内容简介
Here is the first volume in George R. R. Martin’s magnificent cycle of novels that includes A Clash of Kings and A Storm of Swords. As a whole, this series comprises a genuine masterpiece of modern fantasy, bringing together the best the genre has to offer. Magic, mystery, intrigue, romance, and adventure fill these pages and transport us to a world unlike any we have ever experienced. Already hailed as a classic, George R. R. Martin’s stunning series is destined to stand as one of the great achievements of imaginative fiction.
A Game of Thrones
Long ago, in a time forgotten, a preternatural event threw the seasons out of balance. In a land where summers can last decades and winters a lifetime, trouble is brewing. The cold is returning, and in the frozen wastes to the north of Winterfell, sinister and supernatural forces are massing beyond the kingdom’s protective Wall. At the center of the conflict lie the Starks of Winterfell, a family as harsh and unyielding as the land they were born to. Sweeping from a land of brutal cold to a distant summertime kingdom of epicurean plenty, here is a tale of lords and ladies, soldiers and sorcerers, assassins and bastards, who come together in a time of grim omens.
Here an enigmatic band of warriors bear swords of no human metal; a tribe of fierce wildlings carry men off into madness; a cruel young dragon prince barters his sister to win back his throne; and a determined woman undertakes the most treacherous of journeys. Amid plots and counterplots, tragedy and betrayal, victory and terror, the fate of the Starks, their allies, and their enemies hangs perilously in the balance, as each endeavors to win that deadliest of conflicts: the game of thrones.
作者简介
乔治·马丁（George R．R．Martin，1948～）1971年在《银河》杂志发表处女作，之后迅速走红，自1974年赢得第一座“雨果奖”奖杯以来，迄今已捧回四座“雨果奖”、两座“星云奖”、一座“世界奇幻文学奖”，以及十一座“轨迹奖”奖杯。
美国科幻与奇幻的界线并非泾渭分明，因而产生了很多可以在科幻与奇幻两界自由穿行的两栖作家，乔治·马丁便是其中出类拔萃的一位。他的早期作品以科幻小说为主，中短篇居多，且频频获奖；现在的作品则以奇幻为主，多为鸿篇巨制。其中，《权力的游戏》(A Garne of Thrones，1976)取得了出人意料的成功，获“雨果奖”提名，被称为是一部将技巧、艺术性和老套故事有机结合的惊人之作。
有人说马丁很像罗伯特·西尔弗伯格，两人都既是作家，又是编辑家，都有能力将笔锋指向任何题材，但是有一点很清楚。即马丁远远没有西尔弗伯格多产。这并不是写作速度的原因，而是几乎整个二十世纪八十年代，马丁的精力都放在了电视剧本的创作上（最成功的当属著名的科幻电视系列剧《模糊地带》），当然，这也使红极一时的他挣到了很多钱。
《沙王》是马丁1979年的力作。它通过将科幻与恐怖两大元素的结合，成功地营造了怵目惊心的惊悚气氛，一举囊括了当年“雨果奖”和“星云奖”两大奖项的“最佳中篇小说奖”。
A Game of Thrones是1997年由BantamBooks出版,作者[美]乔治·R·R·马丁。
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