Reviews
"Of those who work in the grand epic-fantasy tradition, Martin is by far the best.... [He] is a tense, surging, insomnia-inflicting plotter and a deft and inexhaustible sketcher of personalities.... This is as good a time as any to proclaim him the American Tolkien."-Time Magazine "The only fantast series I'd put on a level with J.R.R. Tolkein'sThe Lord of the Rings….It's a fantasy series for hip, smart people, even those who don't read fantasy…. If you're new to the series, you must begin with Book 1,A Game of Thrones. Once you're hooked…. you'll be like the rest of us fans, gnawing your knuckles until book 5"-Marta Salij,Detroit Free Press "THE MOST impressive modern fantasy, both in terms of conception and execution, is George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire.… A masterpiece that will be mentioned with the great works of fantasy."-Contra Costa Times "Long-awaited doesn't begin to describe this fourth installment in bestseller Martin's staggeringly epic Song of Ice and Fire."-Publishers Weekly "Grabs hold and won't let go. It's brilliant."-Robert Jordan "Such a splendid tale and such a fantistorical! I read my eyes out."-Anne McCaffrey "Fantasy fans will feast!"-Associated Press From the Hardcover edition., "Of those who work in the grand epic-fantasy tradition, Martin is by far the best.... [He] is a tense, surging, insomnia-inflicting plotter and a deft and inexhaustible sketcher of personalities.... This is as good a time as any to proclaim him the American Tolkien."- Time Magazine "The only fantast series I'd put on a level with J.R.R. Tolkein's The Lord of the Rings…. It's a fantasy series for hip, smart people, even those who don't read fantasy…. If you're new to the series, you must begin with Book 1, A Game of Thrones . Once you're hooked…. you'll be like the rest of us fans, gnawing your knuckles until book 5"-Marta Salij, Detroit Free Press "THE MOST impressive modern fantasy, both in terms of conception and execution, is George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire . … A masterpiece that will be mentioned with the great works of fantasy."- Contra Costa Times "Long-awaited doesn't begin to describe this fourth installment in bestseller Martin's staggeringly epic Song of Ice and Fire."- Publishers Weekly "Grabs hold and won't let go. It's brilliant."-Robert Jordan "Such a splendid tale and such a fantistorical! I read my eyes out."-Anne McCaffrey "Fantasy fans will feast!"- Associated Press, "Of those who work in the grand epic-fantasy tradition, Martin is by far the best.... [He] is a tense, surging, insomnia-inflicting plotter and a deft and inexhaustible sketcher of personalities.... This is as good a time as any to proclaim him the American Tolkien."- Time Magazine "The only fantast series I'd put on a level with J.R.R. Tolkein's The Lord of the Rings…. It's a fantasy series for hip, smart people, even those who don't read fantasy…. If you're new to the series, you must begin with Book 1, A Game of Thrones . Once you're hooked…. you'll be like the rest of us fans, gnawing your knuckles until book 5"-Marta Salij, Detroit Free Press "THE MOST impressive modern fantasy, both in terms of conception and execution, is George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire . … A masterpiece that will be mentioned with the great works of fantasy."- Contra Costa Times "Long-awaited doesn't begin to describe this fourth installment in bestseller Martin's staggeringly epic Song of Ice and Fire."- Publishers Weekly "Grabs hold and won't let go. It's brilliant."-Robert Jordan "Such a splendid tale and such a fantistorical! I read my eyes out."-Anne McCaffrey "Fantasy fans will feast!"- Associated Press From the Hardcover edition., "Long-awaited doesn't begin to describe this fourth installment in bestseller Martin's staggeringly epic Song of Ice and Fire."--Publishers Weekly "Grabs hold and won't let go. It's brilliant." -- Robert Jordan "Such a splendid tale and such a fantistorical! I read my eyes out." -- Anne McCaffrey "Martin makes a triumphant return to high fantasy...[his] trophy case is already stuffed with major prizes [but] he's probably going to have to add another shelf, at least." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "We have been invited to a grand feast and pageant: George R.R. Martin has unveiled for us an intensely realized, romantic but realistic world...if the next two volumes are as good as this one, it will be a wonderful feast indeed." -- Chicago Sun-Times From the Hardcover edition., "Fantasy fans will feast!"--Associated Press "The only fantast series I'd put on a level with J.R.R. Tolkein's The Lord of the Rings…. It's a fantasy series for hip, smart people, even those who don't read fantasy…. If you're new to the series, you must begin with Book 1, "A Game of Thrones." Once you're hooked…. you'll be like the rest of us fans, gnawing your knuckles until book 5"--Marta Salij, Detroit Free Press "THE MOST impressive modern fantasy, both in terms of conception and execution, is George R.R. Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire.'… A masterpiece that will be mentioned with the great works of fantasy." --Contra Costa Times "Long-awaited doesn't begin to describe this fourth installment in bestseller Martin's staggeringly epic Song of Ice and Fire."--Publishers Weekly "Grabs hold and won't let go. It's brilliant." -- Robert Jordan "Such a splendid tale and such a fantistorical! I read my eyes out." -- Anne McCaffrey "Martin makes a triumphant return to high fantasy...[his] trophy case is already stuffed with major prizes [but] he's probably going to have to add another shelf, at least." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "We have been invited to a grand feast and pageant: George R.R. Martin has unveiled for us an intensely realized, romantic but realistic world...if the next two volumes are as good as this one, it will be a wonderful feast indeed." -- Chicago Sun-Times "Of those who work in the grand epic-fantasy tradition, Martin is by far the best.... [He] is a tense, surging, insomnia-inflicting plotter and a deft and inexhaustible sketcher of personalities.... This is as good a time as any to proclaim him the American Tolkien." --Time Magazine From the Hardcover edition., "Of those who work in the grand epic-fantasy tradition, Martin is by far the best. . . . This is as good a time as any to proclaim him the American Tolkien." -- Time "A fantasy series for hip, smart people, even those who don't read fantasy." -- Detroit Free Press "[A] once-in-a-generation work of fiction that manages to entertain readers while elevating an entire genre to fine literature." -- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel "These are the best heroic fantasies I've ever read--layered, complex, true to the characters, real as the bloodiest of real life is, and stunningly, fascinatingly page-turning. . . . Amazing stuff." --Jeff VanderMeer, The New Your Review of Science Fiction "George R. R. Martin has created the unlikely genre of the realpolitik fantasy novel. Complete with warring kings, noble heroes and backroom dealings, it's addictive reading and reflects our current world a lot better than The Lord of the Rings ." -- Rolling Stone "THE MOST impressive modern fantasy, both in terms of conception and execution, is George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire. . . . A masterpiece that will be mentioned with the great works of fantasy." -- Contra Costa Times
