Acquisitions (1): George R. R. Martin

George R. R. Martin: A Song of Ice and Fire

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George R. R. Martin

A Song of Ice and Fire (1996-2011)

[Acquired: Monday, August 20, 2012]:

Martin, George R. R. A Game of Thrones. A Song of Ice and Fire, 1. 1996. Harper Voyager. London: HarperCollins Publishers, 2011.

Martin, George R. R. A Clash of Kings. A Song of Ice and Fire, 2. 1998. Harper Voyager. London: HarperCollins Publishers, 2011.

Martin, George R. R. A Storm of Swords, 1: Steel and Snow. A Song of Ice and Fire, 3. 2000. Harper Voyager. London: HarperCollins Publishers, 2011.

Martin, George R. R. A Storm of Swords, 2: Blood and Gold. A Song of Ice and Fire, 3. 2000. Harper Voyager. London: HarperCollins Publishers, 2011.

Martin, George R. R. A Feast for Crows. A Song of Ice and Fire, 4. 2005. Harper Voyager. London: HarperCollins Publishers, 2011.

Martin, George R. R. A Dance with Dragons, 1: Dreams and Dust. A Song of Ice and Fire, 5. 2011. Harper Voyager. London: HarperCollins Publishers, 2012.

Martin, George R. R. A Dance with Dragons, 2: After the Feast. A Song of Ice and Fire, 5. 2011. Harper Voyager. London: HarperCollins Publishers, 2012.

I'm afraid that when I saw this huge boxset sitting in the local bookshop in Mairangi Bay, it was only a matter of time before I bought it. Like most other people, I converted to these books after having watched the first season of A Game of Thrones. Waiting for the second series was taking just too long, though, so I'm now ploughing my way through the books instead. The G. R. R. Martin / J. R. R. Tolkien rhyme is a bit too close to ignore, but I do like the fact that Martin's interest is far more in politics and statecraft, and far less in ethics and magic.

Game of Thrones

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The World of Ice and Fire

Of course, since I wrote the above, Game of Thrones has grown and grown in significance - and now, with the last series complete, the lack of any new books seems a more and more glaring omission. This is the only one I've actually acquired since then:

Martin, George R. R., Elio M. García, Jr. & Linda Antonsson. The World of Ice and Fire: The Untold History of Westeros and The Game of Thrones. Harper Voyager. London: HarperCollins Publishers, 2014.

Game of Thrones

We have been buying the DVDs of the TV series as they appear, however:

Game of Thrones: Series 1-8, created by David Benioff & D. B. Weiss - based on the novels by George R. R. Martin - (2011-2019)

• The Complete First Season – with Sean Bean, Mark Addy, Lena Headey & Iain Glen – (USA, 2011). 5-DVD set.
• The Complete Second Season – with Peter Dinklage, Charles Dance, Lena Headey & Iain Glen – (USA, 2012). 5-DVD set.
• The Complete Third Season – with Peter Dinklage, Charles Dance, Lena Headey & Iain Glen – (USA, 2013). 5-DVD set.
• The Complete Fourth Season – with Peter Dinklage, Charles Dance, Lena Headey & Iain Glen – (USA, 2014). 6-DVD set.
• The Complete Fifth Season – with Peter Dinklage, Lena Headey & Iain Glen – (USA, 2015). 6-DVD set.
• The Complete Sixth Season – with Peter Dinklage, Lena Headey & Iain Glen – (USA, 2016). 5-DVD set.
• The Complete Seventh Season – with Peter Dinklage, Lena Headey & Emilia Clarke – (USA, 2017). 5-DVD set.
• The Complete Eighth Season – with Peter Dinklage, Lena Headey & Emilia Clarke – (USA, 2019). 5-DVD set.

Game of Thrones

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George R. R. Martin (1998)

George Raymond Richard Martin
(1948- )

Books I own are marked in bold:

Novels:


1. Dying of the Light (1977)
2. [with Lisa Tuttle] Windhaven (1981)
3. Fevre Dream (1982)
4. The Armageddon Rag (1983)
5. Tuf Voyaging (1986)
6. A Game of Thrones. A Song of Ice and Fire, 1 (1996)
   • A Game of Thrones. A Song of Ice and Fire, 1. 1996. Harper Voyager. London: HarperCollins Publishers, 2011.
7. A Clash of Kings. A Song of Ice and Fire, 2 (1998)
   • A Clash of Kings. A Song of Ice and Fire, 2. 1998. Harper Voyager. London: HarperCollins Publishers, 2011.
8. A Storm of Swords. A Song of Ice and Fire, 3 (2000)
   • A Storm of Swords, 1: Steel and Snow. A Song of Ice and Fire, 3. 2000. Harper Voyager. London: HarperCollins Publishers, 2011.
   • A Storm of Swords, 2: Blood and Gold. A Song of Ice and Fire, 3. 2000. Harper Voyager. London: HarperCollins Publishers, 2011.
9. A Feast for Crows. A Song of Ice and Fire, 4 (2005)
   • A Feast for Crows. A Song of Ice and Fire, 4. 2005. Harper Voyager. London: HarperCollins Publishers, 2011.
10. [with Gardner Dozois & Daniel Abraham] Hunter's Run (2007)
11. A Dance with Dragons. A Song of Ice and Fire, 5 (2011)
    • A Dance with Dragons, 1: Dreams and Dust. A Song of Ice and Fire, 5. 2011. Harper Voyager. London: HarperCollins Publishers, 2012.
    • A Dance with Dragons, 2: After the Feast. A Song of Ice and Fire, 5. 2011. Harper Voyager. London: HarperCollins Publishers, 2012.
12. The Winds of Winter. A Song of Ice and Fire, 6 (TBA)
13. A Dream of Spring. A Song of Ice and Fire, 7 (TBA)

Short Story Collections:


14. A Song for Lya (1976)
15. Songs of Stars and Shadows (1977)
16. Sandkings (1981)
17. Songs the Dead Men Sing (1983)
18. Nightflyers (1985)
19. Portraits of His Children (1987)
20. Quartet (2001)
21. GRRM: A RRetrospective [Stories & Essays] (2003)
22. A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms [Tales of Dunk and Egg] (2015)
    • A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms. Illustrations by Gary Gianni. ['The Hedge Knight' (1998); 'The Sworn Sword' (2004); 'The Mystery Knight' (2010)]. Harper Voyager. London: HarperCollins Publishers, 2015.
23. Fire & Blood [The History of House Targaryen] (2018)

Novellas:


24. A Song for Lya (1974)
25. Sandkings (1979)
26. Nightflyers (1980)
27. The Skin Trade (1989)
28. The Hedge Knight. Tales of Dunk and Egg (1998)
29. The Sworn Sword. Tales of Dunk and Egg (2003)
30. The Mystery Knight. Tales of Dunk and Egg (2010)
31. The Princess and the Queen. A Song of Ice and Fire prequel (2013)
32. The Rogue Prince. A Song of Ice and Fire prequel (2014)
33. The Sons of the Dragon. A Song of Ice and Fire prequel (2017)

Short Stories:


34. The Hero (1971)
35. The Second Kind of Loneliness (1972)
36. Override (1973)
37. With Morning Comes Mistfall (1973)
38. And Seven Times Never Kill Man (1975)
39. The Lonely Songs of Laren Dorr (1976)
40. Nobody Leaves New Pittsburg (1976)
41. This Tower of Ashes (1976)
42. The Way of Cross and Dragon (1979)
43. In the Lost Lands (1982)
44. The Glass Flower (1986)

YA Fiction:


45. The Ice Dragon. Illustrated by Alicia Austin (1980) / Anne Yvonne Gilbert (2006) / Luis Royo (2014)
46. Heroes for Hope: X-men Comic book script (1985)

Miscellaneous:


47. The Wit and Wisdom of Tyrion Lannister (2013)
48. [with Elio M. García Jr. and Linda Antonsson] The World of Ice & Fire: The History of Westeros (2014)
    • [with Elio M. García, Jr. & Linda Antonsson]. The World of Ice and Fire: The Untold History of Westeros and The Game of Thrones. Harper Voyager. London: HarperCollins Publishers, 2014.

Edited:


49. New Voices in Science Fiction (1977)
50. New Voices in Science Fiction 2 (1979)
51. New Voices in Science Fiction 3 (1980)
52. New Voices in Science Fiction 4 (1981)
53. [with Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg] The Science Fiction Weight Loss Book (1983)
54. The John W. Campbell Awards, Volume 5 (1984)
55. Night Visions 3 (1986)
56. Wild Cards series (1987-2022):
    • Wild Cards (1987 / 2010)
    • Wild Cards II: Aces High (1987)
    • Wild Cards III: Jokers Wild (1987)
    • Wild Cards IV: Aces Abroad. Puppetman Quartet I (1988 / 2015)
    • Wild Cards V: Down & Dirty. Puppetman Quartet II (1988)
    • Wild Cards VI: Ace in the Hole. Puppetman Quartet III (1990)
    • Wild Cards VII: Dead Man's Hand. Puppetman Quartet IV (1990)
    • Wild Cards VIII: One-Eyed Jacks. Rox Triad I (1991)
    • Wild Cards IX: Jokertown Shuffle. Rox Triad II (1991)
    • Wild Cards X: Double Solitaire (1992)
    • Wild Cards XI: Dealer's Choice. Rox Triad III (1992)
    • Wild Cards XII: Turn of the Cards (1993)
    • Wild Cards XIII: Card Sharks. The Card Shark Triad I (1993)
    • Wild Cards XIV: Marked Cards. The Card Shark Triad II (1994)
    • Wild Cards XV: Black Trump. The Card Shark Triad III (1995)
    • Wild Cards XVI: Deuces Down (2002)
    • Wild Cards XVII: Death Draws Five, by John J. Miller (2006)
    • Wild Cards XVIII: Inside Straight. The Committee Triad I (2008)
    • Wild Cards XIX: Busted Flush. The Committee Triad II (2008)
    • Wild Cards XX: Suicide Kings. The Committee Triad III (2009)
    • Wild Cards XXI: Fort Freak. Mean Streets Triad I (2011)
    • Wild Cards XXII: Lowball. Mean Streets Triad II (2014)
    • Wild Cards XXIII: High Stakes. Mean Streets Triad III (2016)
    • Wild Cards XXIV: Mississippi Roll. American Triad I (2017)
    • Wild Cards XXV: Low Chicago. American Triad II (2018)
    • Wild Cards XXVI: Texas Hold 'Em. American Triad III (2018)
    • Wild Cards XXVII: Knaves Over Queens. British Arc I (2019)
    • Wild Cards XXVIII: Three Kings. British Arc II (2020)
    • Wild Cards XXIX: Joker Moon (2021)
    • Wild Cards XXX: Full House (2022)
    • Wild Cards XXXI: Pairing Up (TBA)
57. [with Gardner Dozois] Songs of the Dying Earth (2009)
58. [with Gardner Dozois] Warriors (2010)
59. [with Gardner Dozois] Songs of Love and Death [aka Star Crossed Lovers] (2010)
60. [with Gardner Dozois] Down These Strange Streets (2011)
61. [with Gardner Dozois] Old Mars (2013)
62. [with Gardner Dozois] Dangerous Women [aka Femmes Fatales] (2013)
63. [with Gardner Dozois] Rogues (2014)
64. [with Gardner Dozois] Old Venus (2015)

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