How Game of Thrones Will End

by Valerie Estelle Frankel

As many know, Game of Thrones takes its story from many influences: the War of the Roses, Catherine de Medici, Norse and Celtic myth as well as medieval ballads. Modern readers find parallels with politics, the corporate world, and conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan. Will the story end like Lord of the Rings or completely invert it? How about King Arthur? Pop culture and parody author Valerie Estelle Frankel examines the sources and predicts a Game of Thrones ending for each one. What will the Ragnarok ending look like? Or the Narnia ending? Who will live, who will die, and how goofy can the war of ice and fire possibly get?

145 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 29, 2014

About the author

Valerie Estelle Frankel is the author of 88 books on pop culture, including Doctor Who - The What, Where, and How; The Villain's Journey, History, Pop Culture, and Hidden Meanings in Hamilton; and How Game of Thrones Will End. Many of her books focus on women’s roles in fiction, from her heroine’s journey guides From Girl to Goddess and Superheroines and the Epic Journey to books like Star Wars Meets the Eras of Feminism and Fourth Wave Feminism in Science Fiction and Fantasy. She's editing a series on Jewish Science Fiction for Rowman & Littlefield. Once a lecturer at San Jose State University, she now teaches at Mission College and is a frequent speaker at conferences. Come explore her research at www.vefrankel.com.

Reviews

[Philina · Rating 3 out of 5]

I especially enjoyed the later part of the book about parallels in today's politics and the idea of just war. This was really well done and opened up perspectives I hadn't thought about before.
All in all there was not as much in-depth character analasys as I had thought. This is, after all, a published book for money and not some forum post/essay which in my opinion even give you more depth than this book.

[Debbie Ledesma · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is another interesting nonfiction book about the Song of Ice and Fire series and "The Game of Thrones" television series. This book speculates on how they might end and the author's influences in writing the series.

[Shruti · Rating 3 out of 5]

Decent summary of historical/fantasy links to ASOIF

[amber · Rating 2 out of 5]

No new info here