{"id":44,"date":"2012-03-18T23:10:55","date_gmt":"2012-03-18T23:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2012\/03\/18\/books-received-31812-game-of-thrones-edition\/"},"modified":"2012-08-17T05:18:22","modified_gmt":"2012-08-17T05:18:22","slug":"books-received-31812-game-of-thrones-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2012\/03\/18\/books-received-31812-game-of-thrones-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Books received 3\/18\/12 Game of Thrones edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Let\u2019s take a quick look to see what\u2019s arrived at the Geek Compound.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/reader\/044042321X\/ref=sib_dp_pt#reader-link\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51yYrkksw9L._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click,TopRight,35,-76_AA300_SH20_OU01_.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Game-Thrones-Graphic-Novel-Volume\/dp\/044042321X\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;amp;ie=UTF8&amp;amp;qid=1332111943&amp;amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\">A Game of Thrones: The Graphic Novel: Volume One<\/span><\/a><br \/>\nby George R. R. Martin<br \/>\nAdapted by Daniel Abraham<br \/>\nArt by Tommy Patterson<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Promo copy:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ve read the books. You\u2019ve watched the hit series on HBO. Now acclaimed novelist Daniel Abraham and illustrator Tommy Patterson bring George R. R. Martin\u2019s epic fantasy masterwork <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Game-Thrones-Song-Fire-Book\/dp\/0553386794\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;amp;ie=UTF8&amp;amp;qid=1332111870&amp;amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\">A Game of Thrones<\/span><\/a> to majestic new life in the pages of this full-color graphic novel. Comprised of the initial six issues of the graphic series, this is the first volume in what is sure to be one of the most coveted collaborations of the year.<\/p>\n<p>Winter is coming. Such is the stern motto of House Stark, the northernmost of the fiefdoms that owe allegiance to King Robert Baratheon in far-off King\u2019s Landing. There Eddard Stark of Winterfell rules in Robert\u2019s name. There his family dwells in peace and comfort: his proud wife, Catelyn; his sons Robb, Brandon, and Rickon; his daughters Sansa and Arya; and his bastard son, Jon Snow. Far to the north, behind the towering Wall, lie savage Wildings and worse\u2014unnatural things relegated to myth during the centuries-long summer, but proving all too real and all too deadly in the turning of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Yet a more immediate threat lurks to the south, where Jon Arryn, the Hand of the King, has died under mysterious circumstances. Now Robert is riding north to Winterfell, bringing his queen, the lovely but cold Cersei, his son, the cruel, vainglorious Prince Joffrey, and the queen\u2019s brothers Jamie and Tyrion of the powerful and wealthy House Lannister\u2014the first a swordsman without equal, the second a dwarf whose stunted stature belies a brilliant mind. All are heading for Winterfell and a fateful encounter that will change the course of kingdoms.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, across the Narrow Sea, Prince Viserys, heir of the fallen House Targaryen, which once ruled all of Westeros, schemes to reclaim the throne with an army of barbarian Dothraki\u2014whose loyalty he will purchase in the only coin left to him: his beautiful yet innocent sister, Daenerys. <\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/512pvHV6z9L._SL500_AA300_.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Clash-Kings-HBO-Tie--Edition\/dp\/0345535421\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;amp;ie=UTF8&amp;amp;qid=1332111723&amp;amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\">A Clash of Kings<\/span> (HBO Tie-in Edition)<\/a><br \/>\nby George R. R. Martin<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Promo copy:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE: BOOK TWO<\/p>\n<p>In this thrilling sequel to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Game-Thrones-Song-Fire-Book\/dp\/0553386794\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;amp;ie=UTF8&amp;amp;qid=1332111870&amp;amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\">A Game of Thrones<\/span><\/a>, George R. R. Martin has created a work of unsurpassed vision, power, and imagination. A <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Clash of Kings<\/span> transports us to a world of revelry and revenge, wizardry and warfare unlike any we have ever experienced.<\/p>\n<p>A comet the color of blood and flame cuts across the sky. And from the ancient citadel of Dragonstone to the forbidding shores of Winterfell, chaos reigns. Six factions struggle for control of a divided land and the Iron Throne of the Seven Kingdoms, preparing to stake their claims through tempest, turmoil, and war. It is a tale in which brother plots against brother and the dead rise to walk in the night. Here a princess masquerades as an orphan boy; a knight of the mind prepares a poison for a treacherous sorceress; and wild men descend from the Mountains of the Moon to ravage the countryside. Against a backdrop of incest and fratricide, alchemy and murder, victory may go to the men and women possessed of the coldest steel . . . and the coldest hearts. For when kings clash, the whole land trembles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let\u2019s take a quick look to see what\u2019s arrived at the Geek Compound. A Game of Thrones: The Graphic Novel: Volume One by George R. R. 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