I guess GOT is similar to Lord of the Rings. They are the same genre anyway. GOT is actually much more cynical, and more adult oriented, where IMO LOTR depends more upon magic. I think I was in middle school the first time I read LOTR. I cannot imagine how I would have reacted to GOT at that age!

It is interesting that the author of LOTR is J. R. R Tolien while the author of GOT is George R R Martin. What's with all the R's in the middle names?
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