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Martin, George, RR


Wikipedia Entry:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_RR_Martin


Bibliography, courtsey of wikipedia::

 Novels

 Selected novellas

  • A Song for Lya
  • Night of the Vampyres, originally in Amazing, 1975, re-published in The Best Military Science Fiction of the 20th Century
  • "The Skin Trade" (1989) from the three-author collection Dark Visions.

 Children's books

  • The Ice Dragon (Originally printed in 1980[20], illustrated and re-printed October, 2006)

 Collections

 Television

Editor

 Wild Cards (also contributor to many volumes)

Others (with Gardner Dozois)



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A Game of Thrones


Genre: Epic Fantasy
Author: George RR Martin
Title: "A Game of Thrones"
Series: Book 1, A Song of Ice and Fire


OPENING IMPRESSION:
Pretty good, so far. Huge cast of characters. GRRM should have put a genealogical chart at the beginning to help keep track of characters. Good worldbuilding, believable characters, but i wasn't expecting descriptive sex scenes. Kinda surprised me, b/c most epic fantasy isn't known for that. Puts the book at an "R" rating. I wouldn't feel comfortable giving this to a 12-16 to read like i would the Wheel of Time.I've got the next two books on hold at The Next Chapter (770-233-0578), and i look forward to building a matched set. (If you call them, make sure you tell them I sent you !)

AFTER THE FINAL CHAPTER:
Wow, what a good read. GRRM does a few things that most epic fantasy writers don't, but i won't mention them here, for fear of spoilers. Things really pick up after the 1st half of the book; more things happen, people go places, and you finally figure out who everyone is and what they are doing.

RATING:Matched hardbound set! Better than Terry Goodkind, not quite as good as Robert Jordan. (but ask me again after i read a few more)

Thanks,

B.

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A Clash of Kings


Genre: Epic Fantasy
Author: George RR Martin
Title: "A Clash of Kings"
Series: Book 2, A Song of Ice and Fire

PRE-READ:

Even though I decided to read WarDay before this one, I'm excited about it. GRRM ended book one with a pretty good cliffhanger, so I'm interested to see what he does with this one. Does he jump all around, like L.E. Modesitt, or is it more linear like Poalini or Jordan? We'll see.

OPENING IMPRESSIONS:

Oh, of course! You already have 100+ characters, but you start this one with a new batch. Just to keep us readers on our toes, of course. Good thing it only took me 3 pages to figger out who they were.

To be continued. . . .

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