A Song of Dan and Josh: A look back at A Game of Thrones

It’s the final episode of A Song of Dan and Josh for 2018. Over the past year and change, we’ve read through and analyzed every single chapter from A Game of Thrones, the first book in George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series. Today, we reflect.

Some of the topics we hit include:

• The whole conceit of this series is that I’ve read the books multiple times but Josh has only ever seen the show. Was there anything in A Game of Thrones that surprised him?
• How successful is Game of Thrones at translating Martin’s prose to the screen, particularly his more expressionistic dalliances?
• How comfortable is A Game of Thrones as a fantasy book? Is it a political thriller with fantastical elements or the other way around?
• Now that we have our feet wet, what as we looking forward to in A Clash of Kings?

We did it!

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We’re off next week for the holidays, but we’ll be back on Wednesday, January 2 to read through the Prologue to A Clash of Kings. Bring on Stannis, Davos and Melisandre! Bring on the Battle of Blackwater! Bring on Clash!

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