A Game of Thrones. A Game of Thrones is the first novel in A Song of Ice and Fire, a series of high fantasy novels by American author George R.
R. Martin. It was first published on 6 August 1996. The novel won the 1997 Locus Award[1] and was nominated for both the 1997 Nebula Award[1] and the 1997 World Fantasy Award.[2] 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[3] and reached #1 on the list in July 2011.[4] Plot summary[edit] A Game of Thrones follows three principal storylines simultaneously. In the Seven Kingdoms[edit] Meanwhile, Lord Eddard travels to King's Landing, taking his daughters Sansa and Arya. At King's Landing, Eddard assumes the rule, while Robert gives his time to sensual pleasures and has little interest in governance.
As news of Eddard's arrest spreads across the Seven Kingdoms, a civil war erupts. On the Wall[edit] The Kite Runner. The Kite Runner is the first novel by Afghan-American author Khaled Hosseini.[1] Published in 2003 by Riverhead Books, it tells the story of Amir, a young boy from the Wazir Akbar Khan district of Kabul, whose closest friend is Hassan, his father's young Hazara servant.
The story is set against a backdrop of tumultuous events, from the fall of Afghanistan's monarchy through the Soviet military intervention, the exodus of refugees to Pakistan and the United States, and the rise of the Taliban regime. Hosseini has commented that he considers The Kite Runner to be a father–son story, emphasizing the familial aspects of the narrative, an element that he continued to use in his later works.[2] Themes of guilt and redemption feature prominently in the novel,[3] with a pivotal scene depicting an act of violence against Hassan that Amir fails to prevent.
The latter half of the book centers on Amir's attempts to atone for this transgression by rescuing Hassan's son over two decades later. The Hunger Games. The book received mostly positive feedback from major reviewers and authors.
It was praised for its storyline and character development, though some reviewers have noted similarities between Collins' book and Koushun Takami's Battle Royale (1999). In writing The Hunger Games, Collins drew upon Greek mythology, Roman gladiatorial games, and contemporary reality television for thematic content. The novel won many awards, including the California Young Reader Medal, and was named one of Publishers Weekly's "Best Books of the Year" in 2008. Background Collins has said that the inspiration for The Hunger Games came from channel surfing on television. Plot Katniss and Peeta are taken to the Capitol, where their drunken mentor, Haymitch Abernathy, victor of the 50th Hunger Games, instructs them to watch and determine the strengths and weaknesses of the other tributes. Themes The Hunger Games author Suzanne Collins in 2010 "The rules are arbitrary, unfathomable, and subject to sudden change.