Reading A Song of Ice and Fire (Game of Thrones) Books Differently

[Duer 157099]

I'm listening to the audiobooks, and I've got them broken down by chapter, so I've begun to listen to them according to the POV. Has anyone done this, and how do you think it compares to just reading straight through?

Right now I'm in ACOK and am listening to Tyrion's POV. I figure after I do this for all of them, I'll go back and listen to all of them in order.

I started doing this because I would get engrossed in one POV and then found it distracting to suddenly have to switch.

[RandomThoughts]

1. Thanks, been trying to figure out why Steele Referenced

Apock from Matrix twice.

Switch and Apock.



Brothers in Arms - Dire Straits
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5JkHBC5lDs

Bonnie Raitt - I Can't Make You Love Me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nW9Cu6GYqxo

Bonnie Raitt - Nick Of Time
http://www.123video.nl/playvideos.asp?MovieID=407128

Dire Straits - Walk of Life
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZxVC0GB838


Constantine - Bring me to life (Evanescence)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dx8d3K_hngw



Not sure about Cypher.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWaodAu6uLM
In that scene Cypher was knocked down.


And Switch and Apock are not gone, nor dead, although they faced there mortality.

Dire Straits - Walk of Life
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZxVC0GB838

Annie Lennox - Walking On Broken Glass
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y25stK5ymlA

Eurythmics - Here Comes The Rain Again
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/sy-5749511/eurythmics_here_comes_the_rain_again_official_music_video/



And I am still standing.

[XemaSab]

2. I've done that for a few characters

Especially for the latter books, I like doing that. I think it makes it easier to see some of the details.

[Duer 157099]

3. It works especially well with Daenerys

At least for now; no idea where her story goes after book 2.

[XemaSab]

4. I thought it worked even better in the latter books

:)

[pscot]

8. I try to keep up

but you guys are going too fast for me. Is this like Kabala or the Rosicruceans with a soundtrack? How about a gloss for those of us less attuned to the zeitgeist. I did read the first couple books and didn't like 'em. They felt like the guy was getting paid by the word.

[XemaSab]

9. The first time I read the first book I thought it was okay

The second time I read it I liked it a lot more.

His writing style can be a little baroque. :P

[exboyfil]

5. Interesting approach

Getting it organized on audiobooks must be challenging. I am currently working my way through the first four books in anticipation of ADWD (a 1/3 of the way through a A Storm of Swords). This is my third time listening to them (I have only read parts of them when I had a question about something). Roy Dotrice is a king, and I wish they would rerecord A Feast for Crows with him doing the narration.

As a side issue did anyone see Episode 9 of A Game of Thrones? I am not at all happy in how Tyrion was handled in the battle. I am not sure later events are going to make sense from taking this opportunity for comic relief.

[Duer 157099]

6. It was challenging but worth the effort.

Dotrice added just enough of a pause between chapters that I was able to automatically detect (most) of the chapter divisions using audio editing software. I then named each chapter using the corresponding page numbers in the books I have, along with the chapter title (eg, AGOT_086_Tyrion.mp3). Yep, lots of work but has paid off well, since I'm listening so many times and so many ways. You'd think I was studying for a degree or something, lol. And I still miss so many details every time I listen. I also have to go to the books sometimes for reference (thus the page numbers).

Agree about the battle scenes in Ep9. They used too much time instead on the drinking game, imho. But what do you mean about later events not making sense?

[exboyfil]

7. Tyrion's performance outside the walls of King's Landing

I hope they do not make that comic relief as well.

The books are rich and a real delight to me. I am not normally interested in fantasy, but Martin really pulls you in. His world is gritty, dirty, and lacking in Conan style heroes - all for the better. The "good" guy is not always the best swordsman, and what is really a "good" guy.