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Tags: Fiction, Fantasy, Epic, Action & Adventure, Media Tie-In, Lang:en
Summary
THE NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN HISTORY OF WESTEROS AND THE
LANDS BEYOND • WITH HUNDREDS OF PAGES OF ALL-NEW
MATERIAL FROM GEORGE R. R. MARTIN
If the past is prologue, then George R. R. Martin’s
masterwork—the most inventive and entertaining fantasy
saga of our time—warrants one hell of an introduction.
At long last, it has arrived with
The World of Ice & Fire. This lavishly illustrated volume is a comprehensive
history of the Seven Kingdoms, providing vividly constructed
accounts of the epic battles, bitter rivalries, and daring
rebellions that lead to the events of A Song of Ice and Fire
and HBO’s
Game of Thrones. In a collaboration that’s
been years in the making, Martin has teamed with Elio M.
García, Jr., and Linda Antonsson, the founders of the
renowned fan site Westeros.org—perhaps the only people
who know this world almost as well as its visionary
creator. Collected here is all the accumulated knowledge, scholarly
speculation, and inherited folk tales of maesters and
septons, maegi and singers, including
The definitive companion piece to George R. R.
Martin’s dazzlingly conceived universe,
The World of Ice & Fire is indeed proof
that the pen is mightier than a storm of swords.
From the Hardcover edition.
'Of those who work in the grand epic fantasy tradition,
George R.R. Martin is by far the best' Time Magazine
'Colossal, staggering... Martin captures all the intoxicating
complexity of the Wars of the Roses or Imperial Rome in his
imaginary world ... one of the greats of fantasy literature'
SFX 'The sheer-mind-boggling scope of this epic has sent
other fantasy writers away shaking their heads ... Its
ambition: to construct the Twelve Caesars of fantasy fiction,
with characters so venomous they could eat the Borgias'
Guardian
George R. R. Martin is the #1
New York Times bestselling author of many novels,
including the acclaimed series A Song of Ice and Fire—
A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A
Feast for Crows, and
A Dance with Dragons—as well as
Tuf Voyaging, Fevre Dream, The Armageddon Rag, Dying of
the Light, Windhaven (with Lisa Tuttle), and
Dreamsongs Volumes I and
II. He is also the creator of
The Lands of Ice and Fire, a collection of maps from
A Song of Ice and Fire featuring original artwork from
illustrator and cartographer Jonathan Roberts. As a
writer-producer, Martin has worked on
The Twilight Zone, Beauty and the Beast, and various
feature films and pilots that were never made. He lives with
the lovely Parris in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
• full-color artwork and maps, with more than 170
original pieces
• full family trees for Houses Stark, Lannister,
and Targaryen
• in-depth explorations of the history and
culture of Westeros
• 100% all-new material, more than half of which
Martin wrote specifically for this bookReview
About the Author
Elio M. García, Jr., and
Linda Antonsson founded and run the popular
site Westeros.org, which is the definitive source for all
things George R. R. Martin.