My inner nerd *read: not really inner* just became metformin weight loss children enveloped by excitement by the new trailer for HBO’s adaptation of George R.R. Martin’s A Game of Thrones. I love the books and eagerly await the fifth, sixth, and seventh novels.
The world that Martin has created in A Song of Ice and Fire is intricate, beautiful, and incredibly enthralling. I somehow convinced my AP English teacher to let me read the first one (from which the HBO series takes its name) for an assignment, and I got myself hooked. The first book was released in 1996, the fourth in 2006, and since it’s now 2010, the avid fan base has been collectively tapping their feet for a quite while.
From IMDB:
Seven noble families fight for control of the mythical land of Westeros. Political and sexual intrigue abound. The primary families are the Stark, Lannister, and Baratheon families. Robert Baratheon, King of Westeros, asks his old friend Eddard Stark to serve as his chief advisor. Eddard, suspecting that his predecessor had been murdered, accepts so that he can investigate further. It turns out more than one family is plotting to take the throne. The Queen’s family, the Lannisters, may be hatching an incestuous plot to take control. Across the sea, the last surviving members of the previously deposed ruling family, the Targaryens, are also plotting a return to power. The conflict between these families and others, including the Greyjoys, the Tullys, the Arryns, and the Tyrells, leads to war. Meanwhile, in the north, an ancient evil awakens. Amidst war and the political confusion, a brotherhood of misfits, The Night’s Watch, is all that stands between the realms of men and the horrors beyond.
A Game of Thrones hits the airwaves sometime in 2011.
