A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin

I have been listening to the audiobook version of this book for a long time now. I have seen the HBO series of this story advertised here and there on the interwebs. People at work have also asked if I watch the show. I have not watched a single episode, but judging from all the hype I see I assume it's very popular right now.

So I decided to read the books to try to understand why this story is so popular. I. guess it has just been all the drama, sex, and violence found in all things HBO that has drawn people to the story. The book is very much the same way. It's hard for me to like the book because there is no hero in it. Everybody is out to get one another for their own selfish goals. 

I read about the Roman Empire the other day and browsed through the long list of emporers and kings and tribal revolts and other tribes coming in to destroy the empire. It all sounded a lot like A Game of Thrones. History is such a mess. I don't know why people can't just be happy farming their land or writing books or making things. Lazy people are the ones behind all the fighting and rebelling and conquest nonsense. They are the ones causing either themselves to starve and fight or others to suffer their violence.

I'm still trying to finish the book although I lost interest in the story long ago. It's such a sad world they live in, like monkeys with swords whacking each other for one reason or another. 

There was another fat book with a similar world I partially read a long time ago. It was called Maia, and I gave it away to either Salvation Army or my parents. It's a sad story about a girl living the life of a sex slave. It was written by Richard Adams, who also wrote a more interesting novel called Watership Down. In that story, which I have only watched the animated film, a bunch of rabbits fight for their civil rights against an oppressive rabbit empire.