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A Dance with Dragons by George R.R. Martin.. Roll over, Tolkein. “Game of Thrones” George has redrawn the fantasy map in 5 tomes. Grown-up stuff, but fantasy with power. – Joel Gardner, LitSnap Editor |
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"With the arrival of “A Dance With Dragons,” Book 5 in George R. R. Martin’s rousing “Song of Ice and Fire” cycle, it’s high time we drove a stake through the heart of J. R. R. Tolkien and “The Lord of the Rings.” Like its predecessors “Dance” has its share of flagons ’n’ dragons, and swords ’n’ sorcerers, but that doesn’t make Mr. Martin the American Tolkien, as some would have it. He’s much better than that." – The New York Times "In 2005 I wrote a review of George R.R. Martin's novel A Feast for Crows in which I called him "the American Tolkien." The phrase has stuck to him, as it was meant to. I believed Martin was our age's and our country's answer to the master of epic fantasy. Now it's six years later, and I've read Martin's new novel, A Dance with Dragons, and I'm happy to report that I was totally right." – Time |
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Author bio: George R.R. Martin sold his first story in 1971 and has been writing professionally since then. He spent ten years in Hollywood as a writer-producer, working on The Twilight Zone, Beauty and the Beast, and various feature films and television pilots that were never made. In the mid '90s he returned to prose, his first love, and began work on his epic fantasy series, A Song of Ice and Fire. He has been in the Seven Kingdoms ever since. Whenever he's allowed to leave, he returns to Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he lives with the lovely Parris, and two cats named Augustus and Caligula, who think they run the place. More information can be found here: http://www.amazon.com/George-R.R.-Martin/e/B000APIGH4/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0 |
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Book Details: General Fiction; (1040 pp. Gargantuan: Kindle/Audiobook/Print editions) Publisher Website: http://www.randomhouse.com/book/108334/a-dance-with-dragons-by-george-rr-martin |
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