North American covers for the first five books |
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| Author | George R. R. Martin |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | High fantasy, dark fantasy, medieval fantasy |
| Publisher | Bantam Books (USA, Canada) Voyager Books (UK, Australia) AST (Russia) |
| Published | August 6, 1996–present |
| Media type | print (hardcover and paperback) audiobook |
A Song of Ice and Fire is a series of epic fantasy novels by American novelist and screenwriter George R. R. Martin. Martin began writing the series in 1991 and the first volume was published in 1996. Originally planned as a trilogy, the series now consists of five published volumes; a further two are planned. In addition there are three prequel novellas currently available, with several more being planned, and a series of novella-length excerpts from the main Ice and Fire novels.
The story of A Song of Ice and Fire takes place in a fictional world, primarily on a continent called Westeros but also on a large landmass to the east, known as Essos. Most of the characters are human but as the series progresses others are introduced, such as the assumed-to-be-extinct cold supernatural Others from the far North and fire-breathing dragons from the East. The series is told in the third-person through the eyes of a number of point of view characters, 25 by the end of the fifth book.
There are three story lines that become increasingly interwoven: the chronicling of a dynastic civil war for control of Westeros among several competing families; the rising threat of the Others, who dwell beyond an immense wall of ice that forms Westeros' northern border; and the ambition of Daenerys Targaryen, the exiled daughter of a king who was murdered in another civil war fifteen years before, to return to Westeros and claim her rightful throne.
The "Ice and Fire" series has been translated into more than 20 languages. The fourth and fifth volumes reached the top of The New York Times bestseller lists in 2005 and 2011.[1] Overall, the series has sold more than seven million copies in the USA[2] and more than 15 million copies worldwide.[3] One of the excerpt novellas won science fiction's Hugo Award. The series is the basis of a great number of derived works, including the HBO TV series Game of Thrones, a comic book adaptation, a card game, a board game, a role-playing game and two video games.
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Set in the fictional continents of Westeros and Essos, A Song of Ice and Fire follows three principal storylines, divided by geography and participants, struggling to claim the Iron Throne and rule all the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros after the fall of the ruling House Targaryen and the death of King Robert.
The first storyline, set in the Seven Kingdoms themselves, chronicles a many-sided struggle for the Iron Throne that develops after King Robert's death. The throne is claimed by his son Joffrey, supported by his mother's powerful family, House Lannister. However, Lord Eddard Stark, King Robert's Hand, finds out Robert's children are illegitimate, and that the throne should therefore fall to the second of the three Baratheon brothers, Stannis. The charismatic and popular youngest brother, Renly, also places a claim, openly disregarding the order of precedence, with the support of the powerful House Tyrell. While the claimants battle for the Iron Throne, Robb Stark, Lord Eddard Stark's heir, is proclaimed King in the North as the northmen and their allies in the Riverlands seek to return to self-rule. Likewise, Balon Greyjoy also (re-)claims the ancient throne of his own region, the Iron Islands, with an eye toward independence.
This so-called War of the Five Kings is the principal storyline of the first four novels; indeed, the fourth novel primarily concerns Westeros's recovery from it in the face of the coming winter and the political machinations of those seeking to gain in its aftermath. In the wake of the war, four of the five self-proclaimed kings have been killed, leaving Stannis as the sole survivor. The Iron Throne is currently held by Tommen Baratheon, allegedly Robert's son, but illegitimate too. His former regent, Cersei Lannister has been deposed and imprisoned in King's Landing by the clergy. Stannis and his army, having gained little support from the Great Houses of Westeros, are presently at the Wall, far to the north where Stannis seeks to protect the realm from the threat of invasion, and simultaneously win the favor of the northern strongholds.
The second storyline is set on the extreme northern border of Westeros. Here, many thousands of years ago, a huge wall of ice and gravel was constructed by both magic and labor to defend Westeros from the threat of The Others, a race of now-mythical creatures living in the uttermost north. This Wall, 300 miles (480 km) long and 700 feet (210 m) tall, is defended and maintained by the Sworn Brotherhood of the Night's Watch, whose duty is to guard the kingdom against the Others. By the time of the novels, the Others have not been seen in over 8,000 years, and the Night's Watch has devolved into essentially a penal colony: it is badly under-strength, manned primarily by criminals and refugees, with only a few knights or men of honor to stiffen them, and spends most of its time dealing with the human "wildlings" or "free folk" who live beyond the Wall. This storyline is told primarily through the eyes of Jon Snow, bastard son of Eddard Stark, as he rises through the ranks of the Watch, learns the true nature of the threat from the north, and prepares to defend the realm, even though the people of Westeros are too busy warring to send support. By the end of the third volume, this storyline is somewhat entangled with the civil war to the south.
The third storyline is set on the huge eastern continent of Essos, across the narrow sea, and follows the adventures of Daenerys Targaryen, the last scion of House Targaryen in exile and another claimant to the Iron Throne. Daenerys's adventures showcase her growing ability as she rises from a pauper sold into a dynastic marriage to a barbarian warlord to a powerful and canny ruler in her own right. Her rise is aided by the birth of three dragons, creatures thought long extinct, from fossilized eggs given to her as wedding gifts. Because her family standard is the dragon, these creatures are of symbolic value before they have grown big enough to be of tactical use. Though her story is separated from the others by many thousands of miles, her stated goal is to reclaim the Iron Throne.
Martin had a longtime love of miniature knights and medieval history, but his early novels and short stories mostly fit into the science fiction and horror genres. However, eventually several fantasy stories did appear, such as The Ice Dragon, which he later turned into an illustrated children's book by the same name.[4] In the mid-1980s, Martin worked mainly in Hollywood, principally as a writer or producer on The New Twilight Zone and Beauty and the Beast.
After Beauty and the Beast ended in 1989, Martin returned to writing prose and started work on a science fiction novel called Avalon. In 1991, while struggling with this story, Martin conceived of a scene where several youngsters find a dead direwolf with a stag's antler in its throat.[4] The direwolf has birthed several pups, which are then taken by the youngsters to raise as their own. Martin's imagination was fired by this idea, and he eventually developed this scene into an epic fantasy story, which he first envisioned as a trilogy consisting of the novels A Game of Thrones, A Dance with Dragons and The Winds of Winter. Martin had apparently not been previously inspired by the genre, but reading Tad Williams' Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn series convinced him it could be approached in a more adult and mature way than previous authors had attempted.[5]
After a lengthy hiatus spent writing and producing a television pilot for a science fiction series he had created called Doorways, Martin resumed work in 1994 on A Game of Thrones and completed it the following year, although he was only partway through his initial plan for the first novel. As a result, over time, Martin eventually expanded his plan for the series to include four books, then six, and finally seven, as the tale "grew in the telling," he said, quoting epic fantasy master J.R.R. Tolkien. Publication of A Game of Thrones followed in 1996. In the UK, the book was the subject of a fierce bidding war, eventually won by HarperCollins for £450,000.[6] Pre-release publicity included publication of a "sample novella" called Blood of the Dragon, which went on to win the 1997 Hugo Award for Best Novella. To fit A Game of Thrones into one volume, Martin had pulled out the last quarter or so of the book and made it the opening section of the second book, 1998's A Clash of Kings. In May 2005 Martin noted that his manuscript for A Game of Thrones had been 1088 pages long without the appendices, and A Clash of Kings was even longer at 1184 pages.[7]
Martin has acknowledged his debt to the works of J.R.R. Tolkien,[8] Jack Vance[9] and Tad Williams.[5] According to Martin, "Although I differ from Tolkien in important ways, I’m second to no one in my respect for him. If you look at Lord of the Rings, it begins with a tight focus and all the characters are together. Then by end of the first book the Fellowship splits up and they have different adventures. I did the same thing. Everybody is at Winterfell in the beginning except for Dany, then they split up into groups, and ultimately those split up too. The intent was to fan out, then curve and come back together. Finding the point where that turn begins has been one of the issues I’ve wrestled with."[10]
The series differs from Tolkien's inspiration in its greater use of realistic elements. While Tolkien was inspired by mythology, A Song of Ice and Fire is more clearly influenced by medieval and early modern history, most notably Jacobitism and the Wars of the Roses.[11] Likewise, while Tolkien tended toward romantic relationships, Martin writes frankly of sex, including incest, adultery, prostitution, and rape.
As a result, illegitimate children play prominent roles throughout the series. This has led to the series being cited as the forerunners of a 'gritty' new wave of epic fantasy authors that followed, including Scott Lynch[12] and Joe Abercrombie.[13] On his website, Martin has acknowledged historical fiction authors such as Bernard Cornwell and George MacDonald Fraser to be influences on the series. Martin has cited the cover blurb by Robert Jordan for the first book to have been influential in ensuring the series' early success with fantasy readers.[14]
All page totals given below are for the US paperback edition and hardcover editions, with the exception of A Dance with Dragons, which became available in hardcover on July 12, 2011.
| # | Title | Pages | Chapters | Audio | Earliest Release |
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| 1. | A Game of Thrones | 807 (704 hardcover) | 77 | 33h 53m | August 1996 |
| 2. | A Clash of Kings | 969 (784 hardcover) | 70 | 37h 17m | November 1998 |
| 3. | A Storm of Swords | 1128 (992 hardcover) | 82 | 47h 37m | August 2000 |
| 4. | A Feast for Crows | 976 (784 hardcover) | 46 | 31h 10m | October 2005 |
| 5. | A Dance with Dragons | (959 hardcover) | 73 | 48h 56m | July 2011 |
| 6. | The Winds of Winter[15] | (Forthcoming) | |||
| 7. | A Dream of Spring[16] | (Forthcoming) | |||
Martin originally intended the series to be a trilogy.[17] A Game of Thrones was released in 1996, with A Clash of Kings and A Storm of Swords following each two years apart. After expanding the series to four volumes, Martin remarked that "now I am inclined to think it will be longer than that. What can I say? It's a BIG story, and a cast of thousands."[17] Martin began writing the intended fourth volume A Dance with Dragons in 2000 after the completion of A Storm of Swords. The story was to pick up five years after the previous volume, but Martin found it increasingly difficult to make this work without an over-reliance on flashbacks. At the World Science Fiction Convention in Philadelphia on 1 September 2001, Martin announced that he was scrapping more than a year's work and writing a different fourth book that would fill in the gap, named A Feast for Crows. He found it extremely difficult to go back and start again, especially as this novel was not planned for in his scheme for the series, and work on the book progressed slowly.
By May 2005, A Feast for Crows had become longer than A Storm of Swords (the manuscript for which had been 1521 pages) and Martin's publishers said they could not publish the book in one volume.[7] They suggested splitting the book in two and releasing the volumes as A Feast for Crows, Volume I and A Feast for Crows, Volume II, but Martin was unhappy with this idea. After discussing the matter with his publishers and his friend and fellow writer Daniel Abraham, Martin decided to split the book by character and location instead. The published A Feast for Crows thus contained all of the characters in the South of the Seven Kingdoms, while A Dance with Dragons contains the characters in the North, the Free Cities and in Slaver's Bay. Martin said this move would likely require the series to have seven volumes, recognizing that "you [the fans] may be disappointed, especially when you buy A Feast for Crows and discover that your favorite character does not appear, but given the realities I think this was the best solution... and the more I look at it, the more convinced I am that these two parallel novels, when taken together, will actually tell the story better than one big book."[7] Upon its release in October 2005, A Feast for Crows immediately won largely positive reviews. Time dubbed Martin "the American Tolkien",[18] and the novel went straight to the top of the New York Times bestseller list. However, reader reviews on Amazon.com were very mixed, with 3 stars (out of five) being the lowest ratings of any book in the series to date.[19]
Despite initial hopes of A Dance with Dragons being published quickly after A Feast for Crows, the writing and revision process for this fifth novel proved more difficult than anticipated. On January 1, 2008, Martin published an update on his website saying he hoped to have the book published in the autumn of 2008.[20] After almost six years, A Dance with Dragons was released on July 12, 2011. The book length is slightly longer than A Storm of Swords, making it the longest book yet published in the series. During the long writing period, Martin insisted that he would not be bullied and works at his own pace, on this and several other projects, to make sure they come out as good as he can possibly make them.[21] A year earlier in June 2010, Martin had already finished four chapters of the sixth book, The Winds of Winter, from the viewpoints of Sansa Stark, Arya Stark, and Arianne Martell.[15] He said to have written over 100 pages for the book.[22] Martin had said in 2006 to have chosen A Dream of Spring as the title for the seventh and expectedly last book of the series.[16]
There are three novellas based on chapter sets from the books:
There are three separate novellas set in the same world, known as the "Tales of Dunk and Egg" after the main protagonists.
The stories are set about ninety years before the novels and for now have no direct connection with the plot of A Song of Ice and Fire. However, there is mentioning of both characters in both A Storm of Swords (p. 620 lists Duncan the Tall as a Lord Commander of the Kingsguard) and A Feast For Crows (Brienne has her shield painted over with his sigil; a tree beneath a falling star. - Egg and Duncan are mentioned by Maester Aemon on the ship to the Citadel; Egg wished Aemon to help him rule but instead has Ser Duncan escort him to the Wall.)
The Hedge Knight and The Sworn Sword are also both available as graphic novels from Dabel Brothers Productions. The author has said that he would like to write a number of these stories (varying from six to twelve from interview to interview) covering the entire lives of these two characters. The first two installments were published in the Legends and Legends II anthologies. The third "Dunk and Egg" novella, titled The Mystery Knight, was published in March 2010 in the anthology Warriors, edited by Martin and Gardner Dozois. A fourth installment is currently planned for an as yet untitled sequel to the Warriors anthology. It will focus on Dunk and Egg in the North. Martin announced on his 2011 national book tour that the Dunk and Egg series will be collected into a book and published by Bantam Spectra after the fourth novella is first published in an original anthology he and Gardner Dozois are editing.
A companion volume for the series is in development by George R. R. Martin and co-authors Elio M. García, Jr. and Linda Antonsson, although no publication date has been confirmed as yet. García and Antonsson run the largest A Song of Ice and Fire community on the web and assisted in the writing of the first role-playing game. The companion volume was given the working title The World of Ice and Fire at the 2006 Worldcon during a discussion among the writers. They confirmed that the book will open with a historical overview of the setting, have a "who's who" of characters and have a large amount of heraldry and at least the Targaryen family tree, and possibly more. The book will contain a large amount of artwork and will be published after A Dance with Dragons is released.[23] The artist Ted Nasmith, best known for his work on illustrated editions of J. R. R. Tolkien books, has been asked to do some landscape and castle portraits for the book. In his correspondence with the publishers, Nasmith was told that the target release date was spring 2008,[24] although the book was subsequently moved back.
There are board games[29] and tabletop role-playing games[30] based on the available novels, as well as two collections of artwork based on and inspired by the Ice and Fire series.[31] The French video game company Cyanide has announced that they have partnered with Martin to create a video game adaption of the books, entitled A Game of Thrones: Genesis.[32] There are licensed full-sized sword and war hammer reproductions available; paintable white metal character miniatures; larger resin cast character busts; Westeros coinage reproductions; a forthcoming series of graphic novel adaptations of the "Ice and Fire" series; and a large number of gift and collectible items from HBO based on their cable television series. In 2011, Game of Thrones released as a comic, with the first issue released in September with a $3.99 cover price (US). The release, through Dynamite, features a new issue every month.
The growing popularity of the series led to it being optioned by HBO for development of a television adaptation, Game of Thrones, after the first novel.[33] A pilot episode was produced in 2009 and a series commitment for nine further episodes was made in March 2010. The series premiered on April 17, 2011 to great acclaim and ratings, and two days later the network picked the show up for a second season.[34] Shortly after the conclusion of the first season, the show received 13 Emmy Award nominations, including Outstanding Drama and Outstanding Supporting Actor.
The "Ice and Fire" series has been translated into more than 20 languages.[35]
| Language | First translation published | Publisher | Translator | Translated titles | Notes | |
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| Bulgarian | 2001 | Бард | Валерий Русинов | Игра на Тронове, Сблъсък на Крале, Вихър от Мечове, Пир за Врани, Танц с Дракони | ||
| Catalan | 2006 | Devir | Margarita Calpena i Ollé | Cançó de Foc i Glaç | ||
| Croatian | 2003 | Algoritam | Tajana Pavičević | Igra prijestolja, Sraz kraljeva, Oluja mačeva, Gozba vrana, Ples zmajeva | The Croatian translation splits the fifth book in half, called Part 1 and Part 2, respectively. The appendix is added to the end of both of the books. | |
| Czech | 2000 | Talpress | Hana Březáková | Hra o trůny (Game of Thrones); Střet králů (Clash of Kings); Bouře mečů (Storm of Swords); Hostina pro vrány (Feast for Crows) |
The Czech translation splits all books in halves, called 1 and 2, respectively. However, the 2011 edition of A Game of Thrones and "A Clash of Kings" has been released in a single volume, continuing with the others. | |
| Dutch | 1997 | Luitingh-Sijthoff | Renée Vink | Het spel der tronen (The Game of the Thrones) De strijd der koningen (The Battle of the Kings) Een storm van zwaarden (A Storm of Swords) Een feestmaal voor kraaien (A Feast for Crows) |
Only for the third book the translation was split in two, named Een storm van zwaarden 3A and 3B | |
| Estonian | 2006 | Varrak | Mario Kivistik | Troonide mäng, esimene raamat, Troonide mäng, teine raamat, Kuningate heitlus, esimene raamat, Kuningate heitlus, teine raamat, Mõõkade maru, esimene osa: Teras ja lumi | All books so far are split in half and a new volume published yearly. | |
| Finnish | 2009 | Kirjava | Satu Hlinovsky | Valtaistuinpeli, Kuninkaiden koitos, Miekkamyrsky, Korppien kestit | There is also an illustrated version of the first two books. Images by Petri Hiltunen. | |
| French | 1998 | Pygmalion (Hardcover)
J'ai lu (Paperback) |
Jean Sola (books 1–4)
Patrick Marcel (book 5)[36] |
Le Trône de fer, Le Donjon rouge, La Bataille des rois, L’Ombre maléfique, L’Invincible Forteresse, Les Brigands (hardcover) / Intrigues à Port-Réal (paperback), L’Épée de feu, Les Noces pourpres, La Loi du régicide, Le Chaos, Les Sables de Dorne, Un festin pour les corbeaux | The French translation splits the original books into two to four books each. Since 2008, these have been republished in a format that matches the structure of the originals. | |
| German | 1997 | blanvalet (Paperback)
FanPro (Hardcover) |
Jörn Ingwersen | Paperback edition (since 1997): Die Herren von Winterfell (The Lords of Winterfell), Das Erbe von Winterfell (The Legacy of Winterfell), Der Thron der Sieben Königreiche (The Throne of the Seven Kingdoms), Die Saat des goldenen Löwen (The Seed of the Golden Lion), Sturm der Schwerter (Storm of Swords), Die Königin der Drachen (Queen of the Dragons), Zeit der Krähen (Time of Crows), Die dunkle Königin (The Dark Queen)
Hardcover edition (since 2004): Eisenthron (Iron Throne) |
Blanvalet's paperback edition splits each of the original books into halves. A limited hardcover edition retaining the books' original format and with a slightly modified translation has been published by FanPro since 2004. | |
| Hebrew | 1999 | Opus | Multiple | משחקי הכס, עימות המלכים, סופת החרבות, משתה לעורבים, מחול הדרקונים | Except for the first book, each of the translations was split into two. The first five books will have been translated by four translators: Idit Sorer (1), Yael Sela-Shapiro (2,4), Dudu Hanoch (3), Tzafrir Grossman (5) | |
| Hungarian | 2003 | Alexandra Könyvkiadó | Pétersz, Tamás (books 1–4) and Novák, Gábor (book 4) | "Trónok harca" (Game of Thrones);
"Királyok csatája" (Clash of Kings); "Kardok vihara” (Storm of Swords); "Varjak lakomája" (Feast for Crows); "Sárkányok tánca" (Dance with Dragons) |
The Hungarian editions were first published in hardcover, later on, paperback editions were released. Dance with Dragons will be released in the autumn of 2011. The Hungarian editions are not split into pieces. | |
| Italian | 1999 | Mondadori | Sergio Altieri | Original edition: Il trono di spade, Il grande inverno, Il regno dei lupi, La regina dei draghi, Tempesta di spade, I fiumi della guerra, Il portale delle tenebre, Il dominio della regina, L'ombra della profezia
Urania edition: Il gioco del trono, Lo scontro dei re, Tempesta di spade – Parte Prima, Tempesta di spade – Parte Seconda, Il banchetto dei corvi |
The Italian translation splits the original books into two to three books each. Since 2007, these have been republished in a format that matches the structure of the originals (except for A Storm of Swords, which is split in half) as part of the collection Urania – Le grandi saghe fantasy. | |
| Japanese | 2002 | Hayakawa (早川) | "七王国の玉座" (The Seven Kingdoms' Throne);
"王狼たちの戦旗" (The Wolf-King's War Banner); "剣嵐の大地” (The Vast Land of the Sword-Storm); "乱鴉の饗宴" (The Crows' Feast) |
The Japanese editions are first published in hardcover, each English edition being split into two or three volumes. Later on, softcover editions are released, in even smaller editions—typically five volumes of about 200 pages or so. Only the first two volumes have been released in softcover to date. | ||
| Korean | 2000 | Eun Haeng Namu Publishing Co. (도서출판 은행나무) | "왕좌의 게임" (Game of Thrones);
"왕들의 전쟁" (War of Kings); "성검의 폭풍” (Storm of Holy Swords); "까마귀의 향연" (Feast for Crows) |
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| Norwegian | 2011 | Vendetta forlag | Kjeld Hendrik Helland-Hansen and Thomas Ingebrigtsen Lem | "I vargens tid, Kampen om Jerntronen" (In the Time of the Wolf, The Fight for the Iron Throne) | "A Game of Thrones" is split into two books. | |
| Polish | 1998 | Zysk i S-ka | Paweł Kruk (1st vol.), Michał Jakuszewski (2nd-4th vol., revision of 2nd ed. of 1st vol.) | Gra o tron
Starcie królów Nawałnica mieczy: Stal i Śnieg, Nawałnica mieczy: Krew i Złoto Uczta dla wron: Cienie Śmierci, Uczta dla wron: Sieć Spisków |
The Polish translation splits A Storm of Swords and A Feast for Crows into two books each. | |
| Brazilian Portuguese | 2010 | Leya | Jorge Candeias | A Guerra dos Tronos (War of Thrones), A Fúria dos Reis (Wrath of the Kings), A Tormenta de Espadas (Storm of Swords), O Festim dos Corvos (Feast for Crows) | The Brazillian Portuguesse editions were released after the HBO's series, all in one-volume books. Only the first three books are available | |
| European Portuguese | 2007 | Saída de Emergência | Jorge Candeias | A Guerra dos Tronos, A Muralha de Gelo, A Fúria dos Reis, O Despertar da Magia, A Tormenta de Espadas, A Glória dos Traidores, O Festim de Corvos, O Mar de Ferro, A Dança dos Dragões, Os Reinos do Caos | The European Portuguese translation splits the original books into halves. The European Portuguese Editions also gave the book new titles, as the first book being divided in "Game Of Thrones" and "The Ice Wall", the 2nd "A Clash of Kings" and "The Magic Awakening", the 3rd "A Storm Of Swords" and "The Betrayer's Glory", the 4th "A Feast for Crows" and "The Iron Sea", the 5th "A Dance of Dragons" and "The Kingdon of Chaos" | |
| Romanian | 2007 | Nemira | Silviu Genescu | Cantec de gheata si foc, Urzeala tronurilor, Inclestarea regilor, Iuresul sabilor, Festinul ciorilor | ||
| Russian | 1999 | AST | Yury Sokolov | 'Игра престолов, Битва королей, Буря мечей, Пир стервятников | Some editions split a book into 2 volumes, others do not. | |
| Serbian | 2003 | Лагуна | Никола Пајванчић | Игра престола, Судар краљева, Олуја мачева Део први: Челик и снег, Олуја мачева Део други: Крв и Злато, Гозба за вране Део први, Гозба за вране Део други | ||
| Simplified Chinese | 2005 | 谭光磊, 屈畅 | 重庆出版社 | 权力的游戏 (Game of Power); 列王的纷争 (Quarrel between Kings); 冰雨的风暴 (Storm of Hail and Rain); 群鸦的盛宴 (Feast for Crows); | The third book was split into three volumes, while the fourth into two. | |
| Slovene | 2007 | Mladinska Knjiga | Boštjan Gorenc | Igra prestolov, Spopad kraljev, Vihra mečev, Vranja gostija | ||
| Spanish | 2002 | Ediciones Gigamesh | Cristina Macía | Juego de tronos, Choque de reyes, Tormenta de espadas, Festín de cuervos | ||
| Swedish | 1997 | Forum bokförlag | Louise Thulin | I vargens tid (In the wolf's time) Kampen om järntronen (The fight for the Iron Throne) Kungarnas krig (War of the Kings) Svärdets makt (The Power Of the Sword) |
The original release split the first book in two. It was later released as one volume with the name Kampen om järntronen. Only the first three books of the series have been released. | |
| Turkish | 2005 | Arka Bahçe Yayıncılık | Nazım Akman | Buz ve Ateşin Şarkısı Taht Oyunları 1. Kitap, Buz ve Ateşin Şarkısı Taht Oyunları 2. Kitap | Turkish translation splits the original A Game Of Thrones into two books. | |
| Turkish | 2011 | Epsilon Yayınevi | Sibel Alaş | Buz ve Ateşin Şarkısı I: Taht Oyunları | New Turkish edition | |
| Turkish | 2011 | Epsilon Yayınevi | Sibel Alaş | Buz ve Ateşin Şarkısı II: Kralların Çarpışması, Kısım I&II | Turkish translation splits the original A Clash of Kings into two books. |
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