<em>Game of Thrones</em>: When Fantasy Looks Like Reality
The second in a five-part series about HBO’s new show, which premieres this weekend
HBO’s new series, Game of Thrones, premieres on Sunday. This week, we’re featuring five different takes on the show, which is the first foray into fantasy for a network that has built its programming on grimly realistic stories like The Sopranos and The Wire. Atlantic correspondent Alyssa Rosenberg began the conversation, and The American Prospect’s Adam Serwer continues it:
The most concise summary of comes from the character King Robert Baratheon, as he recalls the first time he ever crushed the life out of someone with his
