Yeah, even then 2 is pretty similar you could start at 3, that's where there starts to be some pretty big differences


Also slightly OT has anybody gotten/read The World of Ice and Fire that came out last year?

I'm not reading something I've already watched on TV. What a momentous waste of time that is.

Thanks. Might start from 3 then.

Books >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Movies/TV every time.

I would rather read the books then watch the series

I personally wouldn't advise anyone to skip parts of the book or entire books, there's so much information in them that you would miss out on.

Oh shut up josy. Ain't nobody got time for that

plus you started this convo in the books forum... not the tv chat one

Well I'm talking about the books. Not the tv show?

Glenn clearly struggling to read the books

i started with the first one but I knew what was happening. The same with book 3. Most of what I'm reading I've already seen. It's dull.

The problem you will encounter is that the TV show flows in chronological order, but the books will take one characters story and tell it indepthly, and then go back and tell another characters story. Some books covered characters so far ahead of chronological order that George won't even address their story for another book or two.

So books and series won't match up, and one can not substitute the other

I know. I'm reading them

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My work here is done :hehe:

I love the books

One major thing that would be missed out on by skipping the first book is all of Ned's thoughts on what happened to his sister and Rhaegar, which is going to be a pretty huge reveal in the books that haven't been released yet, and things like Robb's relationship, everything about Stannis, and Jon's/Dany's entire season 2 plot are completely different from the second book.