A Game of Thrones

I've been a fan of George R.R. Martin since his days of writing TV screenplays for The Twilight Zone and Beauty and the Beast. But I held off starting the Game of Thrones books because I wanted to wait until he had finished the series so that I could read them through without interruption.

HBO scrapped that plan last year by airing the first book as a season-long series. Or rather, I scrapped that plan when I could not resist watching.

I just finished this first book in the series and it was as satisfying and enjoyable as I had expected it to be. Martin is a master of characterization, plot and description. Truly the ‘Tolkein' of our time. He has woven elements of action, intrigue, emotion and fantasy into a tale that grabs hold of the reader and will not loose its grasp. Which is why I am eagerly anticipating acquiring the second novel in the series and continuing his epic journey.