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A Song of Ice and Fire by George RR Martin (Game of Thrones books)

A Song of Ice and Fire is a series of epic fantasy saga written by George RR Martin. Five volumes have been published between 1996 and 2014 in the original English version and two more books are already planned. The first volume was published on August 6, 1996 in English. In addition, so far five English novels, but the play before the novel's action. The series of the seven books are:  A Game of Thrones. 1996,  A Clash of Kings. 1998,  A Storm of Swords. 2000,  A Feast for Crows. 2005,  A Dance with Dragons. 2011, The following volumes are planned:  The Winds of Winter  A Dream of Spring The novel won the Locus Award 1997 and have two nomination - the Nebula Award 1997 and the World Fantasy Award 1997. The novella A Storm of Swords in 2000 and A Dance with Dragons in 2011 also won Locus Award. In January 2011 the novel became a New York Times bestseller and reached first place on the list in July 2011. This series comprises a unique masterpiece of modern fantasy bringing the magic, mystery, conspiracy, romance and adventure – all in one. These pages can transport us to a world we can’t imagine and will never see anywhere.

About the books

The story of the book A Song of Ice and Fire takes place on the fictional continents named Westeros and Essos but the most common action location is the continent of Westeros. His fictional universe is similar to the European Middle Ages, mixed with fantasy elements. The author puts a focus on the "darker side" of man and society and the moral shades of the characters, as opposed to - fantasy literature traditionally strong - attribution of good and evil. Over the majority of Westeros extend the seven kingdoms, but in fact for 300 years form a kingdom. The Kingdom is strongly influenced feudal; the individual parts of the empire partly differ significantly in their culture, religion, climate and their social order. The central role is played in the great noble houses that dominate each of the seven kingdoms relatively autonomous. The kingdom was ruled by House Targaryen almost 300 years, until a civil war over the power went to the house of Baratheon under the leadership of Robert Baratheon some 15 years before the novel's action. The battle of throne in the first three original volumes is a central theme of the action in the seven kingdoms, the consequences of civil war play in the 4th and 5th volume yet an important role. This action is enhanced and complemented by two additional lines of action: The night guard, guard the remote northern border of the empire, the threat is faced by wildlings and undead, also is loud prophecies with the collapse of the forthcoming multi-annual winter invasion of living in the North mysterious 'other' fears. Meanwhile, try on the neighboring continent Essos the surviving members of the former ruling dynasty Targaryen and their followers to find a way to reclaim the throne of Westeros.

Conclusion

George RR Martin places great emphasis on the detailed characterization of his figures in his books. Another feature of the series is that Martin does not comply with the usual clichés and therefore does not hesitate to have also significant main characters of his story die unexpectedly. This makes it possible Martin builds a high level of voltage because none of the characters is safe. In his books we can see where the hero is all time in trouble. The author wants the reader to be afraid, when the characters are in danger to flip that they are afraid, because it could not survive the next character. So what you think is these are good books for you and spending your free time for reading and compere with one of the George RR Martin characters from the book.