Works by George R. R. Martin (Book Guide)

Source: Wikipedia. Commentary (works not included). Pages: 29. Chapters: Books by George R. R. Martin, Novels by George R. R. Martin, Short stories by George R. R. Martin, Short story collections by George R. R. Martin, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, Tales of Dunk and Egg, A Game of Thrones, A Dance with Dragons, A Clash of Kings, Wild Cards, Tuf Voyaging, Windhaven, Doorways, Hunter's Run, Fevre Dream, Dying of the Light, The Way of Cross and Dragon, Dreamsongs: A RRetrospective, Dark Visions, Sandkings, The Armageddon Rag, With Morning Comes Mistfall, Warriors. Excerpt: A Storm of Swords is the third of seven planned novels in A Song of Ice and Fire, an epic fantasy series by American author George R. R. Martin. It was first published on 8 August 2000 in the United Kingdom, with a United States edition following in November 2000. Its publication was preceded by a novella called Path of the Dragon, which collects some of the Daenerys Targaryen chapters from the novel into a single book. To date, A Storm of Swords is the longest novel in the series. It was so long that in the UK its paperback edition was split in half, Part 1 being published as Steel and Snow in June 2001 (with the one-volume cover) and Part 2 as Blood and Gold in August 2001 (with a specially-commissioned new cover). In France, the decision was made to cut the novel into four separate editions. A Storm of Swords won the 2001 Locus Award, the 2002 Geffen Award for Best Novel and was nominated for the 2001 Nebula Award for Best Novel. It was the first novel in the series to be nominated for the Hugo Award, one of the two most prestigious awards in science fiction and fantasy publishing, although it lost to J. K. Rowling's novel Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Meisha Merlin, who had previously issued limited, illustrated editions of both A Game of Thrones and A Clash of Kings, were planning to release a similar version for A Storm of Swords in two volumes. However, lengthy delays on the release of A Clash of Kings caused Meisha Merlin to lose the printing rights for the book, which were picked up by Subterranean Press instead. This edition, fully illustrated by Charles Vess, was released in the summer of 2006. A Storm of Swords is also the name of the second expansion to the board game A Game of Thrones, released in July 2006. The series is set in a fictitious world reminiscent of Medieval Europe, primarily on a continent called Westeros. In this world the seasons can last for many years, sometimes decades. A Storm of Swords picks up the story slightly before the