(O.K., that’s a lie, because you know more about this show than any living human. Mike Hogan: Yes! For one thing, I’m not afraid to read your spoiler posts anymore, because I know you don’t know any more than I do about what’s going to happen next. Mike, as someone who doesn’t read the books but follows the show closely, did you feel any difference in your viewing experience this year? This left some of the season feeling less satisfying to me. There were still a lot of book plots in the season-the sieges of Riverrun and Meereen, the election in the Iron Islands-but in a lot of ways, we viewers were all operating with the same playbook this year. But when I started Game of Thrones, it was from the perspective of a book reader-and I have to admit that I really miss the days when the show was following the novels. #GROWING UP GAME OF THRONES VANITY FAIR SERIES#I love the discussion, (most of) the theories, and just how much this nerdy sci-fi/fantasy series dominates the conversation for 10 weeks every year. I host several podcasts about it, and write about it almost every day. Joanna Robinson: I still love Game of Thrones-obviously. Will we look back on Season 6 as a transitional period-complete with natural growing pains-that uptight book readers need to get over? Will the fandom unite for what most assume will be Game of Thrones’s final two seasons? Or is the show’s audience forever divided? Mike Hogan, Vanity Fair’s digital director and one-time Game of Thrones recapper, and Joanna Robinson, Vanity Fair senior staff writer and Game of Thrones expert, debate their very different viewing experiences for this slightly controversial sixth season. But for others, this season marked a radical departure from the Game of Thrones experience they had come to know and love. Many critics think the series, unshackled from the books, is the best now that it’s ever been. For some, this presented a fun new fan experience that finally prevented smug book readers from lording their knowledge over-or, god forbid, spoiling-unsullied show watchers. Season 6 offered twists and turns that most viewers didn’t see coming-even those who are intimately familiar with the works of George R.R. This year, for the most part, Game of Thrones book readers and show watchers have been in the same boat.
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