The hedge knight, A Game of Thrones Prequel

Have you heard about the Hedge Knight? Probably if you are only watching Game of Thrones on TV you haven't. 

It's a great opportunity to learn about it though! Plus I will be giving you two alternatives to check it out! A book and a comic! 

It's all set up in Westeros and is actually a Game of Thrones prequel. 

My suggestion though is going to be about the comic book. Let's face it. If you haven't read the Game of Thrones books it's pretty hard to actually read the Hedge Knight books either. 
But what the comic book will offer you is a world class, amazing illustration of the Game of Thrones universe. 
You are going to see the armors as they are actually depicted on George R. R. Martin's mind. Truth is that when it comes to a TV production you can't really show exactly what is being described on the book. 

Yep, that's the Kingsguard

On a comic book though, it's the opposite. You get to see it all. The illustration is done by Mike S. Miller. I love his work. It's truly magnificent. You will love it.

That is his work too by the way!

So what is The Hedge Knight all about? It's around 90 years before the events that take place on the Game of Thrones show. It ends with the tragic events of Sumerhall that lead to the birth of Rhaegar Targaryen. But I will say no more about this because it's something huge!


It follows the life of a Hedge Knight called Duncan. Dunk for short. He was actually the squire of a Hedge Knight, Ser Arlan but the poor guy died of old age. There he decides to become himself a knight and ride across the seven kingdoms.


On his way to Ashford to compete in a tourney he finds a young boy. Named Egg. Together they will form what we call Dunk and Egg. 

I will say no more, as it could spoil it for you.
I will just go on ahead and tell you will get to meet and understand a lot of things around Westeros. You will see why there is a green and a red apple in house Fossoway, you will learn more about the house Dondarrion and many more houses. 

You will get find out a lot about the Targaryen ruling family and also about the Baratheons.

This whole story is a cruel fairy tale guaranteed to give you an amazing time!

Check it out and you will not regret it!

By the way I believe I must have the comic books in a CBR. format on my computer so if you cannot find them I could help, by sending them through wetransfer or whatever, so feel free to ask! 

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Books I want to read till the end of the year

This is maybe a suggestion but it's more like a mere reminder to myself that I should probably read more. 

Even though with work and all it can be rather hard to find the time to read I am trying day by day to limit my time of doing any other thing than reading.
So there are not really quite so many books you can read within a year. Let me set up a list here and I promise I will be stating which I've read by the new year.

Game of thrones, A song of Ice and fire. 

I've read quite a few years ago the Game of thrones books in English. Now,  after so long and while Game of Thrones is tremendously mainstream around the globe I started reading them in Greek to. 
To catch up a bit and enhance my story while I am waiting for the winds of winter. So far I've read the Game of Thrones and Clash of Kings. 
Hopefully I will be done with a Storm of Swords by the end of August leaving me until October to be done with the rest of the books. I would like to believe that until then we will be have a release date for the winds of winter. 

Think and grow rich. Napoleon Hill.

Now this book is (at least that's what I've heard) a must for the business world and for entrepreneurs around the world. It's supposed to be a secret for success. I will give it a shot. It's a rather small book and and it's very old. So I'm sure it will be worth it. 

Now if I am lucky enough I have two more books I'd like to read. There are actually in my library but I haven't read them yet. 

Catcher in the rye. J. D. Salinger. 

Two reasons for reading this book. 
One it's the book Mark David Chapman said made him kill John Lennon. 
Two. It's mentioned in South park in one of my favorite episodes. 
Seriously I think it's a nice reading about alienation and it's a classic. So, might as well read it.

The social Contract. Jean Jacques Rousseau.

Back in my first year and for two more years after that, I had decided to study sociology. Later I realized there was no way I could possibly find a job as a sociologist, so I decided to find something I am good at, but can also earn me money. 
That's why I studied advertising. Smart choice? I guess we shall see. So far it's good. 
So, about the book. I've read all sort of notes out of it but never read it all. So I guess, since it's a really small book I could read it in about Christmas time!

That's about it! I'm open for suggestions! 
Feel free to share books you would like to read. 
You might give me ideas on what to read after I finish with those! 

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Tried reading game of thrones yet?

Many people around haven't read the game of thrones books. They just watch the show. 

Now let us clarify. It's called "song of ice and fire". Not game of thrones. Nonetheless. My critique about this subject is going to be a bit more general. 

We grew up as a generation that doesn't read. Our attention span is around 2 seconds. We would never stay longer and reading. Which is bad for two reasons. 

First is because you probably reached till the first sentence of the blog and then left (joking). 
Second is because that way we lose interest so easily. We miss all the beauty in life. One of them is reading a book. 

So what I am going to try right now is to convince you to read. At least game of thrones for a beginning. First off. have you read Harry Potter? 

Why was it easy to read Harry Potter and hard to read George RR Martin's "Game of Thrones"? 
It's on the same level of interest. Trust me. I read both. One other thing. Have you tried reading Lord of the Rings? Perhaps the Silmarillion? 

OK you may have found that boring. But Game of thrones isn't like that. Really. It may be a bit more descriptive than other books but that's great. Because you get to know so much.
Another thing. George RR Martin has done something innovative with Game of Thrones. His chapters are in POV. Point of view. 
So every chapter follows a specific character in his own POV hearing his thoughts only. It truly is amazing when you start reading the first 2-3 chapters. POV really changes the way you perceive truth. POV really makes it what it is. 
Now for an important argument. You probably heard EVERYWHERE from book posers that a show is just the tip of the iceberg and the book is like 90% more bla bla bla. 

Unfortunately it's true. Not only the book contains tons of other information that will solve a LOT of your questions, it also has a different mood than the show. Have in mind one important issue about the book. Pretty much everyone are children in the books! Rob and Jon are 15 and Daenerys is 13!! Beric Dondarrion is 22!!!

So you get to live two different realities. Which is great.

Another amazing thing? You can finally live a spoiler free life. You will know everything. You will be up to date. You are going to be spoiler-proof. All that by reading close to 7000 pages. 
It's not much trust me. In the beginning you might find hard to read a full chapter. After a while though it's going to be hard for you to stop reading. So give it a chance. Imagine the pleasure you are going to feel after that when no spoiler will be able to harm you!

The books are the real deal. George RR Martin has written a fantasy masterpiece. Show your respect to him by reading his works. Don't be lazy! Read! It will do good to you! 

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