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Hey everybody! After two long years, it's time to revive this subreddit.

With the contentious HotD in hiatus until 2026, I'm hoping to take us back to the indefinite lore of early ASoIaF: starting this New Year, there will be a read-along/discussion of A Game of Thrones.

This discussion will be split into ten bi-weekly segments, with the first thread on January 14th, 2025.

If you're interested, please drop some interaction with this post.

I first joined this subreddit over 10 years ago, for a read through of the main series, assuming I would eventually leave it behind, in order to finish before Winds of Winter was released...

Oops.

Anyways, we're done with our Fire & Blood reread, and despite a few spots where I flipped ahead to see how many pages left in the chapter, I did enjoy it much more than expected.

There are no current plans for another cycle, so please anyone interested in such things post your thoughts here; I've gotten a few messages privately already.

Likewise, anyone who is already doing or planning a group readthrough, let it be known, and this space can be used to facilitate the discussion, and reach others who may be interested as well.

Cycle #4.5 (F&B), Discussion #23: The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency

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Well, this brings us to the end.

House of the Dragon is well underway, and I'm enjoying it more than expected, actually. The reread definitely helped me know the story better, and puts the show in context. The 'dream' bit completely changes Rhaenyra's potential motivation, so really makes it a different story. But that still fits in with the historical account we get in F&B.

I read more of F&B than I expected, and I'll finish too, since I'm so close.

Please keep reading and posting!

Cycle #4.5 (F&B), Discussion #22: Under the Regents - The Voyage of Alyn Oakenfist.

Cycle #4.5 (F&B), Discussion #21: Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows.

Cycle #4.5 (F&B), Discussion #20: Under the Regents - The Hooded Hand.

Cycle #4.5 (F&B), Discussion #19: Aftermath - The Hour of the Wolf.

Cycle #4.5 (F&B), Discussion #18: Dying of the Dragons - The Short, Sad Reign of Aegon II.

Cycle #4.5 (F&B), Discussion #17: Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown.

Cycle #4.5 (F&B), Discussion #16: Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant.

Cycle #4.5 (F&B), Discussion #15: Dying of the Dragons - The Red Dragon and the Gold.

Cycle #4.5 (F&B), Discussion #14: Dying of the Dragons - A Son for a Son.

Cycle #4.5 (F&B), Discussion #13: Dying of the Dragons - The Blacks and the Greens.

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Lucky Chapter 13, to start the end of the great beasts...

Cycle #4.5 (F&B), Discussion #12: Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession.

Cycle #4.5 (F&B), Discussion #11: The Long Reign - Jaehaerys and Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain.

Cycle #4.5 (F&B), Discussion #10: Jaehaerys and Alysanne - Their Triumphs and Tragedies.

Cycle #4.5 (F&B), Discussion #9: Birth, Death, and Betrayal Under King Jaehaerys I.

Cycle #4.5 (F&B), Discussion #8: A Time of Testing - The Realm Remade.

Cycle #4.5 (F&B), Discussion #7: A Surfeit of Rulers.

Cycle #4.5 (F&B), Discussion #6: The Year of the Three Brides - 49 AC.

Cycle #4.5 (F&B), Discussion #5: Prince into King - The Ascension of Jaehaerys I.

Cycle #4.5 (F&B), Discussion #4: The Sons of the Dragon.

Cycle #4.5 (F&B), Discussion #3: Three Heads Had the Dragon - Governance Under King Aegon I.

Cycle #4.5 (F&B), Discussion #2: Reign of the Dragon - The Wars of King Aegon I.

Cycle #4.5 (F&B), Discussion #1: Aegon's Conquest.

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...and with it, House of the Dragon, premiering August 21. Let us (re-) read Fire and Blood from now until then.

Please tell your friends, your family, your co-worker's second uncle. Shout from the rooftops, cross-post to everywhere that would care. Show support with a comment below.

Within the thread here, any suggestions for how to run it? I'm imagining we'll start in a week or so, and pace it out to end by late August, giving three months. Sounds reasonable?

I count 706 pages over 23 chapters, about 8 pages per day. For me, sounds a lot actually, given the material! Let me know what you think please.

EDIT: For all our South American, Southern African, Aussie, and Kiwi friends... I'm sorry I forgot you. You are loved and appreciated. Happy Winter!

Cycle #4, Discussion #358 - et voilà le fin.

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