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George R. R. Martin's Official Website. Not A Blog. 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.

A Game of Thrones

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. The Official Website for the HBO Series Game of Thrones. It appears you are currently using Flash Player 11.2.202 and this site supports version 10 and up.

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In order to continue, please upgrade your Flash Player: Flash Player 10 - Get Latest In order to continue, please install the Flash Player. It appears you are currently using Firefox 17.0 which is not fully supported by this site. To optimize your viewing experience, please view HBO.com in one of the following browsers: It appears you are currently using Safari which is not fully supported by this site. Internet Explorer 7.0+ - Get LatestFirefox 4.0+ - Get LatestGoogle Chrome 10.0+ - Get LatestFirefox 4.0+ - Get LatestSafari 5.0+ - Get LatestGoogle Chrome 10.0+ - Get Latest. China Miéville. China Tom Miéville (/ˈtʃaɪnə miˈeɪvəl/; born 6 September 1972) is an English fantasy fiction author, comic writer and academic.

China Miéville

He is fond of describing his fiction as "weird fiction" (after early 20th-century pulp and horror writers such as H. P. Lovecraft), and belongs to a loose group of writers sometimes called New Weird. Early life[edit] Bas-Lag. The Bas-Lag novels[edit] So far there have been three novels set in Bas-Lag.

Bas-Lag

They are: Additionally, the short story "Jack", featured in the 2005 collection Looking for Jake, is a Bas-Lag story. Geography[edit] Bas-Lag possesses a number of continents. Rohagi[edit] The exact proportions and geography of Rohagi are unknown. According to a protagonist in Iron Council, both Cobsea and Myrshock lie about 750 miles (1,210 km) southwest of New Crobuzon. The m john harrison blog. Rejectamentalist manifesto. London's Overthrow - China Miéville. Lucius Shepard. Lucius Shepard (August 21, 1943 – March 18, 2014) was an American writer.

Lucius Shepard

Classified as a science fiction and fantasy writer, he often leaned into other genres, such as magical realism. His work is infused with a political and historical sensibility and an awareness of literary antecedents. Career[edit] A native of Lynchburg, Virginia where he was born in 1943,[1] Shepard's first short stories appeared in 1983, and his first novel, Green Eyes, appeared in 1984. At the time, he was considered part of the cyberpunk movement. Lucius Shepard resided in Portland, Oregon.

Themes and evolution[edit] Shepard stopped writing fiction for much of the 1990s. Much of Shepard's later work was non-fiction. According to fellow author James Patrick Kelly, Shepard was an avid sports fan who has often used dramatic sports moments as inspiration to write.[7] In the summer of 2008, he moved to Neuchatel, Switzerland in order to work on several screenplays. He died in March 2014 at the age of 70.[8][1] Jeffrey Thomas. Ecstatic Days. Jeff VanderMeer. Jeffrey Scott VanderMeer (born July 7, 1968) is an American writer, editor and publisher.

Jeff VanderMeer

He is best known for his contributions to the New Weird and his stories about the city of Ambergris, in books like City of Saints and Madmen. Biography[edit] He was born in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, but spent much of his childhood in the Fiji Islands, where his parents worked for the Peace Corps; this stay and the trip back to the United States through Asia, Africa, and Europe, influenced him.[1]

Jeffrey Ford. He published his first story, "The Casket", in Gardner's literary magazine MSS in 1981 and his first full-length novel, Vanitas, in 1988.

Jeffrey Ford

Awards[edit] His stories and novels have been nominated multiple times for the World Fantasy Award, the Hugo Award, the Nebula Award, the Theodore Sturgeon Award, the International Horror Guild Award, the Fountain Award, and the Edgar Allan Poe Award. The Physiognomy (1998) (World Fantasy Award)The Fantasy Writer's Assistant (2003) (World Fantasy Award)"Creation" (2003) (World Fantasy Award)"Botch Town" (2007) (World Fantasy Award)"The Empire of Ice Cream" (2004) (Nebula Award for Best Novellette)"Exo-Skeleton Town" (2005) (Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for best translated story)"The Annals of Eelin-Ok" (2005) (The Fountain Award for excellence in the short story)The Girl in the Glass (2005) (Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Paperback Original)The Shadow Year (2009) (World Fantasy Award)[3]The Drowned Life (2009) (World Fantasy Awards)[3]

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