A Song Of Ice And Fire

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I strongly recommended A Song of Ice and Fire to be a required fiction to read. It is worthwhile. Firstly, A Song of Ice and Fire, in my point of view, is not merely a fantasy and fiction, it more like a historical stories, reflected the moment in Wars of the Roses, representing a change of epics.
The continents Westeros and Essos are similar as the two rival branches in throne of England: House of Plantagenet and House of York in 15th century, and even parallel as the current confliction between the mainland China and Taiwan now. As a fiction, it does not only tell the stories with attractive plot synopsis, sumptuous, glittering language, more importantly, its sophisticated thinking perspectives about various aspects such as sociology, politics,

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