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What do people think of the HBO Game of Thrones series? Two episodes have been aired now out of ten for the first season... ratings were good enough that HBO renewed the series for a second season shortly after airing episode 1.

I like it so far. The first episode was kinda slow... I wouldn't say I was disappointed, exactly, but there was so little that happened that it was hard to judge. The second episode held my attention, though. Good stuff with Tyrion and Jon Snow, and Arya got more of a showing. I'm anxious to see the third episode, as they'll be arriving in King's Landing... we'll get to meet Varys and Littlefinger.
 
AtheistPreacher said:
What do people think of the HBO Game of Thrones series? Two episodes have been aired now out of ten for the first season... ratings were good enough that HBO renewed the series for a second season shortly after airing episode 1.

I like it so far. The first episode was kinda slow... I wouldn't say I was disappointed, exactly, but there was so little that happened that it was hard to judge. The second episode held my attention, though. Good stuff with Tyrion and Jon Snow, and Arya got more of a showing. I'm anxious to see the third episode, as they'll be arriving in King's Landing... we'll get to meet Varys and Littlefinger.
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This series has escaped my attention. What's the plot? Hopefully it's more hard sci-fi than fantasy.

Nevermind, just looked it up. A little LOTRish for my taste, not that I have anything against LOTR.
 
Heard good things about Game of Thrones. I've read the books but no HBO. I will probably just wait and buy the series when it's done.
 
Archie Moses said:
I've recently read a few sci-fi steampunk books. I like them. Anyone else read steampunk?
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I have read one, a while back, can't remember the title. But I liked it ok. Can you recommend an author to start with?
 
Just finished "Against All Things Ending" by Donaldson (book nine of Thomas Covenant). Looking forward to book ten (supposedly the final one).
 
One Brow said:
Just finished "Against All Things Ending" by Donaldson (book nine of Thomas Covenant). Looking forward to book ten (supposedly the final one).
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I read book one of that series off a recommendation... didn't like it. I thought the writing was stiff, and the ploy got tired after a while.
 
I'm just starting the Percy Jackson series in the limited free time I have in the evenings. I'm half way through #1 and although it isn't some deep piece of literature, it is entertaining and very different from the movie. In the movie, they removed a ton more than they did in the Harry Potter books and they completely changed entire story lines. It is a completely different story and better in the book.
 
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