George R. R. Martin is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of many novels, including the acclaimed series A Song of Ice and Fire—A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and A Dance with Dragons—as well as Tuf Voyaging, Fevre Dream, The Armageddon Rag, Dying of the Light, Windhaven (with Lisa Tuttle), and Dreamsongs Volumes I and II. He is also the creator of The Lands of Ice and Fire, a collection of maps from A Song of Ice and Fire featuring original artwork from illustrator and cartographer Jonathan Roberts, and The World of Ice & Fire (with Elio M. García, Jr., and Linda Antonsson). As a writer-producer, Martin has worked on The Twilight Zone, Beauty and the Beast, and various feature films and pilots that were never made. He lives with the lovely Parris in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
“Of those who work in the grand epic-fantasy tradition, Martin is
by far the best. . . . This is as good a time as any to proclaim
him the American Tolkien.”—Time
“A fantasy series for hip, smart people, even those who don’t read
fantasy.” —Detroit Free Press
“[A] once-in-a-generation work of fiction that manages to entertain
readers while elevating an entire genre to fine
literature.”—Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
“These are the best heroic fantasies I’ve ever read—layered,
complex, true to the characters, real as the bloodiest of real life
is, and stunningly, fascinatingly page-turning. . . . Amazing
stuff.”—Jeff VanderMeer, The New Your Review of Science Fiction
“George R. R. Martin has created the unlikely genre of the
realpolitik fantasy novel. Complete with warring kings, noble
heroes and backroom dealings, it’s addictive reading and reflects
our current world a lot better than The Lord of the Rings.”—Rolling
Stone
“THE MOST impressive modern fantasy, both in terms of conception
and execution, is George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire. . .
. A masterpiece that will be mentioned with the great works of
fantasy.”—Contra Costa Times
Long-awaited doesn't begin to describe this fourth installment in bestseller Martin's staggeringly epic Song of Ice and Fire. Speculation has run rampant since the previous entry, A Storm of Swords, appeared in 2000, and Feast teases at the important questions but offers few solid answers. As the book begins, Brienne of Tarth is looking for Lady Catelyn's daughters, Queen Cersei is losing her mind and Arya Stark is training with the Faceless Men of Braavos; all three wind up in cliffhangers that would do justice to any soap opera. Meanwhile, other familiar faces-notably Jon Snow, Tyrion Lannister and Daenerys Targaryen-are glaringly absent though promised to return in book five. Martin's Web site explains that Feast and the forthcoming A Dance of Dragons were written as one book and split after they grew too big for one volume, and it shows. This is not Act I Scene 4 but Act II Scene 1, laying groundwork more than advancing the plot, and it sorely misses its other half. The slim pickings here are tasty, but in no way satisfying. (Nov.) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.
"Of those who work in the grand epic-fantasy tradition, Martin is
by far the best.... [He] is a tense, surging, insomnia-inflicting
plotter and a deft and inexhaustible sketcher of personalities....
This is as good a time as any to proclaim him the American
Tolkien."-Time Magazine
"The only fantast series I'd put on a level with J.R.R.
Tolkein's The Lord of the Rings.... It's a fantasy series
for hip, smart people, even those who don't read fantasy.... If
you're new to the series, you must begin with Book 1, A Game of
Thrones. Once you're hooked.... you'll be like the rest of us
fans, gnawing your knuckles until book 5"-Marta Salij, Detroit
Free Press
"THE MOST impressive modern fantasy, both in terms of conception
and execution, is George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and
Fire.... A masterpiece that will be mentioned with the great
works of fantasy."-Contra Costa Times
"Long-awaited doesn't begin to describe this fourth installment in
bestseller Martin's staggeringly epic Song of Ice and
Fire."-Publishers Weekly
"Grabs hold and won't let go. It's brilliant."-Robert Jordan
"Such a splendid tale and such a fantistorical! I read my eyes
out."-Anne McCaffrey
"Fantasy fans will feast!"-Associated Press
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