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A Game Of Thrones - A Song of Ice and Fire: Book One (1996)
Front Cover Book Details Back Cover
Genre Fiction
Subject <No subjects avaliable (LOC)>
Publication Date 10/1/1996
Format Hardcover (9.6 x 6.4 mm)
Publisher Bantam Books
Language English
Extras Dust Jacket; Dust Jacket Cover
Description
Here is the first volume in George R. R. Martin’s magnificent cycle of novels that includes A Clash of Kings and A Storm of Swords. As a whole, this series comprises a genuine masterpiece of modern fantasy, bringing together the best the genre has to offer. Magic, mystery, intrigue, romance, and adventure fill these pages and transport us to a world unlike any we have ever experienced. Already hailed as a classic, George R. R. Martin’s stunning series is destined to stand as one of the great achievements of imaginative fiction.

A GAME OF THRONES

Long ago, in a time forgotten, a preternatural event threw the seasons out of balance. 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.

Here an enigmatic band of warriors bear swords of no human metal; a tribe of fierce wildlings carry men off into madness; a cruel young dragon prince barters his sister to win back his throne; and a determined woman undertakes the most treacherous of journeys. 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.
Personal Details
Condition Fine/Fine
Rating 0
Links Library of Congress
Product Details
LoC Classification PS3563.A7239 .G36 1996
Dewey 813/.54
ISBN 9780553103540
Series A Song of Fire and Ice
Cover Price $28.00
No. of Pages 694
First Edition No
Rare No
Notes/Review
I think everybody knows about this one already, so I don't have anything to add. I will say that I think the makers of the HBO series did a fine job of bringing this book to life.