A Game
of Thrones is the first of seven planned novels in A Song of Ice and
Fire, an epic fantasy series by American author George R. R. Martin.
It was first published in August 1996. The novel won the 1997 Locus
Award, and was nominated for both the 1998 Nebula Award and the 1997
World Fantasy Award. The novella Blood of the Dragon , comprising the
Daenerys Targaryen chapters from the novel, won the 1997 Hugo Award
for Best Novella. In January 2011
the novel became a New York Times bestseller and reached #1 on the
list in July 2011. A signed first edition in good condition can run
from $1,500 to $3,500. The
first five books of the seven book series have been published as of
2018:
A GAME OF THRONES A CLASH OF KINGS A STORM OF SWORDS A
FEAST OF CROWS A DANCE WITH DRAGONS
The sixth book – the Winds of Winter, is still being written,
but rumored to be released in 2018. “Winter
is coming. Such is the stern motto of House Stark, the northernmost
of the fiefdoms that owe allegiance to King Robert Baratheon in
far-off King’s Landing. There Eddard Stark of Winterfell rules in
Robert’s name. There his family dwells in peace and comfort: his
proud wife, Catelyn; his sons Robb, Brandon, and Rickon; his
daughters Sansa and Arya; and his bastard son, Jon Snow. Far to the
north, behind the towering Wall, lie savage Wildings and
worse—unnatural things relegated to myth during the centuries-long
summer, but proving all too real and all too deadly in the turning of
the season.
Yet a more immediate threat lurks to the south, where Jon Arryn,
the Hand of the King, has died under mysterious circumstances. Now
Robert is riding north to Winterfell, bringing his queen, the lovely
but cold Cersei, his son, the cruel, vainglorious Prince Joffrey, and
the queen’s brothers Jaime and Tyrion of the powerful and wealthy
House Lannister—the first a swordsman without equal, the second a
dwarf whose stunted stature belies a brilliant mind. All are heading
for Winterfell and a fateful encounter that will change the course of
kingdoms.
Meanwhile, across the Narrow Sea, Prince Viserys, heir of the
fallen House Targaryen, which once ruled all of Westeros, schemes to
reclaim the throne with an army of barbarian Dothraki—whose loyalty
he will purchase in the only coin left to him: his beautiful yet
innocent sister, Daenerys.” - from georgerrmartin.com ...
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