I’m currently reading the books for the first time, just finished callibans war. I was wondering, should I watch the serie along with reading the books? Does each season represent a book?

  • Magnor@lemmy.magnor.ovh
    50·
    9 months ago

    They follow quite closely, as the authors were also show runners.

    Each season is not exactly one book: season 1 is 2/3 of book 1, season two goes from there to half of book 2, season 3 wraps books 2 and 3. Seasons 4 to 6 are one book each.

    Season 3 condenses book 3 quite a lot so you should expect differences here. As is usual in adaptation, characters and plot points are merged/moved around at diverse moments. A huge change is made at the end of season 5 due to one actor being outed as a perv piece of crap.

    Books 7 to 9 were not adapted.

    In the end, both mediums are great experiences and you should definitely enjoy both.

    • cm0002@lemmy.world
      19·
      9 months ago

      A huge change is made at the end of season 5 due to one actor being outed as a perv piece of crap.

      Wait, what?!

        • rtxn@lemmy.worldEnglish
          81·
          9 months ago

          That was years ago. Has there been any progress in the investigation? Or is it still just allegations?

        • scarabic@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          9 months ago

          It’s very weird to me that they wrote him out of the show, filmed an end to that character, and then fired him. Often when an actor abruptly exits a show they just vanish and you find out how they died offstage somehow. This guy had to participate in his own ejection from the show. His character kind of dies a hero, too, which makes it even weirder. I guess they were trying to jettison the actor without harming the character.