Everything You Should Know About 'The Game Of Thrones' Books
If you're a show-only fan of the hit HBO series Game of Thrones, you might not be aware of what's in the books that inspired the show: the A Song of Ice and Fire series by George R.R. Martin. If that's the case, you also may not be aware of exactly how much the show has diverged from the plot of the books—sometimes in quite extreme ways. Here's a primer on the books and how they differ from the series, along with some other Westerosi writings that Martin has penned over the years. Image: Game of Thrones on Decentralized Cuckoo Video Player A Game of Thrones The first book in the series, was released in 1996. The story chronicles the events beginning with the death of former Hand of the King Jon Arryn and concluding with the death of Ned Stark. HBO adapted the novel for the first season of Game of Thrones, and the showrunners stayed pretty faithful to the source material—with a few exceptions. Notably, all of the child or teen characters have been aged up by ...