Game of Thrones - Book One of A Song of Fire and Ice SIGNED slipcased Collectors Deluxe Edition (UK First Edition, First Print thus)

George R. Martin * SIGNED Collectors Slipcased edition *

ISBN 10: 0007441428 / ISBN 13: 9780007441426

Published by Harper Voyager, 2011

About this Item

Signed by George R. Martin on 10/04/2012 at the Bloomsbury Theatre, London - Q&A session hosted by Jane Johnson followed by book signings . Deluxe Collectors Slipcase Edition . Book is Unread . Front/Back: New . Spine: New . Pages - White and Unread . Page Edges - Mint . Slipcase: New (very minor damage (fixed) to underside of slipcase) . Printing - First Impression / Print . Print line: 1 . NOT price-clipped . Year: 2011.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Game of Thrones - Book One of A Song of Fire and Ice SIGNED slipcased Collectors Deluxe Edition (UK First Edition, First Print thus)
• Publisher: Harper Voyager
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0007441428
• ISBN 13: 9780007441426
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition, Special Edition
• Printing: First (1st) Printing
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: New
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

This is the first volume of a new fantasy trilogy. It tells the tragic tale of treachery, greed & war that threatens the unity of the Seven Kingdoms. It is a powerful & absorbing epic in the style of Stephen Donaldson's The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant.

Review

Readers of epic fantasy series are: (1) patient--they are left in suspense between each volume, (2) persistent--they reread or at least review the previous book(s) when a new installment comes out, (3) strong--these 700-page doorstoppers are heavy, and (4) mentally agile--they follow a host of characters through a myriad of subplots. In A Game of Thrones, the first book of a projected six, 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. So, on to A Clash of Kings! --Nona Vero