TV #16 of 2019: Game of Thrones, season 8 The final season of this powerhouse HBO fantasy drama is both entertaining and frustrating for long-time fans. Well past the most recently published novel of the source material, the TV writers have been forced to use their own judgment (along with input from original author George …
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Book Review: Fire & Blood by George R.R. Martin
Book #88 of 2019: Fire & Blood by George R.R. Martin (A Targaryen History #1) One of the main attractions of George R.R. Martin’s famous A Song of Ice and Fire series, as well as its HBO adaptation Game of Thrones, is the richly textured backstory that the author has built up for his fantasy …
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TV Review: Game of Thrones, season 7
TV #11 of 2018: Game of Thrones, season 7 I literally just reviewed this season when I watched it last year, and even having rewatched all the earlier seasons since then (with my wife, watching the show through for her first time), I think my reaction remains the same: All in all, this is probably …
TV Review: Game of Thrones, season 6
TV #9 of 2018: Game of Thrones, season 6 Thrones is well past its prime at this point, but it’s still a powerhouse, and there are moments this season (especially that elegiac finale) that are absolutely breathtaking. Unfortunately, the narrative shortcuts are getting more obvious, and although we can partly blame the source material for …
TV Review: Game of Thrones, season 5
TV #49 of 2017: Game of Thrones, season 5 This is where the wheels really start to come off Game of Thrones. It’s still better than season 7 in terms of character logic and a lack of plot armor, but this is the point where the writers were past the current ending of the books …
TV Review: Game of Thrones, season 4
TV #42 of 2017: Game of Thrones, season 4 I try to keep these reviews fairly spoiler-free, even this long after the fact, so let me just say vaguely that after three years of Game of Thrones airing shocking plot twists at the end of each season, it’s nice to have the major moment in …
Book Review: The World of Ice & Fire: The Untold History of Westeros and the Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin, Elio M. García Jr., and Linda Antonsson
Book #190 of 2017: The World of Ice & Fire: The Untold History of Westeros and the Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin, Elio M. García Jr., and Linda Antonsson The World of Ice & Fire is a Silmarillion to George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire, providing an exhaustive (and somewhat …
TV Review: Game of Thrones, season 3
TV #37 of 2017: Game of Thrones, season 3 Another solid season of Game of Thrones, although this is definitely where the seams of adapting A Song of Ice and Fire into a network television show really start to appear. In the books, characters can sit out entire novels when nothing interesting is happening to …
Book Review: The Science of Game of Thrones: From the Genetics of Royal Incest to the Chemistry of Death by Molten Gold – Sifting Fact from Fantasy in the Seven Kingdoms by Helen Keen
Book #182 of 2017: The Science of Game of Thrones: From the Genetics of Royal Incest to the Chemistry of Death by Molten Gold – Sifting Fact from Fantasy in the Seven Kingdoms by Helen Keen A fun little pop science book with a ridiculously long title, offering nuggets of learning all vaguely related to …
TV Review: Game of Thrones, season 7
TV #35 of 2017: Game of Thrones, season 7 All in all, this is probably one of the weakest seasons of Game of Thrones. As cool as it is to see long-anticipated developments finally happening – and it really is cool, don’t get me wrong – it’s a little disappointing how many characters have developed …
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