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An edition of A Game of Thrones (1996)

A Game of Thrones

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A Game of Thrones is the first novel in A Song of Ice and Fire, a series of fantasy novels by the American author George R. R. Martin. It was first published on August 1, 1996. The novel won the 1997 Locus Award and was nominated for both the 1997 Nebula Award and the 1997 World Fantasy Award. The novella Blood of the Dragon, comprising the Daenerys Targaryen chapters from the novel, won the 1997 Hugo Award for Best Novella. In January 2011, the novel became a New York Times Bestseller and reached No. 1 on the list in July 2011.

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Harper Voyager
Language
English
Pages
806

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Action & Adventure, American Fantasy fiction, Betrayal, Bien y mal, Civil war, Courts and courtiers, Dragons, Epic, epic fantasy, epic fiction, epic literature, fantastic fiction, fantasy, fantasy fiction, Ficción, fiction, Fiction, fantasy, epic, Fiction, fantasy, general, good and evil, Guerras imaginarias, Hugo Award Winner, Ignotus Award winner, imaginary places, imaginary wars and battles, Invierno, kings and rulers, Locus Award winner, magic, New York Times bestseller, nyt:trade_fiction_paperback=2011-09-10, Science Fiction, seasons, Voyages and travels, winter, Trial by combat, walls, penal colonies, wights, folk healers, persistent vegetative states, Seven kingdoms (imaginary place), fiction, Seven kingdoms (Imaginary place), Coloring books, Kings and rulers -- Fiction, Civil war -- Fiction, Spanish fiction

People

Illyrio, Jon Arryn, Robert Baratheon, Eddard Stark, Sansa Stark Joffrey Stark, Lysa Stark, Cersei Lannister, Bran Stark, Jaime Lannister, Peter Baelish, Tyrion Lannister, Bronn, Others, wildlings, Jon Snow, Benjen Stark, Samwell Tarly, Jeor Mormont, Viserys, Daenerys, Khal Drogo, Dothraki, Jorah Mormont, Viserys Targaryen, Rhaegar Targaryen, Daenerys Targaryen, Stannis Baratheon, Renly Baratheon, Joffrey Baratheon, Myrcella Baratheon, Tommen Baratheon, Catelyn Stark, Robb Stark, Sansa Stark, Arya Stark, Brandon Stark, Rickard Stark, Tywin Lannister, Kevan Lannister, Lysa Arryn

Places

Winterfell, King's Landing, Seven Kingdoms, Westeros, Sunset Lands

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A Game of Thrones: Book One of A Song of Ice and Fire
2015, Bantam Books
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Juego de tronos
2013, PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE, PLAZA & JANES MEXICO
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A Game of Thrones: Book One of A Song of Ice and Fire
2012, Harper Voyager
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Le Trône de fer: L'intégrale 1
2012-06, Editiones France Loisirs
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A Game of Thrones
2011, Harper Voyager
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Shichi ōkoku no gyokuza
2006, Hayakawa Shobō
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A Game of Thrones
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A Game of Thrones
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A Game of Thrones
1998 January 5, Voyager
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A Game of Thrones: Book One of A Song of Fire and Ice
1997-09, Spectra
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Copyright Date
2011 (back cover)

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Paperback
Pagination
801
Number of pages
806

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OL32666278M
OCLC/WorldCat
927315137, 934353929
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58404772

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