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In Conversation with George RR Martin". Cassandra Clare. October 17, 2023 . Retrieved October 30, 2023. A Dance with Dragons by George R. R. Martin". Random House. Archived from the original on January 26, 2013 . Retrieved February 16, 2013. A Storm of Swords won the 2001 Locus Award, [2] the 2002 Geffen Award for Best Novel and was nominated for the 2001 Nebula Award for Best Novel. [2] It was the first novel in the series to be nominated for the Hugo Award, one of the two most prestigious awards in science fiction and fantasy publishing, although it lost to J. K. Rowling's novel Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. [2] [3]Ser Davos Seaworth, a smuggler turned knight in the service of King Stannis Baratheon, often called the Onion Knight.
A common theme in the fantasy genre is the battle between good and evil, [87] which Martin rejects for not mirroring the real world. [33] Attracted to gray characters, [122] Martin instead endorses William Faulkner's view that only the human heart in conflict with itself was worth writing about. [87] Martin explores the questions of redemption and character change in the A Song of Ice and Fire series. [123] The multiple viewpoint structure allows characters to be explored from many sides, such that the supposed villains can provide their viewpoint. [90] [44] FIRE & BLOOD: On The Way– Not a Blog". georgerrmartin.com. Archived from the original on April 25, 2018 . Retrieved April 25, 2018. Turkish: Two volumes, Epsilon Yayınevi: "Buz ve Ateşin Şarkısı II: Kralların Çarpışması - Kısım I & Kralların Çarpışması - Kısım II" ("A Clash of Kings") grrm (January 16, 2017). "Another Precinct Heard From". Not A Blog. Archived from the original on January 22, 2017 . Retrieved February 18, 2017. Aeron Greyjoy: One chapter was removed from A Dance with Dragons in July 2010. [16] A chapter titled The Forsaken was read in May 2016 at Balticon. It was written in, or before, 2011 but there was no confirmation that this was the chapter removed from A Dance with Dragons. [17]The principal story chronicles the power struggle for the Iron Throne among the great Houses of Westeros following the death of King Robert in A Game of Thrones. Robert's heir apparent, the 13-year-old Joffrey, is immediately proclaimed king through the machinations of his mother, Queen Cersei Lannister. When Lord Eddard "Ned" Stark, Robert's closest friend and chief advisor, discovers that Joffrey and his siblings are the product of incest between Cersei and her twin brother Ser Jaime Lannister, Eddard attempts to unseat Joffrey, but is betrayed and executed for treason. In response, Robert's brothers Stannis and Renly lay separate claims to the throne. During this period of instability, two of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros attempt to become independent from the Iron Throne: Eddard's eldest son Robb is proclaimed King in the North, while Lord Balon Greyjoy desires to recover the sovereignty of his region, the Iron Islands. The so-called "War of the Five Kings" is in full progress by the middle of the second book, A Clash of Kings. Hibberd, James (November 19, 2018). "George R.R. Martin gets candid about new book: 'What excites me most is I finished it' ". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on April 27, 2019 . Retrieved April 27, 2019. Shindler, Dorman (February 21, 1999). "In Martin's 'Clash of Kings,' the delight is in the details". The Dallas Morning News. Daenerys discovers two traitors in her camp: Ser Jorah Mormont, who had spied on her for the late King Robert, and Ser Barristan Selmy, the humiliated former Lord Commander of King Robert's Kingsguard. Daenerys offers both men the chance to make amends by sneaking into Meereen to free the slaves and start an uprising. Meereen soon falls and, in retaliation for the murdered child slaves, Daenerys has the city's rulers put to death. Selmy asks for Daenerys' forgiveness and becomes Lord Commander of her Queensguard, while Jorah, who refuses to admit any wrongdoing, is banished. When Daenerys learns that the council she left to govern Astapor has been overthrown, she decides to remain in Meereen to rule it herself. At the Eyrie, Sansa is disguised as an illegitimate daughter of Littlefinger, and Littlefinger and Lysa are married. Lysa reveals that Littlefinger had convinced her to poison her late husband Jon, and to pin the blame on the Lannisters, which was the catalyst for the events of A Game of Thrones. Lysa threatens to kill Sansa, thinking she is trying to seduce Littlefinger, but Littlefinger intervenes and, after revealing that he had only ever loved Catelyn, pushes Lysa to her death.
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