The SONG OF ICE AND FIRE Thread

[Eva]

Nah... this looks more like my kind of action

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[Shasvre]

Kissed by fire either way.

[Ruadh]

When I think about how many seasons this show will be, I'm always brought back to Martin's statement that this show will NOT turn into Lost. I really hope it maintains momentum for the audience that have never read any of the books, or the cliff notes of them like I did. heh. Otherwise, it's going to really make him eat those words.

But, if they're changing things from the books to make it grander etc, that might help.

[Rick Grimes]

Blondey is looking hot.

[Shasvre]

Blondey is looking hot.

[Eva]

 

But, if they're changing things from the books to make it grander etc, that might help.

They basically changed the narrative structure of the books by necessity. The books are told in a first person narrative with the chapters simply named after the characters. That means that there are several characters in the books we only know through the eyes of other characters. The show screenwriters have done a great job of translating this into a 'standard' narrative, because the other one probably wouldn't work on film as well it does in the books.

[Valaquen]

... the books are written in a first-person narrative?

[Shasvre]

They basically changed the narrative structure of the books by necessity. The books are told in a first person narrative with the chapters simply named after the characters. That means that there are several characters in the books we only know through the eyes of other characters. The show screenwriters have done a great job of translating this into a 'standard' narrative, because the other one probably wouldn't work on film as well it does in the books.

That's one of the things I find really cool about the books, and is interesting when someone becomes a POV character later on in the books. Jaime in A Storm of Swords, for example. It puts them in a different light.

[Eva]

... the books are written in a first-person narrative?

Yep. From start to end - the one's I've read sofar.

That's one of the things I find really cool about the books, and is interesting when someone becomes a POV character later on in the books. Jaime in A Storm of Swords, for example. It puts them in a different light.

The other cool thing is how it allows the screenwriters (with the blessings of George RR Martin) to add depth to some of the characters who don't get their own chapters in the books. They can throw a couple of surprises at the audience, even those who've read the books, with these 'secondary' characters, because there's a lot we don't really know about them, unless it is revealed somehow in the POV storytelling of the books.

[Valaquen]

... the books are written in a first-person narrative?

Yep. From start to end - the one's I've read sofar.

... don't you mean third-person?

[Shasvre]

The other cool thing is how it allows the screenwriters (with the blessings of George RR Martin) to add depth to some of the characters who don't get their own chapters in the books. They can throw a couple of surprises at the audience, even those who've read the books, with these 'secondary' characters, because there's a lot we don't really know about them, unless it is revealed somehow in the POV storytelling of the books.

Aye, Littlefinger and Varys in particular.

[Rick Grimes]

How any books are there?i was at Walmart and saw a 4 pack that cost 20 bucks.

[Eva]

... the books are written in a first-person narrative?

Yep. From start to end - the one's I've read sofar.

... don't you mean third-person?

I checked up on it and yes you're right - it's called third person narration, not first person. In the case of these books, it would be called a 'limited' third person narrative. I mistook that for first person blargh

[Space Sweeper]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HV_twflbzxc#ws

"You're not half as clever as you think you are."
"Still makes me more clever than you."

Oh god--
I'm having a heartattack--
Somebody help--
This--
Is looking so--
f**kingamazing-- ;-;
Hnnnnnngggggggggggg~

[Rick Grimes]

... the books are written in a first-person narrative?

Yep. From start to end - the one's I've read sofar.

... don't you mean third-person?

I checked up on it and yes you're right - it's called third person narration, not first person. In the case of these books, it would be called a 'limited' third person narrative. I mistook that for first person blargh

First person: I
Second person: you
Third person: Eva

What you are talking about in the novels is called "alternatives person view" in which POV's alternate between the novels.