In recent months, I have not had a chance to write many science fiction and fantasy reviews, like I used to do more often, particularly when it comes to the Game of Thrones/Song of Ice and Fire universe based on the works of George R.R. Martin. I have the excuse that I was busy with other things, such as the tariff case. But in the meantime, we have accumulated two seasons of House of the Dragon and the start of a third, plus the first season of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms. When you play the game of reviewing Game of Thrones, you win or your connection with your audience dies! So in this post, I'm going to begin trying to make up for lost time.
Overall, I like both series, and if you like the GOT universe generally, you are likely to enjoy them, too. But House of the Dragon has a number of shortcomings that arise partly from the source material (Martin's book Fire and Blood), and partly from its own flaws. Both series also raise interesting political issues that extend the treatment of such matters in the GOT universe as a whole.
