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Song of Ice and Fire, A #1 - A Game of Thrones (1996 Edition)

By: Bantam Books

Type: Novel - Hardcover

Product Line: Song of Ice and Fire, A

Last Stocked on 5/2/2011

Product Info

Title
Song of Ice and Fire, A #1 - A Game of Thrones (1996 Edition)
Publisher
Category
Author
Goerge Martin
Publish Year
1996
Pages
725
Dimensions
6x9x1.75"
NKG Part #
2147343274
MFG. Part #
BAN13907
Type
Novel - Hardcover

Description

In A Game of Thrones, the first book of Song of Ice and Fire series, George R.R. Martin rewards readers with a vividly real world, well-drawn characters, complex but coherent plotting, and beautifully constructed prose, which Locus called "well above the norms of the genre."

Martin's Seven Kingdoms resemble England during the Wars of the Roses, with the Stark and Lannister families standing in for the Yorks and Lancasters. The story of these two families and their struggle to control the Iron Throne dominates the foreground; in the background is a huge, ancient wall marking the northern border, beyond which barbarians, ice vampires, and direwolves menace the south as years-long winter advances. Abroad, a dragon princess lives among horse nomads and dreams of fiery reconquest.

There is much bloodshed, cruelty, and death, but A Game of Thrones is nevertheless compelling; it garnered a Nebula nomination and won the 1996 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel.