There's a pretty strong correlation between the first two books and the first two seasons. Season One, in particular, is almost a word-for-word adaptation in many parts. You could probably start watching those immediately after reading the respective books. Season 3 is where things get tricky. Individual storylines differ in pacing. While A Song of Ice and Fire’s time jump wouldn’t have changed too much in the books’ progression, it would have created more issues with HBO’s Game of Thrones. For starters, Game of Thrones more than likely would have needed to recast several of the most important characters in the series. Arya would have been going from 13 to 18 years That book, Fire and Blood, is more of a prequel/backstory that explains the history of House Targaryen, whose final surviving members (Daenerys and Jon Snow) play major roles in Game of Thrones. Elia Martell is long dead by the time the events of Game of Thrones take place, however she has a bit more history with the Lannisters than the show lets on. When Elia and Oberyn were young, they were taken to Casterly Rock in the hopes of possibly arranging marriages between Elia and Jaime as well as Oberyn and Cersei. May 2, 2022. A Dance with Dragons is the longest book in the Game of Thrones (or as it’s actually known, A Song of Ice and Fire) series at 1,056 pages. That’s nearly as pages as the Bible Rhaenyra Targaryen, born in 97 AC, was the only surviving child of King Viserys and his first wife, Aemma Arryn. Their first son died as an infant. And their second son passed away a day after Dawn Age (Beginning Around -12000 AC) This was the beginning of Westeros; when the First Men arrived from Essos. The Children of the Forest were the first ones to live there, and it’s still unknown exactly how long they did live in Westeros for; but the First Men came and took over, crossing into the land that would eventually become Dorne. I read a book a week leading up to the release of Dance with Dragons. Going through my second read and was taking my time… 2-3weeks per book. 1. jodyabsolute. OP • 1 yr. ago. Thanks for your input. I try reading 100 pages a day. Depending on workload &life. Your second read sounds like my timeline. .

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