We don't have HBO so won't be watching it this go round regardless. Dunno about later. Martin's a very good writer. I'm not sure I want to watch the 3 volumes I did read on screen, and not least because I found the Dothraki quite problematic from the get go and I find my tolerance for that kind of thing has vanished, and it wasn't that expansive to begin with.

But thanks for the useful review!