How much of the Song of Ice and Fire series does the TV show Game of Thrones cover?

I just finished reading the book Game of Thrones and plan on watching the HBO series, but I don't want to spoil anything for myself before I read the next few books. Does the first season of the show correspond with the first book, or does it go further into the series than that?How much of the Song of Ice and Fire series does the TV show Game of Thrones cover?
the series is planned to match up season to Book... and in the case of season one they have done so



however with longer books they may either need longer seasons (first season was only 10 episodes) or may go for multiple seasons per book -- as they are still in production on Season 2 their choice has yet to be confirmed



also when they get to books 4 and 5 (the books cover the same time span, but focus on different characters) the producers have already stated that the show would tell the story chronologically : the first half of the books would be one season and the second half would be another season (this is assuming they stick to 1:1, otherwise from what I've read 4 + 5 might equal 3 seasons)



page counts on the hardcovers so far: and based on 1 we assume 70 pages to an episode

1 = 704 -- 10 eps

2 = 784 -- 12

3 = 992 -- 15

4 = 784 -- 12

5 = 959 -- 14



however one of the few complaints about season 1 was that it was too short which would justify the 'fleshing out' of future seasons and the eps clocked in at 55 minutes plus, while most cable originals tend to skew closer to 45-50... re-edited to the shorter standard would net another 2 episodes w/o extending the shoot... and the history of success expands the budget so they'd be able to produce more as wellHow much of the Song of Ice and Fire series does the TV show Game of Thrones cover?
Yes, the first season has covered the first book.

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