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A Game of Thrones: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book One Audiobook
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Synopsis
Winter is coming...
Sinister forces are descending upon the Seven Kingdoms, a mysterious land where warm summers can stretch over decades and treacherously brutal winters can last a lifetime. And at the center of this epic adventure is Winterfell, the great kingdom of the north led by the noble Stark family. As winter approaches, Ned Stark, the strong-willed but fair-minded Lord of Winterfell, is offered the prestigious post of "Hand of the King" (the king's most trusted and highly ranked adviser). This sets the stage for an epic tale that finds the Stark family thrust into an awe-inspiring world of political intrigue, sorcery, and a brutal war between the kingdoms. Deftly weaving a multiple storylines, each immensely fascinating in its own right, into a cohesive and immensely compelling story, A Game of Thrones is arguably one of the finest epic fantasy novels to be published in recent years.
Breathtaking in its scope and breadth, A Game of Thrones serves as an excellent beginning to the epic series "A Song of Ice and Fire", a fantastic world of intrigue and mystery that could only have sprung from the brilliant mind of acclaimed author George R. R. Martin. And there's no better way to be introduced to the world of the Seven Kingdoms than through this brilliantly narrated unabridged audiobook adaptation!
"I watched the HBO series first, and then I read the book. I think this (achronological) order was a good choice for me because when I read fantasy novels, I often feel overwhelmed and ultimately give up because I have trouble remembering all the characters. By watching the series first, however, I was able to track all the different characters because I had a picture in my mind of who they were, and I had little difficulty following the long and winding plot because I had a general idea of where it was going. Therefore, my reading experience centered on the hidden nooks that either weren't in the show or, if they were, I had forgotten. I was also able to give some of my attention to the writing, which I enjoyed and is probably what I'm looking forward to most in the next book."
— Joe (4 out of 5 stars)
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“Such a splendid tale and such a fantasticorical.”
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“The major fantasy of the decade…compulsively readable.”
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“We have been invited to a grand feast and pageant: George R. R. Martin has unveiled for us an intensely realized, romantic but realistic world.”
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“Magic…George R. R. Martin’s first fantasy epic [is set] well above the norms of the genre.”
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“Martin makes a triumphant return to high fantasy…[with] superbly developed characters, accomplished prose, and sheer bloodymindedness.”
— Publishers Weekly (starred review) -
“A splendid saga…Inventive and intricately plotted.”
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The major fantasy of the decade . . . compulsively readable.
— Denver Post -
We have been invited to a grand feast and pageant: George R.R. Martin has unveiled for us an intensely realized, romantic but realistic world.
— Chicago Sun-Times -
A Best Book of 1996: Martin makes a triumphant return to high fantasy . . . [with] superbly developed characters, accomplished prose, and sheer bloodymindedness.
— Publishers Weekly, starred review -
A splendid saga . . . . Inventive and intricately plotted.
— BookPage -
Magic . . . George R.R.Martin's first fantasy epic [is set] well above the norms of the genre.
— Locus -
Such a splendid tale and such a fantasticorical! I read my eyes out and couldn't stop 'til I finished and it was dawn.
— Anne McCaffrey
Awards
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A New York Times bestseller
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A USA Today bestseller
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A Los Angeles Times bestseller
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A 1997 World Fantasy Award Nominee for Best Novel
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A New York Times audio bestseller
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A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year
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A New York Public Library Staff Pick of Favorite Books of the Last 125 Years
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Winner of Locus Awards, 1997
A Game of Thrones Listener Reviews
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" I was so disappointed with this audiobook. The narrator seemed only marginally interested in what he was reading. BUT what really got to me was his interpretation of Tyrion Lannister as a working class Yorkshireman while giving his siblings suitable aristocratic voices. I could not bear it and stopped listening. I regret buying this audiobook. "
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Tim Plunkett, 2/10/2023
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Trinity, 2/9/2023
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Joog, 10/26/2022
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tim packard, 8/25/2021
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Jjoe, 6/2/2021
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" The first novel in the Song of Ice and Fire series, this book launched the monster that is Game of Thrones. Martin is a masterful storyteller, and this novel brilliantly sets the stage for all that is to come. I admit to watching the show first, but the books far exceed the show as they normally do. Narration is very good and makes listening that much better. "
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Jeff Jordan, 7/8/2020
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Cassandra Kennard , 3/2/2020
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Rex Shaffer, 3/1/2020
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Matthew Mottershead, 2/9/2020
About 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.