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Just how good – or how bad – is "Game of Thrones’s" production values? Its cinematography or visual effects? Its adaptation from the original book? How have the storylines been changed, and how can one simple prop forever alter a character arc? There has been much critical feedback on HBO’s... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
First Sentence edit
Weighing in at just over 800 pages, "A Game of Thrones" is full of plots and sub-plots, primary and secondary (and tertiary and ancillary) characters, major and minor leitmotifs, and foreshadowing of foreshadowing – to say it is a dense narrative is an understatement in the extreme, particularly considering its status as only the inaugural chapter of a much larger tale.
Table of Contents edit
Foreword
Part I: It Is Known
Preamble
Episode 101: “Winter Is Coming”
Episode 102: “The Kingsroad”
Episode 103: “Lord Snow”
Episode 104: “Cripples, Bastards, and Broken Things”
Episode 105: “The Wolf and the Lion”
Episode 106: “A Golden Crown”
Episode 107: “You Win or You Die”
Episode 108: “The Pointy End”
Episode 109: “Baelor”
Episode 110: “Fire and Blood”
Part II: The Roundtable Discussions
The Recasting Response Roundtable
Game of Thrones Season Two Roundtable
Part III: Meditations on Being
A Game of Death
The Curious Case of Sansa Stark
Afterword
About the Author
Series & Lists edit
This is book 1 of 2 in It Is Known. (standard series)
Followed by It Is Known: An Analysis of Thrones, Vol. II.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Marc N. Kleinhenz (Author)
Links to Supplemental Material edit
- Corona's Coming Attractions: The "It Is Known" column that the book collects.
- Tower of the Hand: The supplemental articles that the book collects.
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