Brilliant idea: Random House has made the first 80 pages of A Game of Thrones available to read for free online or as a downloadable PDF. When I tell people to read the book, I say, “Give it till page 80 or so. If you don’t like it by then, hey, no harm no foul.” But in all honesty, I literally don’t know anyone whose picked it up on my recommendation, read till page 80, and didn’t like it. Seriously, not one. You have nothing to lose but, I dunno, an hour or two on the train tonight or on Sunday afternoon this weekend or whatever. Give it a shot, see what you think.
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Tags: A Song of Ice and Fire, fantasy, Game of Thrones, George R.R. Martin
Well, now you know one.
And thank goodness you’re the one! If you didn’t pop by just to say nay, all my constants would have become variables and life would cease to make sense. 🙂
No problem, sir. Just doing my job.