Reddit reviews Legends: Stories By The Masters of Modern Fantasy

As far as I know, there is no way to buy digital copies of these yet. The only way I was able to find them was via the fantasy compilations:
Legends I,
Legends II,
Warriors I

Btw, I have no affiliation with Amazon, it was just easy to find on their site.

I almost enjoyed them more than asoiaf because there's there's no shifting POV characters for all 3 "novellas." Everything is always from the POV of Ser Duncan the Tall.

Library Links
>Dunk & Egg 1 (Hedge Knight)

>Legends Anthology: http://www.worldcat.org/title/legends-short-novels-by-the-masters-of-modern-fantasy/oclc/39013842

>Hedge Knight Only: http://www.worldcat.org/title/hedge-knight/oclc/56053466&referer=brief_results
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> Dunk & Egg 2 (Hedge Knight II: Sworn Sword)

> Legends Anthology II: http://www.worldcat.org/title/legends-ii-dragon-sword-and-king/oclc/630937186

> Sworn Sword Only: http://www.worldcat.org/title/hedge-knight-ii-sworn-sword/oclc/269578007

> Dunk & Egg 3 (Mystery Knight)

> Warriors Anthology: http://www.worldcat.org/title/warriors/oclc/428026868

Amazon (from /r/asoiaf wiki)
>1.

> http://www.amazon.com/Legends-Stories-Masters-Modern-Fantasy/dp/0765300354
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> http://www.amazon.com/Dreamsongs-Volume-George-R-R-Martin/dp/0553385690
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>2.

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> http://www.amazon.com/Legends-II-Masters-Fantasy-ebook/dp/B000FC0Y0Y/

> 3.
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> http://www.amazon.com/Warriors-George-R-R-Martin/dp/0765320487/
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> http://www.amazon.com/dp/0765360268/

It's the graphic novel of The Hedge Knight that sells for stupid prices.
The actual novella is available in this book or this one. (Kindle edition).

The Sworn Sword is in Legends II. Alternatively, it's in this book which only contains part of the original Legends II anthology.

The Mystery Knight is in Warriors, or in paperback, this volume.

This is discussed pretty much weekly in this subreddit and really ought to be in the sidebar. For anyone from the future who is reading this thread, all the deleted comments are below were links to pirated versions of the books.

1. "Bloodraven" is the nickname of Brynden Rivers, one of the bastard sons of Aegon IV (a Targaryen King often called "Aegon the Unworthy"). Aegon IV was notorious for not only having a ton of bastards, but for officially giving them official status on his deathbed. Bloodraven was influential during the First Blackfyre rebellion as the lord of whispers and a sorcerer loyal to the Targaryen king Daeron, and later went on to be the hand of the king under Aerys I after the war. Bloodraven's history is explained in the "Dunk and Egg" novelas.
   
   
2. The Blackfyre Rebellion was a war between two branches of the Targaryen line; the Targaryens and the Blackfyres. The Blackfyres were an offshoot that formed under Daemon Blackfyre, another of Aegon the Unworthy's bastard sons. Aegon IV gave Daemon the family sword, Blackfyre, and legitimized him on his deathbed. Daemon "Blackfyre" later began a war with his half brother Daeron Targaryen over who should legitimately rule the seven kingdoms. You can find more information about this stuff in the Dunk and Egg novelas.
   
   
3. The Tales of Dunk and Egg are a series of short stories that take place after the Blackfyre Rebellion. They were all published in separate collections of fantasy stories. Here are the original works in which they were published: this one contains the first novella "The Hedge Knight", this contains "The Sworn Sword", and this contains "The Mystery Knight". As of right now, these are the only three novellas that have been published. However, you are in luck! In 2015, the Dunk and Egg novellas are being republished in one volume from what I understand. Also, a fourth novella is going to be published soon(ish), so you can get your Westeros fix in a ton of ways. There are also other prequel novels set in the world of ASoIaF that you should check out, but I think you can find them in the sidebar of this wiki.

They haven't been released individually but rather as parts of short story collections that Martin edits or has some other part in.

• The first "Dunk & Egg" tale ("The Hedge Knight") is in the collection "Legends: Stories by the Masters of Modern Fantasy" (AMAZON LINK) as well as the more recent collection "Dreamsongs: Volume II" (AMAZON LINK)
  
  
• The second Dunk & Egg tale ("The Sworn Sword") is in the collection "LEGENDS II: DRAGONS, SWORDS AND KINGS" (AMAZON LINK)
  
  
• The third "Dunk & Egg" tale ("The Mystery Knight" is in the collection "Warriors 1" (AMAZON LINK)
  
  
• The first and second "Dunk & Egg" tales ("The Hedge Knight" and "The Sworn Sword") were also adapted into graphic novels which are now sadly out of print; you will spend over $50 for them used, or up to $250+ for new copies. This is how I was introduced to "Dunk & Egg" and if you can get your hand on copies, I can't recommend them highly enough. The art is incredible, depicting Martin's world before HBO did, and the action is spot on; the dialogue and voice-overs and descriptions are all taken directly from the page...Martin's wording nearly perfectly transposed. (AMAZON LINK for THE HEDGE KNIGHT and ANOTHER EDITION and AMAZON LINK for THE SWORN SWORD and ANOTHER EDITION)

No, you're probably seeing the out-of-print graphic novels (EDIT: Which I might add are going to be coming back into print along with a new graphic novel of The Mystery Knight in the near future).

The three novellas can be found in the Legends (contains the first story, The Hedge Knight), Legends II (contains the second story, The Sworn Sword), and Warriors I (contains the third story, The Mystery Knight) anthologies for pretty cheap - I got all three brand new for around thirty bucks.

on the side bar, or for the lazy:

• http://www.amazon.com/dp/0765300354/ref=cm_sw_su_dp
  
  
• http://www.amazon.com/dp/034547578X/ref=cm_sw_su_dp
  
  
• http://www.amazon.com/dp/0765360268/ref=cm_sw_su_dp
  
  for some reason the link thing isnt working?
  

They can also be bought here, here, aaanndd here.

Hedge Knight

Sworn Sword

Mystery Knight

Not D&E but related
Princess & Queen

The $150 things you're seeing are the graphic novels and not the regular books the stories appear in. Our FAQs lists which anthologies they appear in and though we link to US Amazon, they're easy to find on Amazon Canada.

He's mentioned a fourth Dunk & Egg story that was to take place in Winterfell. It was supposed to appear in the Dangerous Women anthology (no print date yet) but he switched it out in favor of The Princess and the Queen.

These are the ones I bought. They are all paperback not hardcover. Legends is the most expensive since its a bigger book than the rest of them and the other two are mass produced paperback. I don't know if there is a mass produced paperback version of Legends 1 or not.

Legends 1: ~$15

Legends 2: ~$7

Warriors 1: ~$7

Total: ~$30 plus shipping on amazon

They're each in a different anthology.

The Hedge Knight

The Sworn Sword

Mystery Knight

Although, they seem to have gone up a considerable amount in price since I bought them.

Yes, you have to get the books containing all these short stories (these books are called Anthologies). For the Hedge Knight, you can get it in an anthology called Legends I - this has a bunch of stories from a bunch of authors you've never heard of. Kindle version is $8, and hardcover is $16. OR you can get the Dreamsongs Volume 2 anthology for $11 kindle or $15 paperback. This is full of George R R Martin short stories that you'll probably really like.

For Sworn Sword, your only choice, unfortunately, is Legends 2. It's $6 for a digital version, and $7 for a paperback at Barnes and Noble.

The third story is only in Warriors which is unfortunately another nobody-anthology. $10 for kindle, $13 for paperback.

Here. You. Go.

I don't think they are standalone novels, you have to buy them along with other stories. Here are the 3 parts.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/0765300354/ref=cm_sw_su_dp

http://www.amazon.com/dp/034547578X/ref=cm_sw_su_dp

http://www.amazon.com/dp/0765360268/ref=cm_sw_su_dp

The Hedge Knight

The Sworn Sword

The Mystery Knight

For those that are interested or having trouble finding them, these are the anthologies where each individual story is contained.

Why are you reading Spoiler All threads!!!???!!! :-)

Yeah, there are four prequel novellas right now. Unfortunately, they aren't available together - you have to buy them in anthologies that include a bunch of other stuff (although some have standalone graphic novel adaptations). It's enough of a hassle that a lot of people don't bother. Hopefully eventually at least the Tales of Runk & Egg will be published in one volume.

Their titles are:

The Hedge Knight, published in the Legends anthology

The Sworn Sword, published in the Legends II anthology

The Mystery Knight, published in the Warriors anthology

The Princess and the Queen, published in the Dangerous Women anthology

The Hedge Knight

http://www.amazon.com/Legends-Stories-Masters-Modern-Fantasy/dp/0765300354

The Sworn Sword

http://www.amazon.com/Legends-II-Dragon-Sword-King/dp/034547578X

The Mystery Knight

http://www.amazon.com/Warriors-George-R-Martin/dp/1469259338

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0765300354

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/034547578X

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0765360268

These are what I just bought. The later two are the cheap smaller paperback, but they work.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0765300354?pc_redir=1396635801&robot_redir=1

This the Legends anthology which it was originally published in. Would that work or did you want the stand alone? I believe the stand alone is so expensive because of GoT and it originally not having a huge printing. I believe that they are spose to be reprinting but can't remember if that was for the novella or graphic novel.

The Hedge Knight is also a short story. Originally printed in a Fantasy Anthology called Legends. It's got a bunch of really great authors and stories in it.

You can actually buy Legends 1, Legends 2, and Warriors 1 on Amazon which contain the Dunk and Egg stories :) For reference the titles are The Hedge Knight, The Sworn Sword, and The Mystery Knight.

Both Legends have Kindle versions. Hope this helps!

They're not currently released as stand-alones, apart from an illustrated edition, IIRC.

Your best bet to find them is in the collections they were published in:

Here, here, and here (Links taken from the sidebar).

which are found in the anthologies Legends, Legends II, and Warriors. in that order. here's the first one.

[Legends / Dunk & Egg I for $18 on Amazon] (http://www.amazon.com/Legends-Stories-Masters-Modern-Fantasy/dp/0765300354/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1373049726&sr=1-1&keywords=Legends)

There is both a comic/graphic novel and short stories.

• http://amzn.com/0765300354 - This book has "The Hedge Knight"
  
• http://amzn.com/034547578X - This book has "The Sworn Sword"
  
• http://amzn.com/0765360268 - This book has "The Mystery Knight"
  

Paperback editions.

the hedge knight for $13.59

The sworn sword for $7.99

the mystery knight for $7.99

https://www.amazon.com/Legends-Stories-Masters-Modern-Fantasy/dp/0765300354

This?

It can be a bit tricky to find them. The stand alone books are absurd expensive. The full anthologies are the cheaper option.

For The Hedge Knight
http://www.amazon.com/Legends-Stories-Masters-Modern-Fantasy/dp/0765300354/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1382118790&sr=1-2&keywords=legends



Sworn Sword http://www.amazon.com/Legends-II-Novels-Masters-Fantasy/dp/0345456440/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1382118960&sr=1-1&keywords=legends+II




Mystery Knight http://www.amazon.com/Warriors-George-R-R-Martin/dp/0765334771/ref=pd_sim_b_5



Hope this helps.

Yeah I noticed that too :/ You can get them cheaper though

http://www.amazon.com/Legends-Stories-Masters-Modern-Fantasy/dp/0765300354/ref=pd_sim_sbs_b_5 Contains The first story.

http://www.amazon.com/Legends-II-Novels-Masters-Fantasy/dp/0345456440/ref=pd_sim_b_5 Has the second story

http://www.amazon.com/Warriors-George-R-R-Martin/dp/0765334771
has the last story.

The UK paperback is already out, but it was split into two volumes. The US paperback was due out in August, but it was delayed until early next year. The only US release so far is the hardcover. I feel like I've seen pics of a one volume paperback ADWD though...

tl;dr - The $35 hardcover that both Amazon and Barnes & Noble have for $21 or the eBook version that both have for $15.

> I'm supposed to wait some 3-4 years after ADWD for the next book? Rough, since I started the series this June.

Yes :( You can try to find the Tales of Dunk & Egg in the anthologies each one comes in (Legends, Legends II, and Warriors). A fourth Dunk & Egg novella is coming out soon, and all four will be released in one volume afterwards.

Some of them were re-released individually as graphic novels, but other than that they're only available as part of collections:

The Hedge Knight - http://www.amazon.com/dp/0765300354/ref=cm_sw_su_dp

The Sworn Sword - http://www.amazon.com/dp/034547578X/ref=cm_sw_su_dp

The Mystery Knight - http://www.amazon.com/dp/0765360268/ref=cm_sw_su_dp

[Legends] (http://www.amazon.com/Legends-Stories-Masters-Modern-Fantasy/dp/0765300354/)-Featuring The Hedge Knight-$18.20

[Legends II] (http://www.amazon.com/Legends-II-Novels-Masters-Fantasy/dp/0345456440/)-Featuring The Sworn Sword-$

Warriors-Featuring The Mystery Knight-$11.17

Dangerous Women-Featuring The Princess and the Queen-$21.52

Just so you know, the last one is not a Tale of Dunk and Egg, but a story about the Dance of the Dragons. The next one is The She-Wolves of Winterfell, which has been delayed. Also, Legends II doesn't seem to be available new, so I didn't include a price. Finally, the graphic novels have been announced for a re-release, so the price for those should go down soon, as new copies are printed.

I also just want to say, it's really insane how far Martin has come. A decade ago, no one would have thought that he would be the selling point of those books. Now, his stories are the most popular of the anthologies.

The Hedge Knight in Legends 1 paperback - 13.59 and less
The Sworn Sword in Legends 2 paperback - 7.99
The Mystery Knight in Warriors 1 paperback - 7.99

I have posted these before. Can we get a mod to add these to the sidebar so we can end these questions and people's links to torrents and PDFs. Also, these are available as graphic novels/comics as well, but I think they are pretty limited in quantity and quite expensive.

This may seem unreasonable for a couple of novellas, but they are actually good collections. Some of the stories are really good. If its really too much, they are generally available at your local library.

EDIT: If you really love ASOIAF, please buy these. More money will hopefully encourage GRRM to keep writing!

Edit: I see you may want just the one hedge knight book? Sorry if this was extraneous. :(

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0765300354/ref=mp_s_a_31?pi=49x75&qid=1345532540&sr=8-31


http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/034547578X/ref=mp_bxgy_p_dp_y?qid=1345532540&sr=8-31


http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B004F9OV7U/ref=mp_s_a_22?pi=49x75&qid=1345533235&sr=8-22

You can buy them as a part of compendiums

The Hedge Night can be ound here - http://www.amazon.com/Legends-Stories-Masters-Modern-Fantasy/dp/0765300354/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1347277911&sr=8-1&keywords=legends

The Sworn Sword can be found here - http://www.amazon.com/Legends-II-Dragon-Sword-King/dp/034547578X/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_y

And The Mystery Night can be found here -
http://www.amazon.com/Warriors-1-George-R-R-Martin/dp/0765360268/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_z

You can get all 3 for about $30 and free shipping. You can also check your local library since each is only about 100 or so pages.

http://www.amazon.com/Legends-Stories-Masters-Modern-Fantasy/dp/0765300354

http://www.amazon.com/Legends-II-Dragon-Sword-King/dp/034547578X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1369360965&sr=1-1&keywords=legends+ii+anthology

http://www.amazon.com/Warriors-1-George-R-R-Martin/dp/0765360268/ref=sr_1_sc_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1369361010&sr=1-2-spell&keywords=Warriorsi+anthology

1. The Hedge Knight http://www.amazon.com/Legends-Stories-Masters-Modern-Fantasy/dp/0765300354/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1368313751&sr=8-1&keywords=legends+anthology
   
   2.The Sworn Sword http://www.amazon.com/Legends-II-Dragon-Sword-King/dp/034547578X/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1368313751&sr=8-2&keywords=legends+anthology
   
   
2. The Mystery Knight http://www.amazon.com/Warriors-1-George-R-R-Martin/dp/0765360268/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1368313751&sr=8-3&keywords=legends+anthology

I have to comment on this, just to stress it further.

I know reading is difficult, so I'll go ahead and relink them here here and here

TL;DR: LINK 1... LINK 2... LINK 3

still TL;DR?! 1... 2... 3


there is a compilation being released with the next tale though, soon (it was sent to the publisher a few months ago) so I'd wait.

When you searched for the novellas did you happen to search by the specific titles (The Hedge Knight, The Sworn Sword, and The Mystery Knight? If you did then I can see why you would think they'd be too expensive. The stories are part of three separate collections of short stories that are pretty cheap. They are Legends, Legends II, and Warriors. You can pick up all three on Amazon for like $30 total.

you might be looking at the graphic novel version of the hedgeknight and thats why its so expensive look them up in the anthology forms and you might have more success:
Legends 1 (contains the Hedgeknight) Legends 2 (contains The Sworn Sword), and Warriors 1 (Contains the Mystery Knight)

Dunk & Egg is entirely told from the point of view of Ser Duncan the Tall, a young knight out for adventure in Westeros, and since they're short stories they're far more action packed than any book of ASoIaF.

The first three Dunk & Egg tales are only available in anthologies.

The Hedge Knight

The Sworn Sword

The Mystery Knight

Combined they would cost more than ADwD, regardless of what format you buy it in. I would definitely recommend reading them at some point (and they provide at least 2 big reveals in ASoIaF), they are not necessary to read before Dance. There will be a second Warriors anthology coming out in the fall/winter I believe, containing the fourth Dunk & Egg story. Shortly after that release all 4 stories will be released in a volume together. That said, there are other great short stories in these anthologies, so you may find it worth it to get them.

You can get short story collections that contain them through Amazon (Here, here, and here), but that'll add up price wise. I think GRRM is putting together an anthology of the Dunk and Egg novels, so you may want to hold off until then.

What are you talking about? The current Amazon prices are $13.59, $7.99, and $7.99, with free shipping if you buy them together. Used is even cheaper.

You can find them in the FAQ.

Dunk & Egg:

• The Hedge Knight, part of Legends I.
  
  
• The Sworn Sword, part of Legends II.
  
  
• The Mystery Knight, part of GRRM's Warriors.
  
  Histories of Westeros:
  
  
• The Princess and the Queen, part of Dangerous Women.
  
  
• The Rogue Prince, part of Rogues.

You can buy it in print right now as part of this anthology: Legends: Stories By The Masters of Modern Fantasy. Used copies are as cheap as $4....

Or you can wait for the upcoming 4-story Dunk and Egg collection due in 2013.

Posting links to illegal downloads does not follow the posting policy, which is quite clear on that.

http://www.amazon.com/Legends-Stories-Masters-Modern-Fantasy/dp/0765300354/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1404660782&sr=8-1&keywords=legends+I

Scroll down a little ways and there should be a link to buy all 3.