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[–] [email protected] 19 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (14 children)

The latter half of season 2 was exceedingly boring, and in particular the finale.

Go read the book. The entirety of seasons one and two take place in the course of about 40 pages. There's a ton of story, and it's probably more enjoyable than sitting through yet another scene of Daemon Targaryen brooding.

[–] pipes 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Hold on which book? I thought it was a new story. I read the first 4 books of ASOIAF a long time ago but never got to A Dance with Dragons, is it in there?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Fire and Blood

It's a prequel to Game of Thrones and details the rise of the Targaryen dynasty and some of the history of Westeros. Also, unlike GoT, it has a lot of fantastic illustrations too.

It's different from GoT in that it's written as a history book, parts of which told through various maesters and parts told through a fool who served the Targaryens by the name of Mushroom.

I LOVE it.

[–] pipes 3 points 4 months ago

Oh I was totally not up to date lol, thank you. Love me some fantasy illustrations, I might check it out

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Fire and Blood and is a separate companion piece to ASOIAF covering the history of the Targeryon family. It's a complete book so provides good closure to the series.

Rhaenyra is just a small portion of the story.

[–] pipes 3 points 4 months ago

Oh interesting, thank you!

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