From the Maester’s Desk is a weekly column about the book-to-show adaptations of the characters, world and other elements from George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire books. Apart from analyzing the differences between the two mediums, it offers bits of trivia, speculation and educated guesses about the future of the story in both […]
Continue reading →Rhaegar Targaryen. The R in R+L=J. The dead man that Robert Baratheon cursed until his last days. An honorable man according to those who knew him who enjoyed spending his time playing his harp among the common people. A demon to those who saw him on the other side of the war. With all the […]
Continue reading →From the Maester’s Desk is a new weekly column about the book-to-show adaptations of the characters, world and other elements from George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire books. Apart from analyzing the differences between the two mediums, it offers bits of trivia, speculation and educated guesses about the future of the story […]
Continue reading →We may not be able to play the political game of thrones of King’s Landing but, thanks to CMON and Dark Sword Miniatures’ collaboration, we can at least partake in a Game of Thrones tabletop game (by far the safer option). “CMON’s relationship with Dark Sword dates back over a decade, and we have contemplated a more […]
Continue reading →Well, at the very least, we have something semi-confirmed to be published by George R.R. Martin from the A Song of Ice and Fire world this year. Thanks to the sleuthing of Reddit users blackofhairandheart2 and luminariesadmin as well as blogger NobodySuspectsTheButterfly and others, GRRM’s involvement in Gardner Dozois’ Book of Swords anthology has been revealed to the […]
Continue reading →Ramin Djawadi chats about the thrills and challenges of the Game of Thrones Live Concert Experience and George R.R. Martin is set to publish a new A Song of Ice and Fire story in an anthology this autumn. In an interview with The Huffington Post, Djawadi discussed the upcoming Game of Thrones Live Concert Experience […]
Continue reading →This fall, the twentieth anniversary of A Game of Thrones brought to readers new versions of the book that started it all. The Illustrated Edition, released in October, includes seventy-three illustrations from AGoT featuring the characters and events of book one of A Song of Ice and Fire. Random House announced in September that in addition to […]
Continue reading →So, I spent the last 5 months on remote organic farms with little to no WiFi. While going nearly cold turkey on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, E-mail and, of course, Watchers on the Wall was certainly interesting, what I found more noteworthy was living with people accustomed to life with limited WiFi … because they were […]
Continue reading →We have the Illustrated Edition commemorating the 20th Anniversary of A Game of Thrones, and now we have something for A Song of Ice and Fire fans who are a little more digital-friendly, in this modern world. Today Random House announced they’re releasing an enhanced edition of A Game of Thrones exclusively on iBooks, downloadable […]
Continue reading →Well, this news is a bit of an eyebrow-raiser, after all the fretting fans of the A Song of Ice and Fire series have been doing the last few years. According to Entertainment Weekly, the showrunners of Game of Thrones address the issue of the show passing the books and calm worries about possible spoilers. “People […]
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