Game of Thrones had one of the most expansive casts in TV history. Indeed, the cast was so far reaching that some fans forgot about certain characters. However, while the show’s cast is huge, the cast in the books is gargantuan. RELATED: Game Of Thrones: 10 Ways The Show Got Worse And Worse Game of Thrones showed that modern television was the right avenue for adapting epic fantasy stories. The 14 book series by Robert Jordan is the biggest selling fantasy series since The Lord Sansa Stark grew from an unlikely survivor to the last queen standing in HBO's Game Of Thrones. The television series remained almost entirely accurate to her early arc in George RR Martin's A Song Of Ice And Fire book series, depicting her origins in Winterfell and her tenuous captivity in King's Landing. However, season 5 saw the series The five books published so far contain more than 1.7 million words; A Dance with Dragons would take more than 2 days to listen to on audiobook; The Game of Thrones TV series has earned approximately $3.1 billion; Game of Thrones vs A Song of Ice and Fire “Game of Thrones” is the HBO TV series and one of the most popular TV series of all time. The Lesser Evil. “The Lesser Evil” is an early Witcher short story that forms the basis for the very first episode of the series, and it’s a great introduction into the world of the Witcher HBO. Whether or not you, dear reader, should choose to dive into HBO's House of the Dragon when it debuts Sunday night depends entirely on your attitude toward the series it serves as a prequel to Matt Skeels The Eye of the World is a clone of Fellowship of the Ring and there's little character development. I'd recommend Game of Thrones all the way. ayca Definitely read Eye of the World.Both of them are awesome,but personally I think Wheel of time series is just genius. Here’s the way Mountain vs. Red Viper is written in the book: “Elia of Dorne,” they all heard Ser Gregor say, when they were close enough to kiss. His deep voice boomed within the helm. “I I just finished my rewatch of the show a few hours ago! And I am almost done with my reread of AGoT, so I can comment really well on season 1 vs. book 1. Things I prefer in the show over the book: 1. It's been a little while since I read CoK but I got a more intense relationship from Catelyn/Robb on the show than I did in the books. The 'Game of Thrones' prequel 'House of the Dragon' is based on the 'Fire & Blood,' by George R.R. Martin. The show has made some key changes from the book. Here's what they are. WNXm.