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3 Million plus. One of the reasons I haven't started Malazan despite the recommendations.
Smitha wrote: "I prefer page count to word count :D"Page can be misleading with spacing and font size. There seem to be a lot of words out there....
A bit...Also there is 7 books in the Game of Thrones series...I know as I nearly strained my back carrying them recently. Tell my friends and family I will see them in a year....
Only 5 books have been released so far. He intends to finish it in 7 books but looking at all the open threads, it will be an extremely difficult job.
A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows and A Dance with Dragons. Which 2 books other than these five do you have?Since A Storm of Swords was too big, they released it in two parts in some countries, so maybe that is the case. But that too makes it only 6.
@raven: even the 5th book is released as 2 parts(there are single book editions too)and RR martin will release the 6th book in 2015 and the 7 book in 2020!!!!!
Since there is whole heap of titles in this fantasy challenge to choose from, I thought some of you may want to know about their word counts. This extract, of course, doesn't cover all the titles in Freelancer's list.
Here is a list I picked up from fantasy-faction.com:
Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien
The Fellowship of the Ring: 187k
The Two Towers: 155k
The Return of the King: 131k
Total: 473k
Wheel of Time - Robert Jordan
The Eye of the World: 305k
The Great Hunt: 267k
The Dragon Reborn: 251k
The Shadow Rising: 393k
The Fires of Heaven: 354k
Lord of Chaos: 389k
A Crown of Swords: 295k
The Path of Daggers: 226k
Winter's Heart: 238k
Crossroads of Twilight: 271k
Knife of Dreams: 315k
Total: 3M 304k (official count)
Stormlight Archives - Brandon Sanderson
The Way of Kings: 387k (official count)
A Song of Ice And Fire - George R. R. Martin
A Game of Thrones: 284k
A Clash of kings: 326k
A Storm of Swords: 404k
A Feast for Crows: 300k
Total: 1M 314k
Malazan Book of the Fallen - Steven Erikson
Gardens of the Moon: 209k
Deadhouse Gates: 272k
Memories of Ice: 358k
House of Chains: 306k
Midnight Tides: 270k
The Bonehunters: 365k
Reaper's Gale: 386k
Toll the Hounds: 392k
Dust of Dreams: 382k
The Crippled God: 385k
Total: 3M 325k
The Dark Tower - Stephen King
The Gunslinger: 55k
The Drawing of the Three: 128k
The Waste Lands: 178k
Wizard and Glass: 264k
Wolves of the Calla: 251k
Song of Susannah: 131k
The Dark Tower: 288k
Total: 1M 295k
Demon Trilogy - Peter Brett
The Painted Man - 158,000.
The Demon Spear - 240,000.
King Killer Chronicles - Patrick Rothfuss
Name of the Wind - 259,000
Wise Man's Fear - 399,000.
Harry Potter Books
Philosopher’s Stone-77,325
Chamber of Secrets-84,799
Prisoner of Azkaban-106,821
Goblet of Fire-190,858
Order of the Phoenix257,154
Half Blood Prince-169,441