Ep 257 - Dying of the Light, by George R. R. Martin
Overdue
Headgum
4.6 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 28 August 2017
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
You might know George R. R. Martin from an obscure little HBO series called “Game of Thrones.” This week, we go back to his very first (and pre-ASOIAF) novel, the science fiction/romance story Dying of the Light.
This book showcases Martin’s gift for organic, engrossing world building, but the material is let down a bit by its characters and its protagonist in particular. All in all, a good first effort from the guy who would go on to write one of modern fantasy’s biggest juggernauts.
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| 0:00.0 | This is a headgun podcast. |
| 0:06.0 | While Andrew and Craig believe the joy of discovery is crucial to enjoying any well-told |
| 0:10.3 | tale, they will not shy away from spoiling specific story beats when necessary. |
| 0:16.5 | Plus these are books you should have read by now. |
| 0:30.0 | Welcome to Overdo a Game of Thrones podcast for Game of Thrones heads. |
| 0:46.0 | My name is Craig. |
| 0:47.3 | My name is Andrew. |
| 0:48.8 | First of his name. |
| 0:50.6 | The Twilight King. |
| 0:53.0 | And I'm here to steal your stuff. |
| 0:55.6 | So yeah, as everyone knows, the season finale of Game of Thrones was just a little bit |
| 1:02.3 | ago as we record this. |
| 1:04.7 | And boy, there were some explosive revelations, some deaths, some undeads. |
| 1:10.3 | Like I can't believe that the whole time the dragons were just complicated machines |
| 1:16.5 | with people inside them working the wings and stuff. |
| 1:19.3 | See now like a bloodslif. |
| 1:20.9 | Now I'd been on all of the subreddit. |
| 1:23.2 | So I knew that was coming because of some letters on pages in the earlier books. |
| 1:29.2 | Right. |
| 1:30.2 | Yeah, it's a popular fan theory as I understand it now. |
| 1:33.3 | Like I try not to spoil myself with stuff from the past. |
| 1:35.4 | You're better about that than I am. |
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