A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin - ISBN: 9780553573404
Paperback
Power, betrayal, and dragons in a brutal struggle for the Iron Throne.

A Game of Thrones

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  • Paperback

    864 pages

  • Release Date

    4 August 1997

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Summary

NOW THE ACCLAIMED HBO SERIES GAME OF THRONES—THE MASTERPIECE THAT BECAME A CULTURAL PHENOMENON

Here is the first book in the landmark series that has redefined imaginative fiction and become a modern masterpiece.

A GAME OF THRONES

In a land where summers can last decades and winters a lifetime, trouble is brewing. The cold is returning, and in the frozen wastes to the North of Winterfell, sinister and supernatural forces are m…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780553573404
ISBN-10:0553573403
Author:George R.R. Martin
Publisher:Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc
Imprint:Bantam USA
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:864
Release Date:4 August 1997
Weight:380g
Dimensions:173mm x 105mm x 35mm
Series:A Song of Ice and Fire
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Critics Review

“I always expect the best from George R. R. Martin, and he always delivers.”—Robert Jordan “Reminiscent of T. H. White’s The Once and Future King, this novel is an absorbing combination of the mythic, the sweepingly historical, and the intensely personal.”—Chicago Sun-Times “A vast, rich saga, with splendid characters and an intricate plot flawlessly articulated against a backdrop of real depth and texture.”—Kirkus Reviews “Martin makes a triumphant return to high fantasy … [with] superbly developed characters, accomplished prose, and sheer bloodymindedness.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review“A splendid saga … . Inventive and intricately plotted.”—BookPage“Such a splendid tale and such a fantasticorical! I read my eyes out and couldn’t stop ‘til I finished and it was dawn.”—Anne McCaffrey

About The Author

George R.R. Martin

George R. R. Martin is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of many novels, including the acclaimed series A Song of Ice and Fire—A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and A Dance with Dragons—as well as Tuf Voyaging, Fevre Dream, The Armageddon Rag, Dying of the Light, Windhaven (with Lisa Tuttle), and Dreamsongs Volumes I and II. He is also the creator of The Lands of Ice and Fire, a collection of maps from A Song of Ice and Fire featuring original artwork from illustrator and cartographer Jonathan Roberts, and The World of Ice & Fire (with Elio M. García, Jr., and Linda Antonsson).

As a writer-producer, Martin has worked on The Twilight Zone, Beauty and the Beast, and various feature films and pilots that were never made. He lives with the lovely Parris in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

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