A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin

A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin Book Summary

BOOK SCORE
4.5
TOTAL RATINGS
1,783
BOOK PRICE
$8.99

Available only on Apple Books, this enhanced edition is an amazing way to explore the rich world of George R. R. Martin’s series. Stay on top of the epic story lines with annotations, glossaries, and family trees. Follow each main character’s journey with interactive maps. Explore the symbolism of every house’s sigil. In addition to hundreds of enhancements, you’ll find an excerpt of The Winds of Winter, the hugely anticipated sixth book in Martin’s series.

With A Game of Thrones, George R. R. Martin launched a genuine masterpiece, bringing together the best the genre has to offer. Mystery, intrigue, romance, and adventure fill the pages of this magnificent saga, the first volume in an epic series.

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 forces are massing beyond the kingdom's protective Wall. To the south, the king's powers are failing—his most trusted adviser dead under mysterious circumstances and his enemies emerging from the shadows of the throne. At the center of the conflict lie the Starks of Winterfell, a family as harsh and unyielding as the frozen land they were born to. Now Lord Eddard Stark is reluctantly summoned to serve as the king's new Hand, an appointment that threatens to sunder not only his family but the kingdom itself.

Sweeping from a harsh land of cold to a summertime kingdom of epicurean plenty, A Game of Thrones tells 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; a child is lost in the twilight between life and death; and a determined woman undertakes a treacherous journey to protect all she holds dear. Amid plots and counter-plots, tragedy and betrayal, victory and terror, allies and enemies, the fate of the Starks hangs perilously in the balance, as each side endeavors to win that deadliest of conflicts: the game of thrones.

A Game of Thrones Book Details

Book Name A Game of Thrones
Genre Epic
Author George R.R. Martin
Published 28 September 2016, Wednesday
Price $8.99
E-Book Size 752.29 MB

A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin Book Reviews

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Bar0n 0f Hell

Love these Enhanced Editions. First of all, the book is fantastic. If you’re a fan fantasy novels, the show, or really good books in general, you really should read this series at some point in your life. They’re what I would say is more low fantasy, being a bit more grounded in reality, with just the right amount of magic (for lack of a better term) and mystery to really make the world special. Also, as good as the show was pre-season 7, these are so much better. The ASOIAF books are the real deal, and A Game of Thrones is a great beginning to that series. As for the Enhanced Editions, they’ve basically ruined me for physical copies. I own the paperbacks and audiobooks, I’ve read each one twice, but these editions are my favorite and are the ones I’ll always be returning to. My favorite feature is the crown icons you can touch that bring pop-ups that feature all kinds of really interesting trivia and other kinds of neat information regarding a topic you just read about. I also really appreciate the maps at the start of every chapter showing not only the location of that character but also the path that they might have recently traveled. Having a short, optional “When we were last with...” at the beginning of each chapter is a fantastic addition as well. There are a number of other features I could go on about but honestly I would just say if you’re interested in the series, just go for this EE first (it’s especially useful for first time readers), and if you’re looking to reread the series after a number of years, I’d still recommend these above other additions.

Mburesh30

A Perfect Book, The Definitive Edition. Great story, great new format ebook. Martin’s first book is a little different from the later books (AFFC/ADWD) in Ice and Fire. Despite the page count, this book is a fairly quick read and a great story. The story moves quicker, and it’s the plot that carries this book. The later books slow down the plot, but add atmosphere and characters, allowing mood to carry those books towards more thematic, almost philosophical writing. Some will enjoy books 4&5 more for their complexity and feeling of melancholy, but A Game of Thrones is the “simplest” story in this series. It begins with a few chapters serving as the introduction to the characters. Then the plot begins with the initial conflict. A traditional three act story follows, culminating in an ending that sets ups the next entry in the series. Also this new enhanced ebook format is the perfect format for a new reader. It has lots of information via an appendix, a glossary, and maps. It explains the characters and the world and has lots of visuals. Even the occasional audio clip from the audio book.

Ahmed Zeki

Pages no. ?!. Why there is only 312 pages while in the original copy there are 694 pages??!!

Darknght7

No good. Cannot view content. Did i just waste my money?

Mike_a_trivisonno

Won't Download. I can't download this book. Sad. It looks like it is downloading but when it finishes, the cloud icon returns.

Davemanhall

Awesome. Great book.

HarperKnits

Love the Novel but enhancements?. I've found I've stopped clicking the links because so many of them just provide the same information you just read and therefore disrupt my reading flow for no purpose. I understand wanting to cross-reference everything but if someone is only mentioned once do we really need a link on the page where they are mentioned? And I don't find the illustrations great - a character's apppearance will be described in the text and then you see an illustration that doesn't follow the description. And I'm not interested in editorial comments about "anachronisms" that aren't really anachronisms - it's fantasy for goodness sake, I expect fantasy to have an internal logic not follow the when what where of actual medieval times. Sometimes I find the links helpful but over all I haven't found they enhance my reading experience. I won't be purchasing the other enhanced volumes. I hate giving this three stars because I love the novel itself but the enhanced edition doesn't deserve more.

Paul616

Amazing. I love this book when I first read it and now with all these nice little updates it’s even better.

PRCJ Itunes

Taking forever to download!. I started to download this before a flight to Ireland. After waiting an hour on a fast LTE network with full bars I had to get on my flight. After arriving in Ireland and another hour on a very fast network (no problem doing other stuff, vids, pics etc) I'm still waiting and it's only half way there. Come on people, sort your server out, this is pathetic, especially for such a popular book. I'll update my review for the book if ever finally downloads. I'm very disappointed, I was really looking forward to a good read on a long flight :(

Bohiha

Incredible. Breathtakingly exciting and colorful

Nikoalcii

Just a question. Why is the original book roughly 500 pages longer than this book is marked at? Was there that much content taken out in this version or what ?

Jnspero9

Awesome. If you’re here you already know. The standard in contemporary fantasy fiction.

Alijahangoshay

very best apps 👌👌. #books

Roryg25

Great edition of the story with an annoying bug. I have bought all 5 books of this enhanced edition and I have to say the extra content is truly amazing. I cannot say enough how much I have been enjoying rereading the books along with the interesting tidbits of trivia. The maps look great too and the information in the appendix is presented in way more accessible way than in the actual books. I would rate 5 stars, if not for the annoying bug that makes the chapter titles have a white background even when the night view is turned on (using iBooks in my iPad 5th gen and iPhone 6s with iOS 11). The same problem is present in books 4 and 5, but oddly it is fixed for books 2 and 3. Could you please fix this for the rest of the books? It is making an otherwise excellent edition look a bit sloppy.

TheRayBen

Cool experience with strange errors.. The maps, images, and author’s notes are very nice. Unfortunately, I’ve already noticed several typos and weird text errors that hurt the flow of the story. I own a couple physical copies of the book that I’ve used to verify that these are, in fact, errors.

Mlasshesohno

Great book format. Love the e-formatting of this book—which is a knockout in and of itself.

Lind. L Tailor

Beware of Issues. Of course I rate the book itself a 5/5, as game of thrones is truly an entirely different world that obviously took years to build, but this I book version, while plentiful in features, has issues. The main issue I run into is a split in the pages. I'll turn a page and suddenly there's a gap in the middle, with half a page on the left and half on the right. This happens far more frequently than it should, and the only way to solve it is to quit out of the book and reopen it. This glitch is the main problem, but like I said, it happens almost every time I have a reading session. Other than the glitch, the index is great, the fun facts are interesting, and the pictures are gorgeous. Beware the bug, however.

Unicorn 13 heart

Terrible. I wasted my$🤑

AC3x0FxSPADES

No Discount for Owners of the Original Series. Martin has a lot of nerve to rerelease these titles and offer no discount to people who own the original ibook versions. Finish your series before milking us for more money bud.

Ali7474

Best book. #best book

Shananatwo

Great book but problematic edition. The story itself is fantastic and I'm reading through it for the second time. However, the enhanced edition keeps losing my place each time I exit the app, placing me at one specific location each time and never giving an option to return to my true location.

Beetsdindin

Really, Wow!. Bought the books for real, but the special editions of these things are really fun!

Cloud01person

Best fantasy in the best cover. Enjoy your experience from first line to the end of series.. I love to read George Martin! His books so interesting and so well written, that during reading your imagination creates a pictures. Imagine that’s now you have great illustrators who actually create interactive images in the book! Your reading experience will not be comparable to way you read before! For people, especially us, who likes fantasies, it is amazing experience. Thank you for wrap a Great story written by George Martin into this interactive book, it is a best way to present it.

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TDiddy1989

Won't download. I'd really like my money back

Heeraaa

Made a beloved book even better. I love these enhanced editions so much! I love the ASOIAF series and when I saw the enhanced editions I HAD to have them. I love the art, the notes and explanations, maps and everything. It might take longer to read if you pause to look at everything, but it's such an amazing experience that I think is worth the effort, even if you have read the series before.

Jxbrey

Masterpiece. You truly can’t put this series down and feel like you personally know each character. The way GRRM brings his characters to life, the detail in which he describes each place, situation and person truly immerses you into the world he’s created. The history he’s created for his fantasy world rivals Tolkien and Middle Earth.

BooksG01

Excelently written and great presentation. This is an Excelently written story by George Martin and a great presentation this story using book with enchanting content. Thanks!

Robster_66

Amazingly amazing. Nuff said

Amadus

Will not download.. This is a part of my library, yet when I attempt to download via the iBooks app ‘cloud’ icon... I’m presented a dialog box “this item will available in your library when book has finished downloading” and proceeds to absolutely nothing. Nothing like stating the obvious... if I can’t download it how am I supposed to read it?

ابو نوح خليل

Unable to download book. I can’t download the book to read though I’ve purchased it.

Egg$

Better than the show👌. If you like the show, you will love the book. The interactive content adds an entirely new element to GOTs 🔥🔥🔥

Momo13😎

Amazing But.... I love this book but I can't figure out how to look at things like the house lineage.

FLeeMD

Fail. How can I trust the book t

Minkoz chang

My first reeding. Epic story. Really attractive.

Alright

Great. I love this version of the book. The maps and detailed information you get from clicking links within the book are informative and will help a first time reader grasp all the different characters.

Xcarolynx

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Brian D.

Please update to fix the glitches. First of all, the book itself is amazing! However, the enhanced version of this series is plagued with glitches. Images and maps are missing and replaced with question marks in their place. The book has not been updated since it was released over six years ago, and could use a quality of life update in the worst way.

Bookreader2018

Great Book. Well written.

Dephawk

Bought it. And it won't allow me to read. Unable to open. Wth

Talonsym

Won't download. Disappointed because I have been trying to download for a week, but it just shows the circular download in progress icon, with no progress. Phone is up to date and iBooks is latest version. Please fix this book, as I have wasted my money.

Luvslily2

A bit slow in areas. A few slow areas but very great foundation for each character.

RN I kinda hate U all

FIX THE FULLSCREEN MODE PLEASE.. Full screen mode doesn’t work properly. Annoying Wi-Fi icons, time and battery status of iPhone won’t ever disappear and your whole reading experience is therefore very very poor. FIX IT.

Wessmith88

Will not download. I purchased the book last night and it still isn’t downloaded.

Fallin2high

Barely enhanced, and no art....very disappointed. With all the amazing fan art, this really could have been an opportunity to not only create a richly illustrated and interactive version of the story. Overpriced and underwhelmed.

Kerowyn11

It's Really 760 Pages. For those confused, the download is actually 760 pages. The details listed in description are incorrect. Also for those complaining about the long download times, this is 700+ mb in size which is much larger than your typical book. This should give you a sense of all the additional content they added.

OmarElRayyes

Excellent book, but extremely buggy version. It’s unacceptable that they haven’t bothered with updating the terrible graphical bugs that force you to delete and redownload the book every single day.

Daniel6150

A Game Of Thrones Enhanced Edition. I love the enhanced edition of these books I already own all the current books so far in this series in many different formats I have them in hardcover as well as audiobook on audible & ive gotta say that the enhanced edition is by far the coolest version & my favorite. All the special things you can do with the enhanced edition is what sets this version apart from all the rest. I would say that for only $8 it’s worth buying it even if you already own it in another format. I see that other people have reviewed it but nobody has actually wrote a review yet. If your still wondering if you should buy it then my suggestion would be to try out the free preview it gives you 80 pages of free reading so try that & then make your decision but I totally think it’s worth it especially if your a huge fan of game of thrones.

DrFahad88

👍🏼. I love this enhanced edition way more than physical copies for the series.

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ConnorYM

The Original Story!. It’s fantastic to read this and see how closely the TV show followed the book. I could perhaps count on one hand the number of major omissions or changes - it appeared to be that faithful to the text. Martin’s prose is measured and bracing, and uses the best of the English language, which often is also the simplest. Whatever you may think of the characters he writes, love them or despise them, you will come to respect each of them for the complexity granted them by this skilful author.

Tinmetal

Fabulous. I read the sample...it is interesting.

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My book won't download. My book won't download

Febriew

Superb edition. A superb edition that makes it easier to follow the story The illustrations are gorgeous Will buy the complete enhanced edition when all are released

Mostafa Hajizadeh

Amazing, but why full justified text?. This is an amazing book, rethinking what digital books can be, instead of just emulating paper experience. And the book itself is excellent. Buy why is the text forced fully justified? iBooks has an option for this, and this book should have respected that. That’s a big disappointment, specially on iPhone.

Jkdubb

Page Views Locked. When I first baught this book I could minimize the window and read in single page mode. Now I cannot. This is very frustrating.

Popsartoo

beautiful <3. i'm excited to re-read this series now :)

Misakiandou

Wow. Really awesome interactive book can help those reading understand and follow the story much better and closer than ever before. Especially for the world of game of thrones. Would make a great gift for anyone who is a fan of the show but might not have read the books yet.

JonWVU

Definitely worth it for a re-read.. First and foremost, the Enhanced version is a really great introduction to new readers of the series. The clickable links really help to keep things in check. As any book reader knows, these can be sprawling and it sometimes takes a bit to put together the plot lines and houses. However, the artwork and enhanced stuff is making this for a great re-read as well. Having read through all the books before, I've been meaning to start the series again. What better way than go through it with these Enhanced versions? About mid way through so far and I can't say enough good things about the work that they've done. I actually just pre-ordered the rest of the Enhanced versions as well.

DiamondCrystle

AWSOME. I loved it can't wait to read more

A'toool

Finally Downloaded. It took three tries and about 3 hours to finally download. 5* rating to the book itself. Writing is great, interactive features really help explain the story with better clarity. I started reading this book a couple years ago and quit because it was confusing so this enhanced edition is exactly what I was looking for. 1* for the download function though. That is beyond ridiculous for an ebook to take that long to download. I was on fast wifi with full bars.

Mtweb1973

Disappointing, buggy. Chapter titles, inline links are broken half the time, not sure why - is it online content??? I paid for the book. The entire book should always be functional, shouldn't it?

Amberatkins

Amazing!!. The a song of ice and fire of illustrated novels.. Really I have every book was skeptical of the allure of another version of the same book series, but for 9 dollars the illustrations and other graphics that come with this series is so insanely worth its value in Lannister gold! Buy you will not regret! :) house stark forever!! *Hooowwwlllll!!*

Kouroshqaffari

Where is Family's Tree. I download the first book, where is the family's tree or the other features!???

Bynames

If you're not going hardback--get this. If your a real GoT fan who's cool with not getting the hard copy in a store--this is your edition. Watched series before and reading now, interactive features are super cool tidbits real GoT fans can nerd out on. Well done

Edweird

Yes!. Very excited to read these!

Chupathingy77

Great book. This is an awesome book!!

Timellis74

Terrible. Relative to the hype it was given to me with this is the wort fantasy novel I have ever read.

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About Author "George R.R. Martin"

George Raymond Richard Martin (born George Raymond Martin; September 20, 1948), also known as GRRM, is an American novelist, screenwriter, television producer and short story writer. He is the author of the series of epic fantasy novels A Song of Ice and Fire, which were adapted into the Emmy Award-winning HBO series Game of Thrones (2011–2019) and its prequel series House of the Dragon (2022–present). He also helped create the Wild Cards anthology series, and contributed worldbuilding for the 2022 The Game Award for Game of the Year winner Elden Ring. In 2005, Lev Grossman of Time called Martin "the American Tolkien", and in 2011, he was included on the annual Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world. He is a longtime resident of Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he helped fund Meow Wolf and owns the Jean Cocteau Cinema. The city commemorates March 29 as George R. R. Martin Day. Early life George Raymond Martin (he adopted the confirmation name Richard at 13 years old) ....

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