Greebo wrote:
Coo! I am surprised! I haven't seen the TV series as yet, but I did read the first book of "A Song of Ice and Fire" several years ago and the only sex I remember from that was Cersei being seen by Bran doing the nasty with her twin brother Jaime Lannaster. Jaime hurled Bran off the tower and the dark tale got darker and darker with so many characters we had grown to like being killed off that my wife and I stopped getting the books out of the library. Our son read the books at the time and carried on longer, and he has recommended the TV series whilst saying that it bears little resemblance to the books.
As for Tolkien, it's true that "The Hobbit" was written for his kids, but "The Lord of the Rings" was written mainly for his own interest and for fellow Inklings like C S Lewis, and other adults, with memories of WWII fresh in mind, and any writing for a younger audience was more incidental. I suspect that the reason he refrained from letting sex rear its head was more to do with him being a convinced Roman Catholic of his time than with thinking of the effect it might have on any children that might read it
After watching the first two seasons of "Game of Thrones", I started reading the books. I'm now on book 3, so I'm past the point in the story the show had reached. The first season followed the books pretty closely, even down to specific dialog. The second season drifted away from the books somewhat, but the main storylines are still pretty faithful to the books. The incest angle was disturbing, but at least it's generally frowned upon in that society. It's difficult to wait for season 3 of the show, but then again I have other things to watch, like "Broadway Empire" and "Treme," both of which are about to begin their seasons, and both of which are outstanding shows. Now if only "Spartacus" would come back on soon...
Regarding LOTR, I knew there were obvious WWII references, and his peers like Lewis, but I could swear I read somewhere that he mainly wrote the trilogy for his kids, as well as "The Hobbit." I could be wrong, though, won't be the first time nor the last. Looking forward to Peter Jackson's new movie, too.