series to give it a try. So I threw the DVDs onto our Netflix queue, figuring that we'd watch the first episode and if we liked it, we'd just rip all of them to put on the iPad and watch on the cruise. The first DVD came in on Saturday...

Um. We may actually have watched it all before the cruise. We're only two episodes in, but Toby looked at me the other day with delight, saying "The next Game of Thromes DVD comes in Friday!" So, yeah.

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[yhlee]

I want to see this but am trying to catch up on like four other shows first. :-)

[telophase]

Ah, yes: grim, grim, grim, grim, it would be a perfect yhlee story! XD

[chisotahn]

I love Game of Thrones so much! It's such a wonderful adaptation. Can't wait for Season Two to start on Sunday. :D

[telophase]

:D We'll probably be waiting for it to hit DVD, as we don't watch anything else on HBO at the moment. But I've had to start being careful about spoilers now, since we decided to watch!

[longshot14.livejournal.com]

It's fantasy CRACK. I just got HBO for the SOLE PURPOSE of DVR'ing GoT.

Seriously, it's like when the SF greats of yesteryear were all dropping off like flies and I was all "Ain't noone ever gonna write SF as good as these guys!" And along come Brin and Gerrold and Stross and Scalzi and Doctorow...

I guess with the fantasy genre it takes a little longer. It was a long-ass walk from Tolkien to Martin. But OH SO WORTH THE WAIT!