Am considering....
Apr. 11th, 2011 04:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
starting Game of Thrones. I am a total neophyte to the series.
Good idea/bad idea? (Alas, I do not get HBO and so cannot feast my eyes on Sean Bean.) But I saw some initial promotional material which certainly intrigues me. Especially given a cursory check with Googlefu, which notes the influence of the history of the War of the Roses on the series.
Good idea/bad idea? (Alas, I do not get HBO and so cannot feast my eyes on Sean Bean.) But I saw some initial promotional material which certainly intrigues me. Especially given a cursory check with Googlefu, which notes the influence of the history of the War of the Roses on the series.
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Date: 2011-04-11 11:36 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-04-12 12:58 am (UTC)Myself, A Game of Thrones was one of the few books that I never managed to finish, but I am reading her blog with enjoyment, even if I am not actually reading along with the books. Many, many of my friends are avid fans of the series.
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Date: 2011-04-12 02:40 am (UTC)Whether it's a good idea or bad idea for you, I'd say, depends on how reading really dark and hopeless fiction affects you -- does it act as a catharsis and make you better able to cope with the (hopefully!) less grim problems of day-to-day life, or does it only feed your depression? If the former, dive in! If the latter, gather some more opinions and see whether it sounds like it's worth the risk anyway.
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Date: 2011-04-12 02:52 am (UTC)For the series? I'm curious and will be checking them out on Netflix when they're available.
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Date: 2011-04-12 04:42 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-04-12 04:45 am (UTC)