Game of Thrones Postage Stamps!

日本ではどのくらい有名なのか分んないけど、ジョージ・R・R・マーティンが書いているファンタジー小説、ゲーム・オブ・スローンズシリーズのファンです。テレビシリーズ化もされていて、2019年がラストシーズンらしい。日本でも衛星チャンネルで同時公開？

でも小説のほうはまったく新刊がでてくれないので、もうここまできたら（テレビ版が小説の先をいってるし）きっともう最終巻までいかないんだろうな、とちょっとあきらめてる。

そのテレビシリーズのキャラの切手が発行されて、買ってしまいました。切手なんて使うことないのに、買ってしまった。知る人ぞ知る。私、切手に弱いのよね。

The British Royal Mail issued Game of Thrones stamps and I had to get them. Yes, I had do.

See, I have a weak spot for postage stamps. Stamps are so intriguing. Lots of art and design in such small area. It's so pretty to look at. If I had endless funding, I would collect them. Since I don't have such endless funding, I buy fun stamps and I like using them. So I bought one stamp for each character.

What I thought interesting about the character selection is that they included Sean Bean and the Tyrell lady. Sean Bean was in the series for only 1 season but he totally made the top 10, huh? (Because he's Sean Bean, I get it). And the Tyrell lady? I don't know, I would rather have Brianne of Tarth in there.

I have been a big fan of the original book series for the past 16 years ever since MOTH recommended it. But now the TV series is so big and the final season is coming up in 2019, I have very little hope that the book series itself would get to the final book.

I like the TV series, but I don't love it: I like its production quality very much, but with limited air time, the story gets altered and chopped and things happen too quickly (like how Gendry can run back to the Wall). Argh, George, your writing is so solid, I wish your work habit was as good good as your writing.