The crowds didn’t reach one hundred anywhere, and at one stop (St. Louis, Missouri in Chicago and Minneapolis and up the west coast to San Diego, Los Angeles, Berkeley, Portland, and Seattle. I went on a book tour around that same time, signing copies in Houston, Austin, and Denton, Texas in St. Reviews were generally good, sales were… well, okay. Martin himself has all the details on his blog, along with his memories of the early days.
The company is publishing a special illustrated edition of A Game of Thrones, described as having “gorgeous full-page illustrations to open every chapter, the mystery, intrigue, romance, and adventure of this magnificent saga come to life as never before.”
Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series, the book that started it all and ultimately brought us together here. Amid plots and counterplots, tragedy and betrayal, victory and terror, the fate of the Starks, their allies and their enemies hangs perilously in the balance, as each endeavors to win that deadliest of conflicts: the game of thrones.This week, Bantam Spectra is celebrating the twentieth anniversary of the first novel in George R.R. Sweeping from a region of brutal cold to a distant summertime kingdom of epicurean plenty, here is a tale of lords and ladies, soldiers and sorcerers, assassins and bastards, who come together in a time of grim omens. At the center of the conflict lie the Starks of Winterfell, a family as harsh and unyielding as the land they were born to. The cold is returning and in the frozen wastes to the North of Winterfell, sinister and supernatural forces are massing beyond the kingdom’s protective Wall.
In a land where summers can last decades and winters a lifetime, trouble is brewing. The mystery, intrigue, romance and adventure of this magnificent saga come to life as never before. Martin’s landmark series, this lavishly illustrated special edition of A Game of Thrones-with gorgeous full-page illustrations in every chapter-revitalizes the fantasy masterpiece that became a cultural phenomenon. Published in celebration of the twentieth anniversary of George R.
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