The World of Ice & Fire: The Untold History of Westeros and the Game of Thrones
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- Author：George R.R. Martin
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Summary
If the past is prologue， then George R。 R。 Martin’s masterwork—the most inventive and entertaining fantasy saga of our time—warrants one hell of an introduction。 At long last， it has arrived with The World of Ice and Fire。
This lavishly illustrated volume is a comprehensive history of the Seven Kingdoms， providing vividly constructed accounts of the epic battles， bitter rivalries， and daring rebellions that lead to the events of A Song of Ice and Fire and HBO’s Game of Thrones。 In a collaboration that’s been years in the making， Martin has teamed with Elio M。 García， Jr。， and Linda Antonsson， the founders of the renowned fan site Westeros。org—perhaps the only people who know this world almost as well as its visionary creator。
Collected here is all the accumulated knowledge， scholarly speculation， and inherited folk tales of maesters and septons， maegi and singers。 It is a chronicle which stretches from the Dawn Age to the Age of Heroes; from the Coming of the First Men to the arrival of Aegon the Conqueror; from Aegon’s establishment of the Iron Throne to Robert’s Rebellion and the fall of the Mad King， Aerys II Targaryen， which has set into motion the “present-day” struggles of the Starks， Lannisters， Baratheons， and Targaryens。 The definitive companion piece to George R。 R。 Martin’s dazzlingly conceived universe， The World of Ice and Fire is indeed proof that the pen is mightier than a storm of swords。
This lavishly illustrated volume is a comprehensive history of the Seven Kingdoms， providing vividly constructed accounts of the epic battles， bitter rivalries， and daring rebellions that lead to the events of A Song of Ice and Fire and HBO’s Game of Thrones。 In a collaboration that’s been years in the making， Martin has teamed with Elio M。 García， Jr。， and Linda Antonsson， the founders of the renowned fan site Westeros。org—perhaps the only people who know this world almost as well as its visionary creator。
Collected here is all the accumulated knowledge， scholarly speculation， and inherited folk tales of maesters and septons， maegi and singers。 It is a chronicle which stretches from the Dawn Age to the Age of Heroes; from the Coming of the First Men to the arrival of Aegon the Conqueror; from Aegon’s establishment of the Iron Throne to Robert’s Rebellion and the fall of the Mad King， Aerys II Targaryen， which has set into motion the “present-day” struggles of the Starks， Lannisters， Baratheons， and Targaryens。 The definitive companion piece to George R。 R。 Martin’s dazzlingly conceived universe， The World of Ice and Fire is indeed proof that the pen is mightier than a storm of swords。
Reviews
Fabia
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What can I say？ I love everything about the SOIAF-universe even if it's not an actual story with a narrative。 I hope in future books we will get to explore more of the fascinating places described in this one！ What can I say？ I love everything about the SOIAF-universe even if it's not an actual story with a narrative。 I hope in future books we will get to explore more of the fascinating places described in this one！ 。。。more
Juliet
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excellent
Langosta Literaria
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Si quieres vivir en el mundo de Canción de hielo y fuego， este es el libro ideal。 Con ilustraciones maravillosas e historias misteriosas y fantásticas。
Mitchell Wilson
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it is what it is
Dharma Tilley
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This book kept my interest through the Targaryen dynasty and during the portion about the Westerlands， but other than that I was bored the rest of the time。
Trifles Minutiae
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No star rating because this isn't a standard book， but I did enjoy the expansive overview of the world of Ice and Fire and the fake histories and cultural details contained therein！ Very fun worldbuilding， inspiring at some turns。 No star rating because this isn't a standard book， but I did enjoy the expansive overview of the world of Ice and Fire and the fake histories and cultural details contained therein！ Very fun worldbuilding， inspiring at some turns。 。。。more
Melanie
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I particularly enjoyed the first half of the book and found it really interesting。 There is definitely a lot of history in the world of Westeros。
Gonzalo Milano
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Quizás es una opinión poco popular， pero creo que la década que se tomo George para no escribir Vientos de Invierno fue una de las mejores decisiones para su mundo。 Dio la oportunidad para generar una tierra igual de viva que el nuestra。 Y ya se。。。 es una frase armada， todos dicen que los mundos de las ficciones están vivos y bla bla。 Pero acá es cierto， la historia cobra vida con acontecimientos， uno mas creativo que el otro， personajes tan distintos e idiosincráticos como son posible para Mart Quizás es una opinión poco popular， pero creo que la década que se tomo George para no escribir Vientos de Invierno fue una de las mejores decisiones para su mundo。 Dio la oportunidad para generar una tierra igual de viva que el nuestra。 Y ya se。。。 es una frase armada， todos dicen que los mundos de las ficciones están vivos y bla bla。 Pero acá es cierto， la historia cobra vida con acontecimientos， uno mas creativo que el otro， personajes tan distintos e idiosincráticos como son posible para Martin y tantas familias que con este libro no le alcanza。Nunca había tenido tan fascinado un mundo como este， y lo loco es que en muchos aspectos no me parece ni el mas maravilloso， el mas mágico o el mas encantador。 Pero hay algo en la practicidad de su escritura， en la forma con la que describe detalles entre puntos de vista históricos poco confiables， el significado de los nombres， la información deliberadamente equivocada y los errores humanos tan característicos de sus obras。 Hacen que uno entre a repasar los párrafos en busca de la verdad， pero sin querer encontrarla， buscando teorizar。 Quiero volverme loco pensando sobre un evento que nunca sucedió， adentrarme profundamente en los rumores y las visiones sesgada de los que protagonizaron。Es tan mágico el poder sentirse familiarizado con el mundo de hielo y fuego como no lo puedo hacer de mi propio pais。 Voy a seguir leyendo estos libros hasta ser merecedor del eslabón que me califique como experto en estas increíbles tierras。 。。。more
Chase
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 he Dawn Age - CotF and giants live in Westeros。 The First Men came sometimes 8，000 - 12，000 years ago across the arm of Dorne。 Warred with the CotF and giants and the Arm of Dorne is broken into the stepstones。 The Age of Heroes。 The Long Night。 The Rise of Valyria。 Valyria's children - the free cities。 The arrival of the Andals。 Ten Thousand ships （Nymeria）。 The Doom。 Aegon's Conquest。 Aegon I --> Aenys I --> Maegor I --> Jaehaerys I --> Viserys I --> Aegon II --> Aegon III --> Daeron I --> Bae he Dawn Age - CotF and giants live in Westeros。 The First Men came sometimes 8，000 - 12，000 years ago across the arm of Dorne。 Warred with the CotF and giants and the Arm of Dorne is broken into the stepstones。 The Age of Heroes。 The Long Night。 The Rise of Valyria。 Valyria's children - the free cities。 The arrival of the Andals。 Ten Thousand ships （Nymeria）。 The Doom。 Aegon's Conquest。 Aegon I --> Aenys I --> Maegor I --> Jaehaerys I --> Viserys I --> Aegon II --> Aegon III --> Daeron I --> Baelor I --> Viserys II --> Aegon IV （the Unworthy） --> Daeron II --> Aerys I --> Maekar I --> Aegon V --> Jaehaerys II --> Aerys II。 The Fall of the Dragons。 Robert's Rebellion。 The Seven Kingdoms。 THE NORTH: Kings of Winter， Mountain Clains， Skagos， Crannogmen， Lords of Winterfell， The Wall， Wildings & the Night's Watch。 THE RIVERLANDS: House Tully， Riverrun。 THE VALE: House Arryn， The Eyrie。 The IRON ISLAND: Driftwood Crown， the Iron Kings， the Black Blood， the Greyjoys， the Red Kraken， The Old Way and the New， Pyke。 THE WESTERLANDS: House Lannister， Casterly Rock。 THE REACH: Garth Greenhand， The Gardener Kings， Andals in the Reach， Oldtown， House Tyrell， Highgarden。 THE STORMLAND: The Coming of the First Men， House Durrandon， Andals， House Baratheon， Storm's End。 DORNE: The Breaking of the Arm， the Kingdoms of the First Men， The Andals arrive， The coming of the Rhoynar， Customs of Dorne， Dorne aganist the Dragons， Sunspear。 THE FREE CITIES: LORATH， NORVOS， QOHOR， MYR， LYS， TYROSH， PENTOS， VOLANTIS， BRAAVOS。 The Summer Isles， Naath， The Basilisk Isles， Sothoryos， The Grasslands， The Shivering Sea， Ib， East of Ib， The Bones， Yi Ti， The Plains of the Jogos Nhai， Leng， Asshai-by-the-Shadow。 。。。more
Gemma Martín
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Este libro es un imprescindible si quieres saber más de Canción de Hilo y Fuego y de todo lo que rodea al pasado， tremendamente influyente， de la historia。
Nadia
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Again， written by a maester， so there's a lot of "no one can truly know"。 Still， I'm at awe by the history Martin created， stretching to tens of thousands of years up till beloved Jofffrey's death。 It'd be great though to have delved deeper into the children of the forest etc。 So much material， I'm sure our grandkids will be watching new spinoffs of。 Wonderful illustrations too。 E-book （isnb 978-0-345-53555-9） was 585 pages btw。 Again， written by a maester， so there's a lot of "no one can truly know"。 Still， I'm at awe by the history Martin created， stretching to tens of thousands of years up till beloved Jofffrey's death。 It'd be great though to have delved deeper into the children of the forest etc。 So much material， I'm sure our grandkids will be watching new spinoffs of。 Wonderful illustrations too。 E-book （isnb 978-0-345-53555-9） was 585 pages btw。 。。。more
Marina Alejandra Cruz Valenciano
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Es un libro resumen de Sangre y Fuego， muy útil antes y durante la lectura de la Saga de libros de Juego de Tronos
Ce Caputo
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HERMOSO LIBRO， MAGNIFICAS ILUSTRACIONES， UNA BELLEZA
Guilherme Menrraz
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A artes são incríveis， o livro todo é bem visual。 As histórias contadas são uma expansão do que já vimos nos livros， porém， enquanto a leitura continua para o final， a sensação de está lendo uma wikipedia aumenta。 É distante， os personagens são ficando vagos e imprecisos （por questões de world building）。 Se você ama esse mundo， compre， mas uma pesquisa na internet vai fazer o mesmo trabalho ou ao menos parecido。
N
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A fantastic coffee table book。
Geo Flores
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There is no reason to read this unless you are a superfan of the Song of Ice and Fire series - in which case， you have probably already bought the book。 I don't regret buying it， and I still thumb through it now and then when I want to feel cool thumbing through a book for bits of lore rather than going to a wiki of ice and fire， but ultimately， anybody who is wondering whether or not they should buy it probably shouldn't。 There is no reason to read this unless you are a superfan of the Song of Ice and Fire series - in which case， you have probably already bought the book。 I don't regret buying it， and I still thumb through it now and then when I want to feel cool thumbing through a book for bits of lore rather than going to a wiki of ice and fire， but ultimately， anybody who is wondering whether or not they should buy it probably shouldn't。 。。。more
Vera
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If the World of Ice and Fire would exist for real， this would be a non-fiction book。 Though it is called Westeros， a substantial part of the book is dedicated to an extensive history of the Targaryen dynasty and another substantial part to a description of Essos and its lands and tribes。 Getting through this book was a bit tedious at times。 All in all it delivers quite interesting background information for fans of Martin's Ice and Fire series， but the writing style was repetitive - Martin has c If the World of Ice and Fire would exist for real， this would be a non-fiction book。 Though it is called Westeros， a substantial part of the book is dedicated to an extensive history of the Targaryen dynasty and another substantial part to a description of Essos and its lands and tribes。 Getting through this book was a bit tedious at times。 All in all it delivers quite interesting background information for fans of Martin's Ice and Fire series， but the writing style was repetitive - Martin has created SO many lands， families， tribes and cultures that it is hardly possible to describe them in 300 pages。 The result is that summing up of the most important facts makes way for stories and anecdotes， and so it was not a very exiting read。 I missed a history of the cities in the Slaver's Bay （Meereen， Astapor， Yunkai）， and wonder if that was left out because the novels describe that area extensively。 Also I'd loved to have an eloborate world map accompanying the book。 When Martin describes the lands of Westeros， each chapter starts with a map of that area， but for Essos we only get the contours of the continent。The layout and the illustrations are marvellous though。 。。。more
James R
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Filled in so much of the background of the world of GoT。 Very interesting in parts， although very， very detailed （per it's style and the intention of the authors） in parts。 Filled in so much of the background of the world of GoT。 Very interesting in parts， although very， very detailed （per it's style and the intention of the authors） in parts。 。。。more
Sarrah
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bored in some bits but the whole point was only that， filled with facts from the past。 good intro into the books
Katrina Hansen Hernandez
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This read like a well-written history text book。 While I wish it had maps for the areas outside of Westeros， I would list that as a small and only lacking element。
em
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Beautiful illustrations and fascinating details that make the Ice & Fire books so much more immersive and adds interesting context to the novels。 I often forgot I was reading about a fictional world with how fully Martin outlines the histories of these realms！
Gabika Szentandrasiova
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Krásne ilustrovaná。
Jonathan Sc
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Una muy buena fuente de información para cualquier fan de la saga de Canción de Hielo y Fuego， este era el ultimo libro de la saga que me faltaba por leer y termino siendo una lectura bastante refrescante sobre este universo en general， ya que en esta narración sobre la historia del mundo que rodean los siete reino， se llegan a encontrar datos que no se habían tocado en otros medios， lo cual se agradece。 Mi único problema es que hay cosas que a mi me hubiera gustado ver mas en las ilustraciones， Una muy buena fuente de información para cualquier fan de la saga de Canción de Hielo y Fuego， este era el ultimo libro de la saga que me faltaba por leer y termino siendo una lectura bastante refrescante sobre este universo en general， ya que en esta narración sobre la historia del mundo que rodean los siete reino， se llegan a encontrar datos que no se habían tocado en otros medios， lo cual se agradece。 Mi único problema es que hay cosas que a mi me hubiera gustado ver mas en las ilustraciones， cada una de estas es increíble y realmente te sirven como soporte en esta extensa lectura， pero a mi parecer había cosas mucho mas interesante para mostrar en estos artes。Puede llegar a ser bastante tedioso de terminar。 。。。more
L。D。 Valencia
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If you are in an obsessive stage with ASOIAF， then you may really enjoy this one。 If not， this will probably be like a boring text book。 This one covers everything from religion to wars， history to geography of the lands。 It even explores， somewhat slightly， the other areas only briefly mentioned in the books。
Isaac Tovarez
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Martin's weakest installment alongside Fire & Blood。 Martin's weakest installment alongside Fire & Blood。 。。。more
George Dobson
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If I hear the name 'Aegon' one more time I'm gonna loose my shit If I hear the name 'Aegon' one more time I'm gonna loose my shit 。。。more
Nate
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I'm a sucker for reference books， so one set in a world as rich as that in A Song of Ice and Fire was clearly going to be right up my alley。 This book， written from the perspective of a Maester of the Citadel in service of King Tommen， just expands the world that George R。R。 Martin intricately weaved in his books。 I've always struggled a bit through the Targaryen history because of how similar the names are and the incestuous offshoots， but this book broke it down in consumable chunks that I wil I'm a sucker for reference books， so one set in a world as rich as that in A Song of Ice and Fire was clearly going to be right up my alley。 This book， written from the perspective of a Maester of the Citadel in service of King Tommen， just expands the world that George R。R。 Martin intricately weaved in his books。 I've always struggled a bit through the Targaryen history because of how similar the names are and the incestuous offshoots， but this book broke it down in consumable chunks that I will probably reference many times in the future。The art in this book is also amazing so I recommend reading in a full color format。 There are a bunch of artists to give credit to but they all brought life to the people and locations that make this one of the richest worlds in literature。Pick this up if you plan to watch the Game of Thrones spinoffs and want to make a rich world even richer。 Also use it as a reference as you revisit this world （hopefully in the form of new books。。。 we believe in you George！） again and again。 。。。more
Karen Ortaga
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Very interesting！ It certainly helped me in my reading of the first book which I got very confused about！
Hannah Kass
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I like how the in world biases of the text’s writer were incorporated into the text， especially if you’re reading the series one can tell where the biases are most apparent。
Sarah
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