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The World of Ice & Fire

George R. R. Martin, Linda Antonsson

  • 331 pages · about 6 hours
  • First published 2014
  • 7 editions
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1 About this book

The World of Ice & Fire: The Untold History of Westeros and the Game of Thrones is a companion book for George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire fantasy series. Written by Martin, Elio M. García Jr. and Linda Antonsson, it was published by Bantam on October 28, 2014.

The 326-page volume is a fully illustrated "history compendium" of Martin's fictional world, written from the perspective of an in-world "Maester" and featuring newly written material, family trees, and extensive maps and artwork.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Good for readers who want: fantasy, magic, and dragons.

  • Fantasy
  • Magic
  • Epic Fantasy
  • Dragons
  • Winter
  • Epic literature
  • Epic fiction
  • Good and evil

2 About George R. R. Martin

Born 1948

George Raymond Richard Martin (born George Raymond Martin, September 20, 1948), also known by the initials GRRM, is an American author, screenwriter, and television producer. Martin is best known as the author of the epic fantasy novel series A Song of Ice and Fire, which was adapted by HBO into the Primetime Emmy Award–winning television series Game of Thrones (2011–2019) and its prequel series House of the Dragon (2022–present).

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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