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2011 Holiday Gifts Roundup: A Game of Thrones Graphic Novels
So, speaking of graphic novels… In addition to the The Hedge Knight graphic novels from yesterday, the first six issues of the comics will be published as A Game of Thrones: The Graphic Novel starting in 2012!
Writer Daniel Abraham and illustrator Tommy Patterson have teamed up to bring George R. R. Martin’s A Game of Thrones in all its full-color glory. This hard cover edition of AGoT Volume 1 covers the first six of the planned 24 issues of the graphic series. Doing the math, there should be three more hard cover volumes to follow. The story here introduces the Starks of Winterfell, the King of the Realm, his dearly departed Hand, the lascivious Lannisters, the Brothers of the Night’s Watch, and the last heirs to House Targaryen.
Pre-order now and reserve your copy of AGoT: The Graphic Novel for March 27, 2012.
2011 Holiday Gifts Roundup: Dunk & Egg Stories
If you didn’t know there was a series of novella spin-offs from the A Song of Ice and Fire books, I won’t tell. Now’s your chance to catch up with the rest of George R. R. Martin’s fans.
The Dunk and Egg novellas are available in two fantasy genre anthology collections: Legends and Warriors. The first story, The Hedge Knight, is buried within Legends: Stories By The Masters of Modern Fantasy (1998) follows the adventures of faux knight Dunk and amateur squire Egg. The Sworn Sword, continues the duo’s tale in Legends II: Dragon, Sword, and King (2004). The third novella, The Mystery Knight, was recently published in Warriors (2010), edited by GRRM and Gardner Dozois.
This ASoIaF spin-off tale also spawned two graphic novels written by Ben Avery and illustrated by Mike Miller: Hedge Knight, Vol. 1 (v. 1)
Happy reading!
2011 Holiday Gifts Roundup: Winds of Winter Sample
George R. R. Martin has a holiday gift for all his fans! And just what did you get him, hmmm?
Check out the official GRRM website for a free The Winds of Winter sample chapter. This sneak peak is an early chapter of Winds featuring Theon Greyjoy, but chronologically it takes place between some of the last chapters of Dance. Do not even begin to speculate when The Winds of Winter will be published. Every time someone asks that question, GRRM not only kills a Stark, but also delays the release by a month.
However, feel free to speculate on the Winds excerpt and what it means for the upcoming book over at Westeros!
2011 Holiday Gifts Roundup: Dreamsongs Volumes 1 & 2
How’d you like the Mistfall story? So now you’d like to read more George R. R. Martin short stories, amiright?
For traditional paper book readers, check out these hardcover volumes of GRRM’s Dreamsongs, an anthology spanning several decades of his works. The collection was first published by Subterranean Press in 2003 as GRRM: A RRetrospective. Alas, these hardcovers are sold out and a bit pricey in the collectors circuit. However, the most recent prints are available as two volumes (three for the audiobooks). Volume One contains his earliest works of the 60s and 70s (A Song for Lya, The Second Kind of Loneliness, With Morning Comes Mistfall, among many others), while Volume Two features writings from the 80s and 90s (Skin Trade, The Hedge Knight ASoIaF novella, and more).
If you want the audio book version, Audible.com can help you out. I’m not sure if the audio volumes match perfectly with the written ones, so best get all three to be sure you get every last drop of storytelling!
2011 Holiday Gifts Roundup: Mistfall Free Download
So you’ve been shopping for hours and you’ve ground your teeth down to nubs with all the stress and the crowds and the PEOPLE you have to share your air with. Simmer down now and relax with this nice freebie for Audible.com members.
With Morning Comes Mistfall is a short story by none other than hallowed author, George RR Martin, and is included in the unabridged Dreamsongs collection of writings. This particular tale is narrated by Claudia Black and can be found in Dreamsongs Volume 1 of the GRRM anthology. It takes so little time to sign up for Audible. You should be ashamed of yourself if you don’t rush over and sign up, if you haven’t already just to get the copy of Feast narrated by Roy Dotrice.
Did I mention it’s FREE FREE FREE???
2011 Holiday Gifts Roundup: Fevre Dream Book and Comic
Step out of the A Song of Ice and Fire universe and explore yet another dark side of George R. R. Martin with his novel Fevre Dream! Also available in graphic novel form.
Explore the night world of steamboats and vampires in the 1850s with either of these two versions of Fevre Dream by the Man Himself. Originally published in 1982, GRRM offers a fresh take on the life history of bloodthirsty human-like creatures who hunt mortal men and women. These guys didn’t sparkle and weren’t all beautiful. The hero of the story is Abner Marsh, the salty cap’n of Fevre Dream, a grand marvel of a Mississippi steamboat. The graphic novel is a visual rendering of the same tale; while not giving the full power of Martin’s words, it is a good read for the comic enthusiast.
2011 Holiday Gifts Roundup: Roy Dotrice Reads Feast for Crows
‘Tis the Ides of December
A day we ought remember
The voice of Roy Dotrice
Now reads each book apiece!
A Feast for Crows has been upgraded
For the fans no longer jaded!
As of today, you can listen to the first five books of A Song of Ice and Fire narrated by the same speaker, our beloved Roy Dotrice. A Feast for Crows has been re-recorded in secret, and currently only available as a download at Audible. If you haven’t signed up with them yet for some reason, you get Feast FREE with 30-day trial membership… also free. WHAT are you waiting for???
No disrespect to John Lee, who narrated it back in 2005. Fans came to love the voices of Mr. Dotrice since A Game of Thrones. All 224 of them.
2011 Holiday Gifts Roundup: A Song of Ice and Fire Art Books
If the thought of actually reading George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire saga makes your bowels turn to water, relax! You can look at this nice picture book from Fantasy Flight Games. The first volume came out in 2005, as did A Feast for Crows, so it’s only fitting that the second volume was released in in 2011 along with GRRM’s A Dance with Dragons.
Volume 1:
Volume 2:
Both volumes contain nearly 200 pages of artwork featured in A Game of Thrones card games and board games. Illustrated by many talented and award-winning artists, including Steve Stone, Ted Nasmith, John Howe, Stephen Youll and Charles Vess.
Be warned, these are hardcover books and could possibly jab or poke, and will not make good pillow-substitutes. Please be responsible in your use of these art books.
2011 Holiday Gifts Roundup: ASoIaF Hardcover Box Set
Who needs heavy bookends when you’ve got the hardcover box set of George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire? So what if it doesn’t have A Dance with Dragons? You gonna wait 20 years for the full set to be done? I’m sure Amazon will make a second set to match this one.
Just to be clear, this hardcover set includes A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords and A Feast for Crows. These will look pretty on your bookshelf, or displayed on a mantelpiece if those still exist. Just be sure your GRRM altar can carry the weight of a hefty 11.6 lbs of books! The Kindle version is much more portable, but much less showy.
This special boxed set is to hide the fact that you originally read ASoIaF in cheap paperback form. If you listened to the audiobooks, this will prove you are not just another statistic in a post-literate society.
A Dance with Dragons Wins Best Fantasy 2011 at GoodReads
It’s no surprise that A Dance with Dragons won Best Fantasy of 2011 over at GoodReads.com for their annual Goodreads Choice Awards. Another win for author George R. R. Martin!
What is a surprise is that it didn’t win Favorite Book of 2011! However, I’ve heard that the winner, Divergent by Veronica Roth, is an excellent book – the first of a series. It won over Dance by just a few thousand votes.
