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Game of Thrones Readalong: And Now His Watch Has Ended

Ivey West — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 12:30:46 +0000

Reading along with ‘A Storm of Swords’ and season three of ‘A Game of Thrones’ will be fairly challenging, but each week I’ll let you know (as spoiler-free as possible) where your pace should be to stay just ahead of the series.

Each week, CliqueClack provides folks that are trying to read George R. R. Martin’s epic A Song of Ice and Fire series of novels along with the HBO series a little help. For as long as HBO provides us with screeners, we’ll help provide the point in the novels that you should have read through to keep ahead of each episode. As I have mentioned each week, with all of the show’s (wonderful) deviations from the books, it can be a difficult task. But we’ve got you covered.

My goal is to make these posts as spoiler-free as possible, just sharing the information on which chapter you need to read though in order to stay ahead. Also, I’ll be leaning on Tower of the Hand, a great reference for fans of ASOIF and Game of Thrones – their spoiler filters are ingenious — as a touchstone for which chapter I’m referring to.

A reminder specific to this season. There is a storyline or two that happens “off-page” during A Storm of Swords and A Feast for Crows that are major parts of this third season. We’re definitely at the point that if you want to read the books completely un-spoiled, you might need to read through A Dance With Dragons before watching this season. The way the story is told in the show is likely to be close — or “close enough” — to how we find out in the final book, but honestly, the way the book presents the material is probably more fun. If “fun” is the right word.

For the episode “And Now His Watch Has Ended,” one would need to have read through Chapter 35, Arya VI. After this week’s “sliding back into” the world of Westeros, things definitely begin to pick up (and you just wait for next week).

Check out previous posts in the Season Three Game of Thrones Readalong series:

Episode One: “Valar Dohaeris”

Episode Two: “Dark Wings, Dark Words”

Episode Three: “Walk of Punishment”

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Photo Credit: Helen Sloan/HBO

Game of Thrones Readalong: Walk of Punishment

Ivey West — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 13:22:18 +0000

Each week, CliqueClack provides folks that are trying to read George R. R. Martin’s epic A Song of Ice and Fire series of novels along with the HBO series a little help. For as long as HBO provides us with screeners, we’ll help provide the point in the novels that you should have read through to keep ahead of each episode. As I mentioned last week, with all of the show’s (wonderful) deviations from the books, it can be a difficult task. But we’ve got you covered.

My goal is to make these posts as spoiler-free as possible, just sharing the information on which chapter you need to read though in order to stay ahead. Also, I’ll be leaning on Tower of the Hand, a great reference for fans of ASOIF and Game of Thrones — their spoiler filters are ingenious — as a touchstone for which chapter I’m referring to.

For the episode “Walk of Punishment,” one would need to have read through Chapter 36, Catelyn IV. After this week’s “sliding back into” the world of Westeros, things definitely begin to pick up (and you just wait for next week).

Check out previous posts in the Season Three Game of Thrones Readalong series:

Episode One: “Valar Dohaeris”

Episode Two: “Dark Wings, Dark Words”

Photo Credit: Helen Sloan/HBO

Game of Thrones Readalong: Dark Wings, Dark Words

Ivey West — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 12:30:24 +0000

So your favorite show and mine, Game of Thrones, returned this week to some killer ratings. Things in Westeros were — for the most part — how we left them: Jon is still devolving into a whiny Luke-Skywalker-in-A-New-Hope-esque character. Tyrion is still a BAMF. Sansa is still in deep poo. Arya and Bran are … well, we’ll get to that next week. And Joffery is still in need of a good slap to the face.

While the rest of the world is basking in the show’s superb return, I’m already turning my head to the next episode. Each week, CliqueClack provides folks that are trying to read George R. R. Martin’s epic A Song of Ice and Fire series of novels along with the HBO series a little help. For as long as HBO provides us with screeners, we’ll help provide the point in the novels that you should have read through to keep ahead of each episode. As I mentioned last week, with all of the show’s (wonderful) deviations from the books, it can be a difficult task. But we’ve got you covered.

My goal is to make these posts as spoiler-free as possible, just sharing the information on which chapter you need to read though in order to stay ahead. Also, I’ll be leaning on Tower of the Hand, a great reference for fans of ASOIF and Game of Thrones — their spoiler filters are ingenious — as a touchstone for which chapter I’m referring to.

For the episode “Dark Wings, Dark Words,” one would need to have read through Chapter 30, Arya V. After this week’s “sliding back into” the world of Westeros, things definitely begin to pick up (and you just wait for next week).

Photo Credit: HBO

Game of Thrones Read Along: Valar Dohaeris

Ivey West — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 12:00:59 +0000

Everyone knows we’re big fans of HBO’s epic series Game of Thrones. One of the biggest distinctions in the show’s fandom is between those who have read George R. R. Martin’s series of novels A Song of Ice and Fire that the television series are based on … and those who have not. Many fans have read the books — some to the point of obsession — while others are staying as far away from them as they can.

This season, as the show takes ostensibly takes on the first half or so of A Storm of Swords, reading along will get down right hard.

There’s another group — one that I think probably has one of the best approaches — that are trying to read along with the series. Many of the actors have talked about how they only read as far as the season that they are in. Last year, CliqueClack ran a series of posts for the fans that were trying to read the books along with each individual episode. In the first season, that was a fairly easy task, as the show followed the first book, A Game of Thrones, surprisingly close. Last season, tracking A Clash of Kings was considerably more difficult. This season, as the show takes ostensibly takes on the first half or so of A Storm of Swords, it will get down right hard.

So, each week – as long as HBO sends us advance screeners (at least the first four episodes so far) – we will attempt to let you know exactly how far one would have to read to stay ahead of the series. My goal is to make these posts as spoiler free as possible, just sharing information on which chapter you’d have to read. Also, I’ll be leaning on Tower of the Hand, a great reference for fans of ASOIF and Game of Thrones – their spoiler filters are ingenious – as a touchstone for which chapter I’m referring to.

For the first episode, “Valar Dohaeris” one would need to have read through Chapter 24: Daenerys II. Except, not really … it might technically be Chapter 58: Daenerys V – and this is where I might be venturing into spoiler territory, so be warned about clicking into the next page for the reason why (though my explanation will include as few spoilers as I can possibly manage):

Photo Credit: HBO

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