Winter is Coming. Also, a Book Discussion.

Tomorrow night is the scheduled book discussion of A Game of Thrones. The details are here if you want to come. And for anyone who is coming, I wanted to offer a last-minute cram session for the discussion, along with some things to consider in advance of meeting.

If you didn’t bother reading the book, there are some good in-depth synopses here and here. These are also good if you read the book a while ago and just need to brush up on the basics.

These are some of the questions we’ll discuss:

• What were your thoughts on the different viewpoints in the novel? Was there a point of view that you felt was missing?
• What instances of symbolism did you find? How did your interpretation of those symbols skew your reading of the book?
• Who was the main character? Was there a hero?
• Compare and contrast life on the wall with life in the kingdoms and on the plains.
• What is the next book that we should read as a book club?

I’ll post again next week with how the discussion went and announce what the next book will be.