Electric Bookaloo: THE ICE DRAGON (full spoilers)

HOTD: A House of the Dragon Podcast

Bald Move

After Shows, Tv Reviews, Tv & Film

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🗓️ 6 November 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Long before Ned Stark was bumbling about in GRRM's noggin, a world of ice magic was put into story and titled the ICE DRAGON. Padraig MacCarron joins Anthony to discuss the book in full. They draw parallels between this world and Ned's. Theme song: Game of Thrones (80’s TV Theme) by Highway Superstar Hey there! Check out https://support.baldmove.com/ to find out how you can gain access to ALL of our premium content, as well as ad-free versions of the podcasts! Join the Club! Join the discussion: [email protected] | Discord | Reddit | Forums Leave Us A Review on Apple Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome back to Game of Thrones 2 Electric.
0:24.4	Bukaloo, I'm your host, Anthony.
0:26.8	Padrick McCarron and I finish off the Ice Dragon.
0:30.7	Just a word of warning, do not be fooled by the marketing department at Harper.
0:35.6	This is not a story that exists within the world of
0:39.2	Ned Stark and Deneir's Targaryen. So if you bought a recent edition of this book, the front
0:44.6	cover probably is lying to you. That said, there's a lot of ideas in this early book that
0:49.9	find their way into a world of ice and fire.
0:55.5	Patrick and I will discuss that.
0:58.5	In addition, spoilers for the end of A Dance of Dragons.
1:03.3	We're going to discuss a little bit about the relationship between John Snow and Ghost.
1:08.7	Next week, we'll jump into the prologue for a storm of sword so you can prep for that.
1:13.2	All right, without further ado, here is the University of Limerick's own Dr.
1:14.1	Padrick McCarran.
1:23.8	Um, what'd you think of the season finale of Game of Thrones?
1:24.6	Right? Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
1:27.4	I'm reading the books. All right, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. No, no, no. I'm reading the books.
1:29.8	All right, Padraig, we're back.
1:32.2	Yeah.
1:32.8	We're looking at chapters 5 through 8, which brings us to the completion of the Ice
1:38.6	Dragon.
1:39.2	And I want to tell you that yesterday I popped into my office and I got this beauty which was waiting
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