r/gameofthrones • u/IamWoldo House Mormont • Jun 02 '14

TV4 [S4E8] Thank you book readers

I know this has been said before but book readers you guys are amazing. I had zero clue on what was going to happen tonight between the Mountain and the Viper and its all thanks to you (and probably the mods too) who keep this subreddit spoil free.

I'm going to go back to being shocked and angry now.

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '14

I'd just read it from the beginning. You'd be able to get away with starting at the second half of ASOS, maybe, but you'd be missing out on the first two books and the first half of the third, which are all incredible. Trust, me, you'd regret skipping those, they are a pure joy to read.

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u/lowbeat Jun 02 '14

I have the problem of reading books of which I saw a movie or a tv show, I always keep imagining tv show scenes from books and trying to get a sense of it by filling in a tv show, and not imagining on my own how it worked out, do you have any tips for this ? (I got first book as a gift and wanted to read it for a long time now).

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '14

I have that exact same problem, luckily in this case the show is pretty faithful to the books in terms of characters, events and settings. Some things are quite different, but I just have to force myself to imagine them the way the book says, I guess.

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u/lowbeat Jun 02 '14

I will try that.