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u/BryndenBFish · 81 pointsr/asoiaf

Congratulations on finishing ADWD, AKA the best novel of the five novels so far (totally not controversial). But wait, there's so much more out there!

A few months ago, I, along with lots of people who pointed lots more stuff out to me than I knew, created a ASOIAF Resource post where you can find all there is to know about ASOIAF.

Some highlights for you:

You finished the 5 ASOIAF books. Great! But there's more ASOIAF-universe material out there. Have you read Dunk & Egg, The Princess and the Queen or the Rogue Prince? And do you know about The World of Ice and Fire: GRRM's History of Planetos? Furthermore, it's a universally accepted fact that your re-read will be much, much better than your first read. Here's some links!

u/blackofhairandheart2 · 19 pointsr/asoiaf

You can get all three stories collected in one volume entitled A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms for less than $20 on Amazon.

This edition contains exclusive new artwork but has the original three stories in their original form.

u/ahmee89 · 9 pointsr/asoiaf

it's still listed on amazon, and available for pre-order.. so hopefully it's just some error that will be fixed soon?

u/saraww · 8 pointsr/asoiaf

On the UK site it's listed as no longer available. I hope it's just an error!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0345533488

u/the_guy_in_singapore · 7 pointsr/asoiaf

Here you go, the first three D&E novels in print. :)

http://www.amazon.com/Knight-Seven-Kingdoms-Song-Fire/dp/0345533488

u/nilcalion · 6 pointsr/pureasoiaf

Hi! Congratulations and welcome to the Watch!

You might be wondering right now about what to do next while waiting for the 6th book to come out, so here are some suggestions.

GRRM already published some sample chapters from TWOW over the years. Here's some information about them and links to most chapters.

There are additional novellas that take place in this world. The Dunk & Egg stories take place about 100 years before the main series and are about a hedge knight and his companion. The Princess and the Queen and The Rogue Prince are historical retellings of the Dance of the Dragons event. They're somewhat drier reads than D&E because they're from the POV of a Maester chronicling these events but I really liked them personally.

My favorites, on the other hand, are the amazing analyses and essays being written about these characters and their stories:

  • This 5 parter is about Dany's arc in ADWD, about how she's actually a really good and successful diplomat and ruler and about how her character is changing by the end of the book.

  • A Dragon Dawn: A Complete Analysis of the Upcoming Battle of Fire is a comprehensive dissection of the various factions and subfactions converging in Meereen by the end of ADWD and a prediction about how the battle will go down in TWOW. These two essays about Meereen completely changed my perspective on the last book, on Dany and generally about how insanely complex this plotline really is. Made me respect Martin even more.

  • Blood of the Conqueror is currently being written by the same author as the previous one I mentioned and it's about Aegon's invasion. I saw you didn't like the Jon Connington arc, so I suggest you give this a read (especially parts 2 and 3), it might shed some light on how much it really fits the narrative and it's not that out of place.

    There are many, many more of these if you liked them. Feel free to ask if you have any questions. Have fun!
u/God_Wills_It_ · 6 pointsr/asoiaf

Here is the collection of them. As the other commenter said they are some stories that take place about 100 years before the ASOIAF novels.

I found them to be awesome. I highly recommend them for any fan of ASOIAF.

u/daddylongstroke17 · 6 pointsr/asoiaf

Dunk & Egg were written novellas before they were graphic novels. There's 2 versions. You want this one. And yes, they're amazing and I'd recommend reading them ASAP.

u/Qoburn · 6 pointsr/asoiaf

They are not, though there are graphic novel versions. The stories were initially published in three different short-story anthologies, but were recently republished together in A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.

u/ArgentSwan · 5 pointsr/writing

I bought an illustrated copy of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms by George R R Martin. The illustrations in it were really lovely, and I thought it added to the story.

However, I was never a fan of the illustrations in Roald Dahl's books. I hated Quentin Blake's art style, even as a kid.

u/LuminariesAdmin · 5 pointsr/asoiaf

As others have said, I would advise against that. Only watching say KL & the North in the show & skipping the others until you have watched all of those would be extremely difficult enough; doing so in the books would be a whole other world of pain.

I don't really have a tips for getting through them sorry (I'm something of an avid reader & absolutely devoured them first time & many subsequent re-reads, but not everyone is like that & that's fine), though I would suggest reading A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms after A Storm of Swords as bit of a breather after the first three books & before you launch into the behemoths that are A Feast for Crows & A Dance with Dragons. AKot7K is set decades before the main series (so you will probably pick up on a few historical references made in the main series), has a lighter tone, only a single PoV, many great illustrations & is only three short stories (the whole thing is only about half the length of the first book, A Game of Thrones, if that).

Once you get to AFfC & ADwD, you may be best to read them together as GRRM originally intended for them to be the one book but he expanded on them to maintain such. They mostly happen concurrently with a few PoVs starting towards the end of ASoS in terms of actual in-universe timeline & then the last part of Dance happens after Feast (with some of the Feast PoVs appearing once or twice in that part of Dance & some were pushed back to The Winds of Winter, the upcoming 6th book).

Just not to overload you with information now, once you finish ASoS make a post (or just do a search) asking about the combined reading orders & you will get detailed suggestions for such. Then once you make it through the main series, you can make another post/search about what other books within the ASoIaF universe you can also check out between re-reads ;)

Good luck!

u/TAEHSAEN · 3 pointsr/asoiaf

Get A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.

This series follows the story of Duncan the Tall (of the Kingsguard) and his squire called Egg.

GRRM wrote the stories in between writing the main ASOIAF story.

Trust me, they're absolutely fantastic. You'll fall in love the with the characters in no time and you'll get to see GRRM's legendary world-building writing skills.

u/white_shades · 3 pointsr/asoiaf

Those are the three currently published, yes. Gurm has stated there will be (if my memory serves) 12 altogether. I highly recommend the edition of TKOTSK illustrated by Gary Gianni, it's beautiful.

u/itwaslucky · 3 pointsr/television

If they end up making a series out of 'Knight of the Seven Kingdoms', I would be so happy

u/coffeeINJECTION · 2 pointsr/rickandmorty

They were compiled into a nice book A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

u/Precious_Tritium · 2 pointsr/u_washingtonpost

That's okay I get that way about stuff to, we all do.

I wonder if you were thinking of the interview where he said he thought it was a mistake to bring Gandalf back from the dead in Two Towers, because it robs the reader of the emotional weight of losing such a powerful character. Reading into that a certain way you could definitely see that as a critique on Tolkien. To me I think it's more his way of explaining why characters like Ned won't be coming back.

There's lots of great fantasy out there so if ASOIAF isn't your thing that's okay too. For example I love sci-fi, but Dr. Who and Firefly for some reason just don't work for me. Luckily we have tons of options!

If you don't like Game of Thrones, but maybe want to read some Martin to get a feel for his style that isn't as dark, I recommend his Dunk and Egg shorter stories. They take place before the events in the books/TV series in the same world and they're much lighter and about a wandering hedge knight.

u/zionius_ · 2 pointsr/asoiaf

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0345533488/ Four versions for your consideration.

u/Sassinak · 2 pointsr/gameofthrones

It's just the audiobook version of one of GRRM's supplemental novellas, titled The Princess and the Queen. The Rogue Prince is the companion novella which should be read first of the two. There's another trio of novellas, collectively called Tales of Dunk and Egg. There are audiobook recordings available on youtube, but with a not-so-great narrator. There's another audiobook version, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, narrated by Harry Lloyd (Viserys Targaryen) which is awesome, but not available as a freebie on youtube, unfortunately.

u/Milhouse_is_a_meme · 2 pointsr/television
u/Tyrog_ · 1 pointr/asoiaf

It's not the graphic novels I'm talking about. It's a book regrouping the three novellas in one book and it has a lot of sketches representing some scenes and characters. It's not the graphic novel, although I've seen it and it looks great.

This is what I read (the cover is different in Europe, it's white) :

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0345533488/ref=s9_simh_gw_g14_i1_r?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=desktop-1&pf_rd_r=05K601XAQJFJVZCGSZB1&pf_rd_t=36701&pf_rd_p=2079475242&pf_rd_i=desktop

u/bruce656 · 1 pointr/mittromneystory



> then I remembered he doesn't have any new books to initiate a signing :/

Did you miss this when it was published in October?

u/NOAHA202 · 1 pointr/booksuggestions

If you have a bookstore nearby, I would recommend looking for the new edition of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms by George R.R. Martin. It's the psuedo-prequel to ASOIAF and this edition has beautiful illustrations and a heartwarming story.

u/ConsiderTheOtherSide · 1 pointr/asoiaf

You can buy the prequel trilogy here. Plus the artwork is great.

http://www.amazon.com/Knight-Seven-Kingdoms-Song-Fire/dp/0345533488

u/yo2sense · 1 pointr/asoiaf

Bloodraven is actually a character introduced in the prequels. Are you aware of the Dunk and Egg stories now collected in A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms?

They are well worth reading. The first story was published before A Clash of Kings so they are really integral to the series I believe.

u/CaptainDubby · 1 pointr/asoiaf

There is a trilogy of short stories called "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms". It's very good.

u/Statboy1 · 1 pointr/asoiaf

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, is a collection of 3 short stories about Sir Duncan the Tall. Its a good quick read, even though it only has Sir Duncan's POV. https://www.amazon.com/Knight-Seven-Kingdoms-Song-Fire/dp/0345533488/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1501465671&sr=8-1&keywords=a+knight+of+the+seven+kingdoms

u/videogameboy76 · 1 pointr/Fantasy

> but it also means that you can't read for long periods of time without your eyes hurting.

Strongly disagree. I use a black background and white text, and never have issues with eye pain and am prone to frequent 2~3 hour reading sessions before bed, with the occasional 5~6 hour overnighter when the book is really good - which is what I did about a week ago two nights in a row when I read the entire Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.

u/RousseauTX · 0 pointsr/asoiaf

http://www.amazon.com/Knight-Seven-Kingdoms-Song-Fire/dp/0345533488

I believe the interview was done in November of 2014