This week’s Saturday Night Live featuring Zach Galifianakis included the omnipresent mock game show. This time around, it was a game show based on HBO’s Game of Thrones.

Enjoy Game of Game of Thrones…
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Well, I suppose this was inevitable…

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Just when you think that every combination of mashup has been done before, here comes School of Thrones, a send-up of Game of Thrones that recasts the HBO series sin the mold of a teen school drama…

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The trailer for Season 3 of HBO’s Game of Thrones, which begins March 31st…
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HBO’s Game Of Thrones is one of genre’s biggest success stories. Here’s a behind-the-scenes video of cast & crew promoting the upcoming season 3…

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I may not know the genesis of A Game of Thrones, but I’m fairly certain that when George R.R. Martin envisioned his epic fantasy series it did not include a laugh track.

Of course, I could be wrong, because this kinda works…

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Finally, the theme to HBO’s adaptation of George R.R. Martin’s A Game of Thrones the way it was meant to be played. On a kazoo.

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You may recall “The Legend of Zelda Medley” by Lindsey Stirling. Now, Lindsey Stirling & Peter Hollens team up for a new video: the theme to HBO’s Game of Thrones.

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Does this need an NSFW warning? You bet!
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I loves me some charts…especially when they are applied to genre shows.

Here are some interesting stats on Game of Thrones, both book and film, that give one an interesting perspective…
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A bit spoilery….so after the jump.
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Here are 3 political attack ads…Game of Thrones style…

[via Andrew Porter via Shelf Awareness via Mother Jones]

Winter is coming!

I know, I know – that gets said a lot.  Today, it’s being said over on the Kirkus Reviews Blog, where I’m starting a new series on Graphic Novel adaptations of literary works.

First up?  Game of Thrones Volume 1 from Dynamite/Bantam.

Making the leap from printed word to a visual medium isn’t always easy.  Everyone has a favorite book adapted to film that, in their opinion, fell short of the original material (The Dresden Files on SyFy comes to mind).  A Game of Thrones has not only been adapted to a successful television show, there’s also a Graphic Novel / comic book series adapted by Daniel Abraham (author of The Dragon’s Path) with art by Tommy Patterson (Farscape (Boom! Studios)), A Game of Thrones Volume One brings together in hardcover form, the first 6 issues of the comic originally published by Dynamite Entertainment.

Check out the full article over on the Kirkus Reviews blog.

Finally…a reasonable explanation for all that nudity in HBO’s adaptation Game Of Thrones…
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SmartPop has posted the table of contents for the upcoming collection of essays Beyond the Wall: Exploring George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire, From A Game of Thrones to A Dance with Dragons edited by James Lowder and available in June.

The world created by George R.R. Martin in his high fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire — now the basis for the hit HBO series Game of Thrones — is incredibly rich and well-drawn. Beyond the Wall‘s contributors explore the book series’ influences, its place in the fantasy pantheon, its challenging narrative choices, and the pull of its stunningly epic scope.

• Foreword: Stories for the Nights to Come by R.A. Salvatore
• Introduction: In Praise of Living History by James Lowder
• The Palace of Love, the Palace of Sorrow by Linda Antonsson, Elio M. Garcia, Jr.
• Men and Monsters by Alyssa Rosenberg
• Same Song in a Different Key by Daniel Abraham
• An Unreliable World by Adam Whitehead
• Back to the Egg by Gary Westfahl
• Art Imitates War by Myke Cole
• The Brutal Cost of Redemption in Westeros by Susan Vaught
• Of Direwolves and Gods by Andrew Zimmerman Jones
• A Sword Without a Hilt by Jesse Scoble
• Petyr Baelish and the Mask of Sanity by Matt Staggs
• A Different Kind of Other by Brent Hartinger
• Power and Feminism in Westeros by Caroline Spector
• Collecting Ice and Fire in the Age of Nook and Kindle by John Jos. Miller
• Beyond the Ghetto by Ned Vizzini

Check out SmartPop’s Beyond the Wall page for essay excerpts. If you sign up for their mailing list, they will mail you an exceprt when the interior is fianlized, remind you of the publication date, and let you know about any giveaways and contests regarding the book.

Here is the full interview with George R.R. Martin from at TIFF Bell Lightbox Center in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In it, he reveals a new chapter from the next in the series, Winds of Winter.

From the YouTube description: The #1 New York Times bestselling author discusses his epic saga A Song of Ice and Fire and its adaptation to the small screen as HBO Canada’s hit series Game of Throne.

[via Tor.com]

HBO has released the “Power And Grace” Trailer for Season 2 of Game Of Thrones, which premieres April 1st. I’m one of the very few who hasn’t seen Season 1, so it’s difficult for me to tell if this is something fans are looking forward to.

Are you a fan? Does this trailer stoke your interest? Rate it on a scale of 1 – 10.

[via George R.R. Martin]

REVIEW SUMMARY: A mesmerizing ride through thick deceit as Martin compels you through every incredible page.

MY RATING:

BRIEF SYNOPSIS: The land of Westeros is held together by tenuous peace, while turmoil shifts and boils beneath the surface. The powerful houses of old plot and scheme, a threat rises across the ocean, and an old evil stirs from its icy domain.

MY REVIEW:

PROS: Prose; characterization; gripping politics; a world that lives and breathes; heart wrenching.

CONS: Not for the faint of heart.

BOTTOM LINE: A must-read, you will be awed by the intrigue, gripped by the passion, and amazed at the realism in this magical, epic tome.

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