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in this absorbing tale, a long-ago event has thrown the seasons into disarray, and the royal house of Starks has a motto befitting the kingdom's volatile conditions: "Winter is coming". Prophetically, it becomes a metaphor for the horrors that could consign the kingdom to the darkest moment in its history.

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It Seduced Me...Eventually

byRedlass May 5, 2000
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Pros Great characterization, intricate plot
Cons Slow to start, very violent
Recommended it? Yes

It is probably for the best that I read this book under the influence of a fever and an unidentified but unloving virus. It put me in the perfect mood for this book.

A Game of Thrones is dark, violent, depressing, and slow. It is highly derivative and the majority of the characters are... Read full review »

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More than I'd hoped.

byprotoguy Jun 12, 2000
68 Helpfuls 69 Helpfuls Was this review helpful?
Pros Great characters, sweeping plot.
Cons Ending is a killer, and I don't have the second book yet.
Recommended it? Yes

Believe it or not, I picked this book up in response to a few reviews I had read on it and it's sequel, Clash of kings. The reviews I read sparkled with praise for Mr. Martin's book.

I was not let down. Indeed, I was surprised at how extremely well written the book was. Not that I doubt... Read full review »

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nothing playful about this game

byjsgoddess Sep 1, 2001
67 Helpfuls 68 Helpfuls Was this review helpful?
Pros complex, intelligent, unpredictable
Cons grim, grim, grim, grim, and grim
Recommended it? Yes

"I'm a big wimp." That will be engraved on my gravestone, right above "Yes, yes I would like fries with that," and right below, "What do you mean, I can't take my books with me? If I can't take my books, I'm not going!"

A Game of Thrones, an epic fantasy novel by the talented George RR... Read full review »

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Free Worldwide Delivery : A Game of Thrones : Paperback : Random House USA Inc : 9780553381689 : 0553381687 : 15 Nov 2007

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A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin

Free Worldwide Delivery : A Game of Thrones : Hardback : Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc : 9780553103540 : 0553103547 : 31 Dec 1996 : The first novel in a brand-new epic fantasy trilogy by the author of Fevre Dream and The Armageddon Rag. Long ago, a mysterious event threw the seasons out of balance. The golden summers go on for years, only to be followed by cruel winters that can last a generation. As the kingdom of the north is assailed by rival houses from the south, a greater danger threatens--the un-earthly demons of legend

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Authors George R.R. Martin

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Washington Post Book World: "Many fans of sword-and-sorcery will enjoy the epic scope of this book..."

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PaperbackReprint694May 01, 2002Bantam Dell Pub Group9.75"(h) x 6"(w) x 1.5"(d), 2 lbs.9780553381689

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