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Title: A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 3) by GEORGE R.R. MARTIN ISBN: 0-553-57342-X Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 04 March, 2003 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.56 (587 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Better than Tolkien
Comment: Yes, you read right--George R. R. Martin's A Song of Fire and Ice is BETTER than Tolkien's Lord of the Rings. Why is everyone afraid to admit this? Yes, Tolkien is a genius--the fantasy genre wouldn't exist without him, and no doubt, A Song of Fire of Ice couldn't have been written. But ... each of Martin's books are more entertaining than Tolkien's trilogy. I get bored at times reading The Lord of the Rings; I barely sleep when I read each of the 700+ page Martin books. Am I alone?
Rating: 5
Summary: The best fantasy I have read since Tolkien...
Comment: In the first three books of a Song of Ice and fire Martin has achieved what seems to be so elusive among today's fantasy writers. He develops round, realistic, human characters that, get this, you will actually care about. You will see nobility in villains and cowardice in heroes, set against a fantasy world that is both gritty and imaginative. The separate stories in the book are incredibly engaging and well written. Just like the real world, anything can and does happen in Martin's novels. Much to our dismay sometimes the good guys do die. Unlike obviously designated tragic figures of other fantasy novels you won't be able to tell which characters live or die, which I found to be incredibly refreshing. I cannot wait for the next installment of the series, as I have found these novels to be the best I have had the pleasure to read in some time.
Rating: 5
Summary: Finally: Something Old that really is New
Comment: The fantasy background of Knights/Dragons/Kings/Queens/Castles/Swords, etc has been a story for the ages. So many books have been written with these romantic ideas in mind, so many that this type of writing has become somewhat of a cliche to me. I have read extensively in the fantasy and sci/fi genre, and it is very rare that you find a fantasy setting that doesn't include at least 3 of the above elements.
Because of this repetitiveness it is very tough for an book/series to break out of the mold and stand above the rest.
Very tough, but not impossible. George RR. Martin has proven this in his last book in this magnificent series.
Every book that comes out in this series is a promise from Martin, a promise that everything you are thinking will happen in the book will not happen; and there is no way to predict what the final page will say in the book. The characters in these books grow; characters that you are familiar with for the last 3 books (it was overwhelming in the first book to be introduced to so many characters, but it pays off in the next 2 books) change and mature in inexplicable ways that you never would have dreamed possible from reading the first book.
I would like to applaud martin on so many levels here, I don't even know where to start. .to try:
The multiple plots he has created do not in any way take away from each other, but add a certain flavor/spice to the book that I have not found in any other books that use this style of split writing. I can't wait to read the other characters in the book, not once did I flip ahead to that characters next chapter, because by the time the chapter was over about 1 character and I had started another chapter with another character I was engrossed in the new characters trials and tribulations.
The characters have grown. So often it is a big problem that characters in a series of however many books long do not grow. From the start of this series the characters have started dynamically changing and growing, and it is a pleasure to see where they will finally end up.
I could go on and on, but I won't. Read this book yourself, and you will be rewarded. It is very possible that the characters you hate will die/ or live and become characters you like, and you won't be dissapointed at all as to where the book ends up.
Read this entire series again and again.
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Title: A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 1) by George R.R. Martin ISBN: 0553573403 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 04 August, 1997 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 4) by George R. R. Martin ISBN: 0553801503 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 03 August, 2004 List Price(USD): $28.00 |
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Title: Assassin's Apprentice (The Farseer Trilogy, Book 1) by Robin Hobb ISBN: 055357339X Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 March, 1996 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Royal Assassin (The Farseer Trilogy, Book 2) by Robin Hobb ISBN: 0553573411 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 February, 1997 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Crossroads of Twilight (Wheel of Time, Book 10) by Robert Jordan ISBN: 0812571339 Publisher: Tor Fantasy Pub. Date: 25 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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