A Dance with Dragons by George R.R. Martin

Warning! Here be huge spoilers! Read the book first!

This isn’t a book review. A book review would focus on the merits of the book—perhaps the characterization, a nod to the complicated and convoluted plotting, occasional felicities of language, and so on. Having marathoned my way through George R.R. Martin’s most recent entry in the Song of Ice and Fire, I’m still in the “Wow!” “No way!” “Arrgh!” stages of the reading process.

NewsFlash: HBO Okays Game of Thrones

SciFi Wire reports that HBO has picked up ten episodes of the television adaptation of George R.R. Martin's Song of Ice and Fire series – they're calling it The Game of Thrones, after the first book. The first season will feature Lena Headey, Sean Bean, and Peter Dinklage, among others.

If you haven't read Martin's books (there are currently four out of a planned seven), now's your chance. If you have read the books, I imagine that you're doing the jig of joy. Dance! Dance! Dance!