A Song Of Ice And Fire

This is a series thatâs conquered both the literary world and now the cinematic world. People call Martin the 'American Tolkien' for good reason -- he's getting to be that popular at this point. A mountain of words could be written about the state the series is in now -- be it good or bad. The common sentiment is that Martin has lost his way with the last two books and his glacial writing pace does not make it look like he will be finishing the series (2 or 3 more books left?) anytime soon, and maybe before he passes. Such is the state of things that even the massively popular HBO show in Season 5 finally parted ways with the narrative thread of the books and is inventing their own plot-lines, for better or for worse.Regardless of the state of Martin's series, A Song of Ice and Fire is the series thatâs launched a literary and cinematic franchise and has been highly influential on the fantasy genre as a whole, inspiring countless new authors and crafting the shape of the fantasy landscape we know.The series (especially the early series â Book 1 to 3) are magnificent and an example of just how powerful a intricately detailed fantasy story can be. With a huge caste of characters you love, hate, learn to hate and hate to love, A Song of Ice and Fire is a story you will never forget. And itâs brought to life through Roy Dotrice captivating performance. Dotrice's narration of such a large cast actually set a Guinness Book of World Records for single-handedly voicing the most characters in a narrative production (hundreds over the Song of Ice and Fire series), each with a different voice! If this is not a testament to Roy Dotrice's skill as an audiobook narrator, then I don't know what is!Now there is a lot said about how good a job Dotrice does on the first three books but many people dislike his performance of the last two books, so keep this in mind. The first three books (both the books and audiobooks) are the strongest in the series with a decline after. With this in mind, I still highly recommend you listen to the audiobook versions of A Song of Ice and Fire. Dotrice does a remarkable job voicing the characters, bringing them to life just as strongly as the HBO series has done through the cinema. If the series falters a bit after, it still does not take away how remarkable a job Dotrice does.Listen to a Sample of Roy Dotrice's voice