A Game of Thrones (Reissue): Book 1 (A Song of Ice and Fire): The bestselling classic epic fantasy series behind the award-winning HBO and Sky TV show and phenomenon GAME OF THRONES

Very solid book first fantasy of mine hehe

*Game of Thrones* by George R.R. Martin is a brilliant blend of intricate world-building and complex characters. The story is full of unexpected twists and suspense, with every chapter revealing more political intrigue and depth. The detailed settings, from the icy North to the vibrant cities, draw you in, making it an unforgettable read for any fantasy lover.

I heard about A Game of Thrones like many people that have recently read the book, from the HBO series. A bit of warning to new readers. The author pushes you right into the deep end from the start. People or places or events mentioned may not be brought back up or explained until later in the book. There are A LOT of characters and it is easy to get you houses and family members mixed up. With that being said if you can make through the first 100 pages you will be set for the rest of the book. This is a multi-layered story and each layer is extremely captivating. The characters each have their own personality...some you love, some you hate, some you pitty. There is magic interspersed throughout the story, but more like a background of something lurking in the shadows. It is realistic in the way that the author makes you relate, love and root for a character, yet doesn't spare the character any pain just because you love him/her. There is a place in the story called the wall, and there are those who take the 'black' (they are soldiers sworn to protect the realm) and we are given glimpses that there is something beyond that wall that is evil and terrifying and mercyless, yet we never fully know what. All the while the kingdom within that wall fights among itself a Game of Thrones, where some are so cruel that they would do anything. There are secrets that the author drives us to read more to find out more. Finally those twists. All I'll say is this. You haven't guessed them. Sure you're smart and too cool to be fooled, and you may have guessed a couple of them, but don't get cocky kid. You have no idea what's coming. Because it's not just great big twists, it's little developments along the way. The "shocking reveal" isn't just used for the endgame but rather keeps the story fresh and moving along through all of it's exciting escapades. My jaw literally dropped while reading this book, and I highly doubt I'm unique in that. Overall, not only is this a great book but it kicks off a fantastic series. That said though, I could see this one easily becoming most peoples favorite. Later works can get bogged down in details and side stories, therefore requiring a little slogging to get through. This first installment, however, is as tight as it is intricate. The pages fly by and you read on just to see what happens next to your favorite character. Game of Thrones as a single book ranks among the best fantasy works ever produced and could go toe to toe with any traditional novel out there for sheer entertainment.

Gameeee offfff thronessssss , loved it

I often searched here for book quality rather than a book review. I found this book in immaculate condition. And I'm loving reading it.

Book is in grate condition and I like it compare to price the book is not damaged from everywhere

Overall, I am satisfied with this purchase. The product is definitely worth the price point, especially if you are looking for a budget-friendly option. While the content is great, the physical quality of the book is just average—the paper feels a bit thin and the binding isn't particularly heavy-duty. It’s a solid, functional product for the price, but don't expect a premium "collector's edition" feel

Everyone knows the content of the book is awesome but the physical condition of the book was really good like it was binded properly, compact and with good quality pages .

Da dove cominciare. Questo è il primo libro di una serie decisamente lunga, soprattutto detto e considerato che ogni libro conta più o meno sulle 800 pagine. Tuttavia ciò non dovrebbe far desistere dall'intraprenderne la lettura, anche perchè è una delle più belle saghe degli ultimi tempi. Mi sono trattenuto dallo scrivere "saghe fantasy", tuttavia, perchè sarebbe una definizione inappropriata e riduttiva. In effetti, se mi chiedessero di cosa parla "A Game of Thrones", mi troverei in difficoltà nel rispondere. In linea di massima, è un gioco di potere. Un gioco di potere in cui, o meglio, attorno a cui, si intrecciano amori, tragedie, incesti, tradimenti, sottili giochi d'inganni ed epiche battaglie, vicende umane delle più varie e drammatiche. Insomma, un mondo in piena evoluzione, vivo e pulsante, in cui si dipana la vicenda. Un'altro dei grandi punti di forza di "A Game of Thrones" è la quasi totale assenza di cattivi assoluti o buoni assoluti. Anche se esistono dei rari estremi, ogni personaggio è disegnato in scala di grigi, e ognuno dipinto con una complessità affascinante. Per questo è impossibile un punto di vista univoco nell'interpretare questa vicenda, caratteristica che non fa che dare maggior valore al tutto. Prima, inoltre, accennavo al fatto che la classificazione di fantasy era riduttiva. A questo proposito la spiegazione è che, pur essendo ambientato in un mondo completamente inventato, si discosta dai canoni del fantasy classico perchè, a parte i draghi, non presenta le tipiche razze magiche/fantastiche dell'immaginario, e la magia è una componente limitatissima. Per concludere, alcune osservazioni finali. La versione kindle da me acquistata è davvero ben fatta, non ci sono errori di impaginazione o sbavature varie. Per quanto riguarda la lingua, infine, l'inglese di Martin non è eccessivamente complesso e con una discreta padronanza dell'inglese si comprende abbastanza facilmente tutto. In caso di difficoltà, comunque, c'è il dizionario integrato nel kindle che sopperisce alle mancanze del lettore. Inoltre, io personalmente ho preferito la versione inglese a quella italiana (ho la prima metà in italiano in cartaceo, ma poi ho acquistato il kindle e mi conveniva maggiormente questa versione completa in inglese, più economica rispetto alla seconda metà in italiano). Libro, e serie, consigliatissimi e promossi a pieni voti.

First of all, these books are a great read. They're well written with elegant articulation and beautiful descriptions. The plot is thought out and complex just like any good book should be, the characters have a lot of personality like any good character should have, and there's enough of a storyline to keep a very lengthy book interesting. I like that there are so many character POVs but nothing seems overdone at all. Each storyline and each character has their own separate life that the book portrays and they all have enough scattered chapters through the book that you never forget what's happening with a certain character. That being said... I have read books 1-5 and pretty much the only thing that has disappointed me - and greatly - is the injustice to the protagonistic family done by the antagonistic family. We'll call them family PRO and Family ANTI for protagonistic and antagonistic. The Anti-family has done atrocious - and I mean ATROCIOUS, not just running a dog over and urinating in your soup atrocious but I won't use specifics as to spoil anything - things to this family. These are devastating things that make me sympathize with the Pro-family, things that make me loathe the Anti-family and yearn for justice yet... it seems that the Pro-family just keeps suffering and the Anti-family continues to flourish gaining more power, wealth, and malice. The pro-family sees tragedy after tragedy for standing up to Anti-family. I keep waiting for the Pro-family to get at least a little bit of justice, just to make the books tolerable. Just a morsel, a smidgen of reprieve from this horrible life they've been condemned to but after five books they've had almost all their opportunities to get the right amount of injustice taken away from them. For them to get their much-deserved retribution they'd need to have A, B, C, D, E, F, and G killed, maimed, humiliated, overthrown, mauled, slaughtered, flayed, (enter your own ideas of the most horrific scenarios and enter some explicits and you might have an idea of what this family needs - and me too, to be satisfied) but with so many events chances of justice and ways that they deserve justice has been reduced to only options A and B. Seriously, I'm so disappointed at how the things I've been looking forward to reading in this book keep getting ripped out of the Pro-family's (and my own) hands. Other than that, though, this book moves fairly quickly, the plot furthers at a decent speed, there is just enough action and plot to keep it from being overdone or underdone. WARNING, SPOILER ALERT: I'd like to add, too, that my favorite part of the book is the Others and they've been only a minute part of this book. I watched the pilot of GoTs before I read the books and the very first five or so minutes when they showed the White Walkers hooked me and easily became my favorite part, and this has only been about two percent of the book. I'd love to read more on these things. Being that book six is supposedly the last one, and the really wicked things haven't even really made their debut I'm wondering if they'll get to do so in book six. They're like a threat that's been looming over human-kind unbeknownst to them, and no one believes they're going to be making their much-awaited appearance to the whole world. No one believes they'll be coming back. So, if I had the chance to beg anything of the fantastic author, it would be to give the family their much-deserved revenge and make the Others a huge part of book six. Please! Please!

Not the best book of the series, but the one that hooks your interest and is fascinating from beginning to end. A hugely successful, mammoth, enterprise to write this enormous series and reading them all is a delight for those even slightly interested in medieval history. Sure, this is all fiction, but much of it (the description of the knights,the ultimate power of heraldic kings, the jousting tournaments , the ships, the cottage industries etc are all based closely on historical facts. That is what makes the whole series so popular. It is believable. The use of magic and dragons in the story is the glue that brings it all together for a reader. This sets it apart from being just a a longwinded history lesson. You will love it. Read them all to get the best from a masterpiece of writing.

Siempre leer la fuente original de una historia contada a través de la pantalla es mucho más interesante por la gran cantidad de detalles que separa a una de la otra, el libro es muy bueno y lo recomiendo, tanto si has visto la serie como si no.

Came in perfect condition