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One more thing I forgot to mention about these books is what Martin does to the reader's preconcieved notions of "right and wrong".
This book is all about the "grey area". For instance, (without spoiling) you start out thinking one way about a character because he does a horrible deed, but then Martin gradually challenges that notion by offering the action from the "bad guy's" viewpoint. You get the sense that these people in the book are all flawed and make mistakes and error's of judgements based on the given circumstances they are in.
Eventually, by book five you begin to question even the "good guy's" actions and their moralities. For instance, "would you kill a child if it saved the lives of your two children?" It's questions like this that are asked in Game of Thrones, and I find it interesting how Martin addresses them.
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