The book is enough different that-when I said to Bill G. I sincerely hope this series doesn’t follow that lead.Īnyway, a bit about the series setup. It seemed to work for GRRM’s books, at least up until the last episode, when I felt it all fell apart-to the extent that I have absolutely no desire to watch the new “prequel” about the Targaryens. Martin i.e., they kept what they wanted and diverged when they felt like it. It’s a series “based upon” the book in approximately the same way Game of Thrones was based upon the Song of Ice & Fire books by George R.R. Wouldn’t ya know, they’ve made a TV series from the book. You might remember-if you’ve been with me for a while, that I did a review waaay back in 2014, of William (Bill) Gibson’s then-new book, The Peripheral, which I really liked (click on the book’s name to read that column). This week, I want to talk a bit about a different show, helmed by the same folks who brought you Westworld (I admit, I haven’t caught up to that one with the new season yet). Last time I talked about Poker Face, which impressed me mostly because of its star, Natasha Lyonne the show held up throughout the episodes I’d seen (click on the name to read that column). It’s seldom that I speak so highly about a TV show, and seldomer (is that a word?) that I do it two columns in a row.

The peripheral book series