A Game of Thrones: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book One
By George R. R. Martin
Read by Roy Dotrice
The Song of Ice and Fire Series: Book 1
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ISBN: 9781415900642
NOW THE ACCLAIMED HBO SERIES GAME OF THRONES 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.
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Summary
Summary
A USA Today bestseller
A New York Public Library Staff Pick of Favorite Books of the Last 125 Years
A New York Times audio bestseller
A Los Angeles Times bestseller
A 1997 World Fantasy Award Nominee for Best Novel
A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year
Winner of Locus Awards, 1997
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.
Editorial Reviews
Editorial Reviews
Reviews
Reviews
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Exciting and absorbing
- I watched the TV series and now I am listening to the audiobook ... ummm ... definitely a yes to both media.
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Loved it
- Great book, I downloaded the audiobook for a roadtrip and got hooked. I really like the way roy dotrice reads and changes his voice for the different characters. Because of this book I've started watching the hbo series, of course the book is better but the series is pretty good so far. I just started listening to the second book and its only getting better.
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A Great Audiobook!
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I first got drawn into A Game of Thrones by watching the HBO show, but as we all know the actual books are usually much better than any movie or TV show, so I was always intending to give them a read. That said, I did have friends who had read them and they told me that the books are really challenging, mostly because there are so many characters and we get kind of a first-person view from all of them. Bearing that in mind I decided I’d give the audiobooks a chance, as they would help me get through the books on my drive to work.
I’d read a lot of different opinions of the Narrator, Roy Dotrice, some people liked him, some people didn’t, but I for one really found his voice a great fit for this book. I like to imagine that he is an old storyteller in King’s Landing, or possibly Winterfell or something, looking back and kind of telling the story to everyone. He tries to give every character a distinct voice, but with so many it gets hard to tell them apart. I don’t blame Dotrice though, he actually got into the Guinness Book of World Records for most characters voiced in an audiobook (I think it was 244) in this book. That’s a lot of voices.
Once I got into the book itself though I really started to enjoy it. I’m a sucker for long stories that develop characters over time, and that’s exactly what you get here. I’d read some of George R. R. Martin’s other works before, so I expected the characters to be good, but I really think he’s outdone himself on this one. There are so many interesting characters, and they are all so deep. Something you miss in the show is how differently they all view the world and events going on around them. Taking the time to listen to the audiobook though, you definitely get more insight into the characters thoughts and feelings.
And that is really Martin’s strength, and the strength of this series, is the depth and uniqueness of the story and characters. It’s not a cookie cutter fantasy world. The characters aren’t all good or all bad. They are complex people. Sure, some really are “Bad Guys” like Geoffrey Lannister or Viserys Targaryen, and some you genuinely want to see come out on top, such as Arya Stark, John Snow, or Tyrian Lannister (the Imp), but you see through their characters and the story how good people can end up doing terrible things, and bad people can sometimes have redeeming moments or qualities.
So, to sum it all up, if you want a great story, where the outcome and the characters aren’t completely predictable, where the good guys don’t always win in the end, and where you can still be surprised and delighted by the way the story twists and turns, then this book is for you. It really is a long and challenging read, but I found the audiobook version of A Game of Thrones to be well-read, and easy to digest during my otherwise boring commute to work every morning. I recommend checking it out!
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Great Book to Lead the Series
- A great and very long audio book! I greatly enjoyed it since I am a fan of the show. It's nice to hear/know the thought processes of all the characters to get a better understanding of what's going on. If you're a fan of the show, definitely get this.
Author
Author Bio: George R. R. Martin
George R. R. Martin sold his first story in 1971 and has been writing professionally ever since. He spent ten years in Hollywood as a writer-producer, working on The Twilight Zone, Beauty and the Beast, and various feature films and television pilots that were never made. In the mid ’90s he returned to prose, his first love, and began work on his epic fantasy series, A Song of Ice and Fire. He has been in the Seven Kingdoms ever since. Whenever he’s allowed to leave, he returns to Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he lives with the lovely Parris, a big white dog called Mischa, and two cats named Augustus and Caligula, who think they run the place.
Details
Details
| Available Formats : | Digital Download |
| Category: | Fiction/Fantasy |
| Runtime: | 33.69 |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
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