Re-Reading Game of Thrones: Prologue

Did you guys read the book in English or Hebrew?

I like this, guys. Keep em coming. I might re-read the books because of this.

Guys, I loved it! The books are truly fantastic. I don't know whether I would say, it's the best I ever read (García Márquez is perhaps still a little bit ahead for me) but it comes very close.
One personal note: During seasons 1-4 I agreed to almost every single decision the show runners made to adapt the books to TV but there is one thing which you also pointed out in this video which I think was a terribly bad choice from very early on: to make the White Walkers simple monsters. GRRM did no such thing and I guess, he had good reasons to do so and they deliberately ignored this. Now, with the experience of especially seasons 6 & 7, this early decision already showed that they were eventually going to dumb down this great novel.

If I remember correctly, Waymar Royce was Yohn Royce's son, as Sansa tells Yohn Royce in Season 4 during their first meeting in Eyrie that they met each other once, while Yohn Royce was taking his son to the wall and visited Winterfell.

I'm so glad you guys decided to do this!

No way you guys do every chapter before book 6

I'm so glad u guys started this series! I really hope u will continue until the last book 🙂 btw I'm rereading the story with u together yay

Hold on, you can't possibly plan to do a video for each and every chapter for each and every book? I mean that would be great, but it would literally take you years and years and years. George might even have finished the series by the time you finish A Dance with Dragons!

"snow's the best we can hope for"

Has anyone read The XII comic?

8:38 When I read The XII they came off like the others.

We are told that Waymar's sword hilt has jewels in it. Unfortunately, we don't know what type. In Dance, as the wildlings are passing through the Wall they have to make "payment". Jon mentions that someone had "produced a broken sword with three sapphires in the hilt." Could this coincidentally be Waymar's?? I don't know but it stuck in my mind since I'm finishing up Dance and thought I'd mention it. Love that you are doing these videos!!

I was thinking about starting a re-read to pass time between tv seasons (and books)…but also to be caught up for whichever spinoff
may come our way.
…how often will you do these videos?

I just reread AGOT prior to season 7. I'll start reading with you both once you are on to ACOK. Thanks!

Itamar, what are the other books you like? I feel like our taste in books are the same.. 🙂

I'm an Atheist, but Itamar makes me want to convert to Judaism.

Just wanted to say this new series is seriously good. I've not yet watched a chapter overview for ASoIaF that's raised so many points I hadn't thought of in such a fluid way. It's also inspired me to begin a 3rd re-read of the series so I can follow along with you guys.

This is back to your original stuff and why I subbed way back in the day. Seriously awesome – keep it up guys! 😀

this is related to the next chapter, but why do you think the surviving Black Brother ran all the way south and deserted the Watch? he wasn't able to tell anyone, warn them. He could have talked to Aemon, or convince Mormont. I hope you'll discuss the issue in the execution scene next chapter. Ned's actions are honor-bound too, but re-reading it you see how dumb the "wheel" really is.

That was genuinely interesting and I do agree with all the points you made (line about meal included). My experience has been different; I was sistting on the fence after reading the Prologue, for I adore history but I'm not a fantasy novels rider and I was kinda put off by the 'supernatural' elements in the Prologue and at the same time intrigued by it, first because we readers were clearly thrown in medias res and I had the feeling we were eyeing a big world by a side door (so you want to see the rest of that universe) and second because I am a crime novel – and historical crime novels – rider and I wanted to solve the mystery (what about those creatures? what's wrong? etc.). I made my decision to read the whole thing later on tho, what really had me hooked was the political intrigue (who killed Jon Arryn and why? whose dagger was the one which nearly killed Bran?) and Tyrion's storyline, I wanted to know what would be of him. Then of course many other things made me continue reading them.

Is that a boruca mask behind Gil??

I've a question: why does Royce get to lead this party? I thought leadership had to be earned on the Wall. He seems/seemed so…unworthy to lead a ranging. Clearly the least qualified of the three, anyway.

Itamar's reenactment of the sword fight, LOL…

Yes, this is great! I'm going to read along with you!

Awesome! I am actually starting to read the books and I'm loving the first one. My favorite part of the prologue was the fear that the chapter was building, because at first, these guys from the Night's Watch are just chatting and not worrying about anything and then suddenly that starts to change very darkly, it was awesome!

just wondering why the map changed position

Great video!

Asoiaf is the best book series i have ever read. Thank you for doing this kind of videos =]

funny how we get introduced to the nights watch later on as a proto democracy in which your titles don`t matter. But the leader of this expidition is a green lordling.

Ser Waymar Royce is Chad Summerchild??? This could change everything! 😉

I'm so hyped for this series. I've been wanting to read through the books so it'll be great to read it along side these two.