false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1239039164m/13496.jpg 13496 26 From a master of contemporary fantasy comes a novel of imaginative power unlike any you've ever encountered... In <i>A Game of Thrones</i>, George R.R. Martin has created a genuine masterpiece, bringing together the best the genre has to offer. Mystery, intrigue, romance, and adventure fill the pages of the first volume in an epic series sure to delight fantasy fans everywhere. 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 massing beyond the kingdom's protective wall. At the center of the conflict lie the Starks of Winterfell, a family as harsh and unyielding as the land they were born to. Sweeping from a land of brutal cold to a distant summertime kingdom of epicurean plenty, here is a tale of lords and ladies, soldiers and sorcerers, assassins and bastards, who come together in a time of grim omens. Amid plots and counterplots, tragedy and betrayal, victory and terror, the fate of the Starks, their allies, and their enemies hangs perilously in the balance, as each endeavors to win that deadliest of conflicts: the game of thrones. "Reminiscent of T.H. White's <i>The Once and Future King</i>, this novel is an absorbing combination of the mythic, the sweepingly historical, and the intensely personal." --<i>Chicago Sun-Times</i> 1466917 1996 A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1) total:12876|5:7636|4:3718|3:1125|2:275|1:122| 12876 57099 16766 1534 1 51 false false Sun May 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 27 13:34:29 -0700 2007 Sun May 25 14:42:50 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 23 false false Sun Mar 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 15 05:58:35 -0700 2007 Sun Mar 22 06:02:18 -0700 2009 2 more...]]> 4 14 false false Tue Mar 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jan 27 15:59:41 -0800 2008 Tue Mar 25 09:58:49 -0700 2008 ...more...]]> 5 13 false false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 17 05:25:34 -0700 2007 Sat Dec 08 08:15:27 -0800 2007 more...]]> 1 11 false false Sat May 26 10:42:30 -0700 2007 Wed Jun 27 11:05:03 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 7 false false Sun Apr 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 25 00:07:16 -0700 2007 Tue Apr 22 11:55:04 -0700 2008 the Lord of the Rings series who have been disappointed by the other supposed epics that have shown up since. Martin has created a sprawling world, full of intrigue and potential, and sowed it with char...more...]]> 2 6 false false Mon Jun 04 12:49:47 -0700 2007 Mon Jun 04 12:54:43 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 6 false false Fri Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 1999 Thu May 24 06:44:47 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 27 07:01:34 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 7 false false Wed Dec 31 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 05 13:04:52 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 01 05:29:56 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 4 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998 Sat Jan 05 05:07:15 -0800 2008 Thu Sep 11 12:44:20 -0700 2008 This book was all about trade-offs. On the one hand, Martin introduces a fair amount of complex political intrigue and (what seemed like) realism in his world building gave it just enough grit to appear different then the standard epic (low) fantasy I had grown used to. In fact, some time la...more...]]> 4 3 false false Fri Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Mon Nov 19 11:10:24 -0800 2007 Mon Nov 19 11:11:38 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 3 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Wed Aug 01 08:20:55 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 02 09:31:57 -0700 2007
Lots of people know about George already. We know he's great. What makes him great is well represented in this first installment of the Song of Ice and Fire series. Believable, mul...more...]]> 2 4 false false Mon Jul 02 09:16:10 -0700 2007 Fri Jul 06 11:02:29 -0700 2007
"The morning had dawned clear and cold, with a crispness that hinted at the end of summer. They set forth at daybreak to see a man beheaded, twenty in all, and Bran rode among them, nervous with exc...more...]]> 3 3 false false Tue Aug 12 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 09 14:55:40 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 12 13:51:10 -0700 2008
I'm still deciding if I care enough to read the next. If I do, it will be Arya that leads me on.]]> 5 3 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 16 17:43:04 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 01 14:14:44 -0700 2008 Song of Ice and Fire series. Indeed, my dad swore by these books, my ...more...]]> 3 2 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Nov 08 15:23:31 -0800 2007 Tue Nov 27 15:56:54 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 2 false false Fri Nov 09 07:32:12 -0800 2007 Thu Nov 01 08:55:24 -0700 2007 Fri Nov 09 07:31:59 -0800 2007
Martin deserves to stand up there with the greats.

To summarize the book, he writes chapters...more...]]> 5 3 false false Mon Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2002 Tue Aug 28 18:08:04 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 28 18:21:20 -0700 2007
A Game of Thrones is one of those books that leaves me feeling slightly breathless and total...more...]]> 5 3 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sat Aug 11 10:43:37 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 16 00:49:25 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 2 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Fri Jul 27 13:53:40 -0700 2007 Fri Jul 27 13:53:40 -0700 2007
Book 1 was a great start, though -- it's a story of medieval fanta...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=13496