>The show's better than the books. What seemed like a creative
>impossibility only two seasons ago is now as plain as the lack
>of nose on Tyrion Lannister's face. By the conclusion of
>season three of Game of Thrones, which has been the marvelous
>series' most marvelous season yet, series showrunners David
>Benioff and D.B. Weiss are doing a better job telling George
>R.R. Martin's story than George R.R. Martin did. Spoiler
>warning: they're going to beat him to the end, too.

while i don't believe the show is necessarily better than the books, i certainly agree with the sentiment that they've done a better job of telling the story. mostly, because they've found a fluid manner of allowing the series to flow concurrently (something martin doesn't really do in his style of writing). with so many characters & details, its a bit of a challenge to keep pace with everything. anyone who's short on memory will be lost reading the books.

*oh, and lol @ this:


>>going to look at the series in comparison to its source
>novels. I will not reveal any book plot information that has
>not already been revealed by the television series. I will
>mention the fourth and fifth books in Martin's series in a
>general sense but will not discuss story. As with all other
>pages of this site, DO NOT post book spoilers in the comments
>for this piece. They will be deleted, and we will be angry.]


*skatin' the rings of saturn*

..and miles to go before i sleep...