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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780006479901
Edition: New edition
ISBN: 0006479901
Label: Voyager
Manufacturer: Voyager
Number Of Pages: 688
Publication Date: 2001-06
Publisher: Voyager
Studio: Voyager
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Editorial Review:Amazon.co.uk Review:The third volume of his six-volume fantasy epic
A Song of Ice and Fire,
A Storm of Swords continues Martin's vigorous account of the civil wars which follow the death of King Robert, the usurper who deposed a dynasty gone mad and dangerous, and the judicial murder by his widow and heir of Ned Stark, the man who made him king. The surviving Stark children are scattered--Robb leading revolt in the North, Arya learning hard lessons as she treks through the war zone, Sansa an observer of court intrigue, crippled Bran heading towards a sorcerous destiny, Jon engaged in desperate defence of the icewall against barbarians and worse things. Daenerys, pretender and ruler of dragons, is building an empire elsewhere. And characters we have thought of as villains, notably Jaime Kingslayer, are developing belated consciences ... Martin keeps on upping the ante of violence and betrayal in this compelling saga of a fantasy middle ages soiled with blood and mud; his economic use of magic and his fascination with complex characters make this the sword-and-sorcery series for people with adult taste. As the series proceeds, his writing gets ever leaner and sharper, the evocation of the magical ever more sinister.
--Roz Kaveney
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These books are just intense and wonderful and gripping and deep and they move you at every level!! I LOVE them.
Oh and Tyrion is the best character EVER.
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George R R Martin is at least mostly a genius. His plots are excellent - complex, slightly confusing and thoroughly engaging - made even more so by the juggling act he performs in having the story told from between six and ten characters' points of view. This is something I love - you get to the end of a chapter, feel let down by having to leave one character's journey only to find yourself smack bang in the middle of a story you didn't want to leave three chapters before.
But perhaps ...
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Following on directly from (and, as Martin's note on chronology informs us, sometimes simultaneously with) A Clash of Kings, this is the first half of book three of A Song of Ice and Fire.
Steel and Snow begins at a far more exciting pace than the two books before it, and it never really slows down. It is full of the wonderful character development, powerful but subtle fantasy, unexpected twists and turns, and beautiful writing of 'Thrones and 'Kings, but with book three being split into ...
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This book is the best in the series by far. I read the first in the series of George Martin's 'A Song of Ice and Fire' and I was blown away by it. So much so I wrote a review here on Amazon to exult it to those considering buying it. I have now read Book 1, 2, 3 part 1 and this book, A Storm of Swords: Blood and Gold, Book 3 Part 2. I was let down by book 2 and 3 part 1, they were good but not great and if I tried to write a review I could not because the plot all amalgamated into a fuzzy series of ...
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"A Storm of Swords: Steel and Snow" is the first part of the third book of the "Song of Ice and Fire" series (stick with me here). After the excellent first volume (A Game of Thrones), the somewhat disappointing second (A Clash of Kings) meant that for me, Martin had a bit of catching up to do in this one. I am pleased to say that this is a more than satisfactory continuation of the saga.
My intro suggests that there is nothing wrong with this book, but as I stated in my previous review, a ...
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