In the books, two things they are famous for are: They are pretty large for a company of sell swords. And two: they (almost) never break a contract. In the books, they invade Westeros through the Stormlands and manage to capture several important castles, though mostly by surprise. They haven't captured Storm's End yet, or faced any real Several novellas, comic books, video games and board games of the series have been released following the success of the books. Game of Thrones TV Series. As the popularity of A Song of Ice and Fire grew, HBO understood the potential to turn it into a TV series. The contacts between Martin and the producer of the creator of the Game of Thrones For me, time didn't change anything. I really love the books and I loved the show until things started to make no sense and the show was then, in the end, ruined completely. Of course some scenes were spectacular, but the overall anticipation and excitement I always felt when watching a new episode were gone. The Audiobooks are great. I read through books 1-3, but once I got a job it became difficult to find time to actually sit down and read a few chapters. So the audiobooks are great, I listen to them as a drive to work and back. It actually makes me glad when I hit traffic, because I have more time to listen. 3. Book vs Show : r/gameofthrones. [MAIN SPOILERS] Hardhome. Book vs Show. [MAIN SPOILERS] means comments about any published books or aired episodes do not need spoiler tags. Major theories are not covered and should be tagged green. For more info on spoilers and tagging please check the spoiler guide . 2.6K votes, 260 comments. 3.2M subscribers in the gameofthrones community. Assuming you read the books I just personally can't see that, sure most of its because of D&D's embarrassing writing, but he's way too good looking and small in general (Ramsay's a fairly big-fat and pudgy-brute who also has virtually no training in swordsmanship), pretty sure he had a six pack in that one moronic scene They have changed a lot of things from the books, so it shouldn't be surprising. As far as "actual plot development", they developed Ramsay's character, introduced Reek, and initiated Yara/Asha going to try and rescue Theon. Those seem like actual plot developments to me. IsolationMode • 10 yr. ago. GRRM used to write for TV before working on Game of Thrones, so that may have a hand in it becoming one of the best TV shows right now. But I'm sure he wrote the books in the 90s without the intention of making a TV series. He spent a lot of time working on the world itself and the politics of the world and families. z6jpz.