The biggest season premiere in HBO history was season 2 of the hit show Game Of Thrones. The story follows lords and lordlings, vying for control of Westeros's 7 kingdoms and the Iron Throne, a chair made of melted down swords! As Queen Cersei Lannister puts it: "When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die," and death is quite prevalent amongst the main characters of the story.
I was hooked after watching a few episodes in season one and I went so far as to order HBO for a few months so I could watch the second season. The finale left me wanting more so I started reading the books.
I was hooked after watching a few episodes in season one and I went so far as to order HBO for a few months so I could watch the second season. The finale left me wanting more so I started reading the books.
Ned Stark on the Iron Throne.
There will be several more seasons of Game Of Thrones but how could I wait to find out what happens? I ploughed through the first book "A Game Of Thrones" in George R. R. Martin's A Song Of Ice And Fire series and found that while the overall story is the same, the details are quite different. There are lots of characters and castles in the book that were left out of the television show's first 2 seasons - clearly for budgetary concerns. There are even some characters in the television show that are not found in the books - clearly for T & A considerations.
The Imp, aka, the Dwarf, aka, the half-man, aka the little lion, aka Tyrion.
I've settled into the second book quite nicely and am enjoying it. It is a lot easier to know what is actually going on when you can read about what the Starks, Lannisters, Baratheons and Targaryans are thinking and remembering. For a fan of the show, the differences in plot keep up the intrigue and the pages keep turning. I am eager to get through it so that I might finish the third book before season 3 airs in early 2013!
