How many days until season 4 begins?

FETCH THE SEASON STRETCHER!!!

http://www.reddit.com/r/gameofthrones/comments/1hwuvi/no_spoilers_how_ive_been_feeling_since_season_3/

How many days until season 5 begins?

http://reddit.com/r/gameofthrones/comments/28c22u/no_spoilers_how_we_all_feel_as_the_season_ends/

Some ideas:

1. Re-watch seasons 1 and 2 of Game of Thrones. You'll see a LOT of setup you missed the first time.

2. Read (or re-read!) the books. That will take you a while.

3. Read the Dunk and Egg novellas. Here's some tips on a cost effective way to read them:

http://www.reddit.com/r/asoiaf/comments/1cv7lu/costeffective_way_to_read_the_dunk_egg_stories/

"They are short, yes, but quite excellent, and have a lot of cool information about the Targaryens from when the Targaryens were actually in charge."

Seriously, rewatch seasons 1 and 2. There's a lot of good stuff in there.

So it looks like the order of the Dunk and Egg novellas is:

1. The Hedge Knight 

2. The Sworn Sword 

3. The Mystery Knight

Amazon will also release new digital editions of the out-of-print graphic novels based on Martin's stories The Hedge Knight and The Sworn Sword in November 2013 and early 2014 respectively.

Thank you, this sounds fascinating!

Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tales_of_Dunk_and_Egg

That page has a family tree of the house Targaryen:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tales_of_Dunk_and_Egg#House_Targaryen_at_the_time_of_the_Hedge_Knight_.28208.29

FAQ: How Do I go about reading Dunk and Egg?

http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/topic/89260-how-do-i-go-about-reading-dunk-egg/

Answer:

I'm afraid that to get the novellas, you'll have to buy the anthologies, even in ebook format.The Hedge Knight: http://www.amazon.co...70370249&sr=1-3

The Sworn Sword: http://www.amazon.co...gends anthology

The Mystery Knight: http://www.amazon.co...&sr=1-1-catcorr 

Ah! Dunk and Egg makes an appearance...

http://pandawhale.com/post/45279/who-was-she-i-could-tell-you-everything-about-her-shes-more-real-than-you-are-maester-aemon-targaryen-to-samwell-tarly-s4e9