"We should start back," Gared urged as the woods began to grow dark around them.
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(1996)
A Game of Thrones
by George R. R. Martin
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A Game of Thrones is the first novel in A Song of Ice and Fire, a series of fantasy novels by the American author George R. R. Martin. It was first published on August 1, 1996. The novel won the 1997 Locus Award and was nominated for both the 1997 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 No. 1 on the list in July 2011.
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Action & Adventure, American Fantasy fiction, Betrayal, Bien y mal, Civil war, Courts and courtiers, Dragons, Epic, epic fantasy, epic fiction, epic literature, fantastic fiction, fantasy, fantasy fiction, Ficción, fiction, Fiction, fantasy, epic, Fiction, fantasy, general, good and evil, Guerras imaginarias, Hugo Award Winner, Ignotus Award winner, imaginary places, imaginary wars and battles, Invierno, kings and rulers, Locus Award winner, magic, New York Times bestseller, nyt:trade_fiction_paperback=2011-09-10, Science Fiction, seasons, Voyages and travels, winter, Trial by combat, walls, penal colonies, wights, folk healers, persistent vegetative states, Seven kingdoms (imaginary place), fiction, Epic fiction, Seven kingdoms (Imaginary place), Fiction, Imaginary places, Coloring books, Fantasy fictionPeople
Illyrio, Jon Arryn, Robert Baratheon, Eddard Stark, Sansa Stark Joffrey Stark, Lysa Stark, Cersei Lannister, Bran Stark, Jaime Lannister, Peter Baelish, Tyrion Lannister, Bronn, Others, wildlings, Jon Snow, Benjen Stark, Samwell Tarly, Jeor Mormont, Viserys, Daenerys, Khal Drogo, Dothraki, Jorah Mormont, Viserys Targaryen, Rhaegar Targaryen, Daenerys Targaryen, Stannis Baratheon, Renly Baratheon, Joffrey Baratheon, Myrcella Baratheon, Tommen Baratheon, Catelyn Stark, Robb Stark, Sansa Stark, Arya Stark, Brandon Stark, Rickard Stark, Tywin Lannister, Kevan Lannister, Lysa ArrynPlaces
Winterfell, King's Landing, Seven Kingdoms, Westeros, Sunset LandsShowing 11 featured editions. View all 87 editions?
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The Official a Game of Thrones Coloring Book
2018, HarperCollins Publishers Limited, Harper Voyager
in English
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A Game of Thrones: Book One of A Song of Ice and Fire
2015, Bantam Books
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A Game of Thrones: Book One of A Song of Ice and Fire
2012, Harper Voyager
Paperback
in English
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Le Trône de fer: L'intégrale 1
2012-06, Editiones France Loisirs
Paperback
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- Edition du Club France Loisirs
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A Game of Thrones
August 16, 2005, Spectra
Mass Market Paperback
in English
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A Game of Thrones
2005-08, Spectra/Bantam Books, Spectra
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A Game of Thrones
May 28, 2002, Bantam Books
Paperback
in English
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A Game of Thrones: Book One of A Song of Fire and Ice
1997-09, Spectra
Mass Market Paperback
in English
- Bantam paperback ed. (1)
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- Created April 29, 2008
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| October 23, 2021 | Edited by AgentSapphire | merge authors |
| April 17, 2021 | Edited by Lisa | Merge works |
| February 8, 2018 | Edited by Lisa | Moved edition to primary work. |
| October 4, 2017 | Edited by Lisa | Edition details. |
| April 29, 2008 | Created by an anonymous user | Imported from amazon.com record. |