A Game of Thrones - SFBA Book Club

Paperback, 704 pages

English language

Published Jan. 5, 1998 by Voyager.

ISBN:: 978-0-00-647988-8
OCLC Number:: 43088537

(6 reviews)

As Warden of the North, Lord Eddard Stark counts it a curse when King Robert bestows on him the office of the Hand. His honour weighs him down at court where a true man does what he will, not what he must … and a dead enemy is a thing of beauty.

The old gods have no power in the south, Stark's family is split and there is treachery at court. Worse, the vengeance-mad heir of the deposed Dragon King has grown to maturity in exile in the Free Cities. He claims the Iron Throne.

Source: back cover

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rift@bookwyrm.social reviewed A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)

Review of 'A Game of Thrones' on 'Storygraph'

4 stars

I really wish I read this book before watching Game of Thrones. Remembering the events of the first season meant having to fight my feelings of dread and force myself to keep reading every time I came across an 'Eddard' chapter. I have to applaud GoT creators for staying so close to the book, though reading it added a lot of depth to many characters and relationships and made me re-evaluate my opinion of them.

Overall, a worthwhile read and very hard to put down. Will be continuing on with the series shortly!