The World of Ice & Fire: The Untold history of Westeros and the Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire) Hardcover – October 28, 2014 Author: Visit Amazon’s George R.R. Martin Page | Language: English | ISBN:
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- Series: A Song of Ice and Fire
- Hardcover: 336 pages
- Publisher: Bantam (October 28, 2014)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0553805444
- ISBN-13: 978-0553805444
- Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 1.6 x 12.2 inches
- Shipping Weight: 4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
- Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #21 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Amazon com The World of Ice Fire The Untold History The World of Ice Fire The Untold History of Westeros and the Game of Thrones From the Hardcover edition October 28 2014 Sold by The World of Ice Fire The Untold History of Westeros The World of Ice Fire The Untold History of Westeros and the Game of Thrones A Song of Ice and Fire George R R Martin Elio Garcia Linda Antonsson on The World of Ice Fire The Untold History of Westeros Hot Deal The World of Ice Fire The Untold History of Westeros and the Game of Thrones A Song of Ice and Fire pre order 29 98The World of Ice Fire The Untold History of Westeros George R R Martin is an American author and screenwriter of fantasy horror and
science fiction He is best known for his epic A Song of Ice and Fire series The World of Ice and Fire The Untold History of Westeros The World of Ice and Fire The Untold History of Westeros and the Game of Thrones By George R R Martin Elio Garcia Linda Antonsson Bantam Hardcover
I pre-ordered a few months ago, not knowing what to expect. So unwrapping an oversized book of extensive production quality was a surprise, since I was expecting something that would line up on the shelf next to the five ASOIAF books. Note that you’re getting an oversized book with very nice cover, page, and print quality, which helps the artwork stand out.
As far as the text, which many of the reviews here are quick to slam or to praise, I felt the truth was in the middle and uneven would be the best word to describe. Some of the narratives are very well done – the “short story” of the Conquest, the reign of King Jaehaerys, and the history of the Vale in particular stood out as well done; the narrative flowed well, and the characterizations were very satisfying, but most importantly gave itself identity and value. As far as a common identifier of the best pieces, the text is at its best and finds a nice rhythm when it becomes character-centric as opposed to purely event-centric. When Martin et. immerse you in the rich characterizations of Nymeria, Aegon, Robar Royce, and Tywin, and let the history flow around them is extremely enjoyable.
Other portions were frustrating – several histories of reigns and a couple of the Kingdoms really felt like obligated filler as opposed to a seized opportunity to provide rich lore, and all too often the “Untold History” teased on the cover produced only empty text containing no more than “going through the motions” summations of previously known information,providing no additional lore or color.
Know what you are buying. Is this a book written by George R. R. Martin? Sort of. Is this a book written by two of his friends? Sort of. Is it a well illustrated book? Yes. Is this a definitive history of Westeros? Not at at all. In truth I am not really sure what to make of this book, it has very nice illustrations, but a lot the writing is clearly not Martins work and left me finally understanding how a dog feels when you speak to it and it just kind of tilts his head looking at you with that wtf look on it’s face. It left me wondering what exactly is the purpose of this book?
As a definitive history it falls short in ever aspect. The book is written in the form of an unreliable narrator and from the first page it’s clear much of the information is wrong. Martin himself has spoken of a book he will write in the future that will be called "Fire and blood." Which will be like this book but much larger, more accurate, and hopefully written by Martin himself.
Now just to be clear both Elio and Linda have pointed out that they took liberties with the material Martin supplied them, filling in blanks with their own ideas and such. And that’s ok because the book is not suppose to be reliable, that’s the purpose of the unreliable narrator. Elio and Linda have also stated in a video on their own fan site that things are and can be wrong.
The book itself is suppose to be written in world but I have a hard time getting into the world because the writing is not really Martins and does not feel like his, the in character author of this book sort of jokingly points that out in the book. The style is different and the dialogue often becomes more modern in tone than Martins work.
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