At this point, it's clear that Game of Thrones, the show, is a very different entity than Game of Thrones, the book series. Not only are the plots becoming more concise on screen, but many have List: $85.00. FREE delivery Wed, Jan 10. Only 5 left in stock - order soon. More Buying Choices. $49.04 (39 used & new offers) Other format: Paperback. "We are only human, and the gods have fashioned us for love. That is our great glory, and our great tragedy." Highlighted by 3,531 Kindle readers. Now acclaimed novelist Daniel Abraham and illustrator Tommy Patterson bring George R. R. Martin’s epic fantasy masterwork A Game of Thrones to majestic new life in the pages of this full-color graphic novel, comprised of the initial six issues of the graphic series. Winter is coming. But don't worry, Tyrion is still an imp, the "Red Woman" still looks like an evil bitch and your beloved Khaleesi is still the smoking hot blonde who has a bunch of fire-breathing dragons. Take a Aug 05, 2012 05:51PM. The HBO series is terrific, but it necessarily cuts out a lot of content and detail (and additional characters). This isn't said as a criticism, it's just a fact of translating the full "immersion" experience of a novel into thirteen one-hour episodes of a TV series. May 30, 2017 12:06 PM EDT. George R.R. Martin still hasn’t officially said when The Winds of Winter, the sixth book in his A Song of Ice and Fire series that serves as the basis for HBO’s Game Based on Diana Gabaldon‘s hit book series, Starz‘s Outlander has hit a high note with readers and non-readers alike. Faithful mostly to Gabaldon’s vision and storylines, the epic love story Game of Thrones (season 4) List of episodes. " The Mountain and the Viper " is the eighth episode of the fourth season of HBO 's medieval fantasy television series Game of Thrones. The 38th episode overall, it was written by series co-creators David Benioff and D. B. Weiss, and directed by Alex Graves. [1] It first aired on HBO on June 1, 2014. Recently, George R.R. Martin announced that his two remaining maybe-releasing-someday A Song Of Ice And Fire books will end very differently from the HBO adaptation Game Of Thrones. It gets a bit more mature after the first death. The books are also a lot more intense than the movie, if you are making the comparison. The upside to this series is that it is completed. I find GOT to be more of a slower, intense read. It is also not complete yet. I would go for Harry Potter first and then GOT. 5. yklst.