Well, no. However, most of the pictures I’ve seen of him, though…it’s hard to judge. I would just hate for this to be another Robert Jordan incident, tragic as that was!
I want to read the other ones, but I want GRRM to get on track first, so I’ll probably wait until Dance with Dragons comes out and read reviews to see if the plot is going somewhere! It would be a pity if he didn’t finish it. I love Jon Snow and Danny and Tirion. Jon doesn’t have the most interesting scenes but I sympathize with him the most, so he’s my favorite character. 
His writing isn’t anti church or anything like that. In fact, it’s very neutral as far as any religious topics go. The series definitely has some pretty explicit “adult” moments in them, however.
There are actually two religions portrayed (at least as of the second book), one monotheistic and one polytheistic. Most of the characters, even the “bad guys”, seem to have at least one redeeming quality, but as far as the incestual house they are portrayed as the scheming, backstabbing type, so the incest in the book is not appluaded by any means. While the story and characters are beautifully crafted and extremely realistic (they seem to walk right off the page, every character is very deep), be forewarned that this is not a childrens book, and some may be offended at the graphic nature of the scenes discribed. Due to the graphic sexual and violent scenes I would give this an L rating using the usccb movie ratings. I personally give it two thumbs up, but some may not want to read the “R rated” imagery in the book.
This is pretty accurate. The book describes a couple of different religious traditions used by the various nations, but doesn’t “preach” anything to the reader. It just states that these people believe one thing and this other group believes something else. There are conflicts between different characters as to which tradition is correct, but none of it comes off as putting down any real world religion.
Agreed. Great book series, though I’m holding off on #4 since #5’s been in the works for well over two years already.
hbo.com/index.html#/game-of-thronesHow was the show different from the books? I’m thinking of getting the dvd or blu ray or renting them when it comes out in march next year.
I’ve read through the series twice and there is plenty of gratuitous sex and violence in the books as well. The HBO series did add a few sex scenes, but overall I think it was quite faithful to the books.
The newest book was much better than A Feast For Crows but not as good as the first three IMO.