Автор - George Martin

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Premiul Nebula 1979. Premiul Hugo 1980.

Sandkings

Songs of the Dying Earth

Today, in order to honor the magnificent career of Jack Vance, one unparalleled in achievement and impact, GEORGE R.R. MARTIN and GARDNER DOZOIS, with the full cooperation of Jack Vance, his family, and his agents, suggest a Jack Vance tribute anthology called Songs of the Dying Earth, to encourage the best of today's fantasy writers to return to the unique and evocative milieu of The Dying Earth, from which they and so many others have drawn so much inspiration, to create their own brand-new adventures in the world of Jack Vance s greatest novel. Half a century ago, Jack Vance created the world of the Dying Earth, and fantasy has never been the same. Now, for the first time ever, Jack has agreed to open this bizarre and darkly beautiful world to other fantasists, to play in as their very own. To say that other fantasy writers are excited by this prospect is a gross understatement; one has told us that he'd crawl through broken glass for the chance to write for the anthology, another that he'd gladly give up his right arm for the privilege that's the kind of regard in which Jack Vance and The Dying Earth are held by generations of his peers.

Starlady & Fast-Friend

For many of us, the Ace Double Novels of the ’50s and ’60s have long been a source both of pleasure and nostalgia. This new double volume from Subterranean Press stands squarely in that distinguished tradition, offering a pair of colorful, fast-paced novelettes from one of the most popular writers currently working in any genre: George R. R. Martin. Starlady takes place on a planet called Thisrock and depicts a Darwinian society populated by thieves, whores, cutthroats, pimps, and assorted lost souls. It is a tale of love, loss, vengeance, and ambition written with great economy of means, and with a narrative intensity that never, ever lets up. Fast-Friend takes a fresh new look at an enduring human dream: travel to the stars. With consummate narrative skill, and with a visionary’s sensibility, Martin tells an unforgettable story of longing and transcendence, a story suffused with images at once beautiful and terrifying, mysterious and profound.

Światło się mroczy

Wezwany przez Gwen, swą dawną ukochaną, na festiwalowy świat Worlorn, Dirk t’Larien przekonuje się, że duma światów zewnętrznych położonych poza Welonem Kusicielki bardzo się zmieniła i jest teraz umierającą planetą. Gwiazdozbiór Kręgu Ognia świeci coraz słabiej i Worlorn ponownie podejmuje samotną wędrówkę przez mrok międzygwiezdnych przestrzeni. Gwen jest obecnie związana z Jaanem Vikarym, jednym z dumnych Kavalarów, którzy władają Worlornem zgodnie ze swym opartym na przemocy kodeksem. Gdy jednak planeta pogrąża się w mroku, ich brutalna, pusta cywilizacja zaczyna się załamywać. „Światło się mroczy” to powieść zawierająca piękny opis obcych światów i kultur, to mroczna opowieść o przemocy, złamanych obietnicach, samozniszczeniu i obsesyjnej lojalności.

Tempesta di spade. I fiume della guerra. I portale delle tenebre.

Atenzione! Il capitolo originale “A Storm of Swords” era pubblicato in italiano in thre libri: “Tempesta di spade”, “I fiume della guerra” e “I portale delle tenebre”. Questo e-book inquadra tutti le tre.

The Arms of the Kraken

The Hedge Knight

The Hedge Knight, published in the first Legends, takes place in the last days of Good King Daeron's reign, about a hundred years before the opening of the first of the Ice and Fire novels, with the realm at peace and the Targaryen dynasty at its height. It tells the story of the first meeting between Dunk, a hedge knight's squire, and Egg, a boy who is rather more than he seems, and of the great tourney at Ashford Meadow.

The Mystery Knight

“People have been telling stories about warriors for as long as they have been telling stories. Since Homer first sang the wrath of Achilles and the ancient Sumerians set down their tales of Gilgamesh, warriors, soldiers, and fighters have fascinated us; they are a part of every culture, every literary tradition, every genre.All Quiet on the Western Front, From Here to Eternity,and The Red Badge of Couragehave become part of our literary canon, taught in classrooms all around the country and the world. Our contributors make up an all-star lineup of award-winning and bestselling writers, representing a dozen different publishers and as many genres. We asked each of them for the same thing — a story about a warrior. Some chose to write in the genre they’re best known for. Some decided to try something different. You will find warriors of every shape, size, and color in these pages, warriors from every epoch of human history, from yesterday and today and tomorrow, and from worlds that never were. Some of the stories will make you sad, some will make you laugh, and many will keep you on the edge of your seat.” Included are a long novella from the world of Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin, a new tale of Lord John by Diana Gabaldon, and an epic of humanity at bay by David Weber. Also present are original tales by David Ball, Peter S. Beagle, Lawrence Block, Gardner Dozois, Joe Haldeman, Robin Hobb, Cecelia Holland, Joe R. Lansdale, David Morrell, Naomi Novik, James Rollins, Steven Saylor, Robert Silverberg, S.M. Stirling, Carrie Vaughn, Howard Waldrop, and Tad Williams.

The Sworn Sword

A Song of Ice and Fire began life as a trilogy, and has since expanded to six books. As J. R. R. Tolkien once said, the tale grew in the telling.The setting for the books is the great continent of Westeros, in a world both like and unlike our own, where the seasons last for years and sometimes decades. Standing hard against the sunset sea at the western edge of the known world, Westeros stretches from the red sands of Dorne in the south to the icy mountains and frozen fields of the north, where snow falls even during the long summers.The children of the forest were the first known inhabitants of Westeros, during the Dawn of Days: a race small of stature who made their homes in the greenwood, and carved strange faces in the bone-white weirwood trees. Then came the First Men, who crossed a land bridge from the larger continent to the east with their bronze swords and horses, and warred against the children for centuries before finally making peace with the older race and adopting their nameless, ancient gods. The Compact marked the beginning of the Age of Heroes, when the First Men and the children shared Westeros, and a hundred petty kingdoms rose and fell.Other invaders came in turn. The Andals crossed the narrow sea in ships, and with iron and fire they swept across the kingdoms of the First Men, and drove the children from their forests, putting many of the weirwoods to the ax. They brought their own faith, worshiping a god with seven aspects whose symbol was a seven-pointed star. Only in the far north did the First Men, led by the Starks of Winterfell, throw back the newcomers. Elsewhere the Andals triumphed, and raised kingdoms of their own. The children of the forest dwindled and disappeared, while the First Men intermarried with their conquerors.The Rhoynar arrived some thousands of years after the Andals, and came not as invaders but as refugees, crossing the seas in ten thousand ships to escape the growing might of the Freehold of Valyria. The lords freeholder of Valyria ruled the greater part of the known world; they were sorcerers, great in lore, and alone of all the races of man they had learned to breed dragons and bend them to their will. Four hundred years before the opening of A Song of Ice and Fire, however, the Doom descended on Valyria, destroying the city in a single night. Thereafter the great Valyrian empire disintegrated into dissension, barbarism, and war.Westeros, across the narrow sea, was spared the worst of the chaos that followed. By that time only seven kingdoms remained where once there had been hundreds-but they would not stand for much longer. A scion of lost Valyria named Aegon Targaryen landed at the mouth of the Blackwater with a small army, his two sisters (who were also his wives), and three great dragons. Riding on dragonback, Aegon and his sisters won battle after battle, and subdued six of the seven Westerosi kingdoms by fire, sword, and treaty. The conqueror collected the melted, twisted blades of his fallen foes, and used them to make a monstrous, towering barbed seat: the Iron Throne, from which he ruled henceforth as Aegon, the First of His Name, King of the Andals and the Rhoynar and the First Men, and Lord of the Seven Kingdoms.The dynasty founded by Aegon and his sisters endured for most of three hundred years. Another Targaryen king, Daeron the Second, later brought Dorne into the realm, uniting all of Westeros under a single ruler. He did so by marriage, not conquest, for the last of the dragons had died half a century before. The Hedge Knight, published in the first Legends, takes place in the last days of Good King Daeron's reign, about a hundred years before the opening of the first of the Ice and Fire novels, with the realm at peace and the Targaryen dynasty at its height. It tells the story of the first meeting between Dunk, a hedge knight's squire, and Egg, a boy who is rather more than he seems, and of the great tourney at Ashford Meadow. The Sworn Sword, the tale that follows, picks up their story a year or so later.

Tuf wędrowiec

Haviland Tuf jest podróżnikiem i rzetelnym, aczkolwiek drobnym międzygwiezdnym kupcem. Dzięki niezwykłemu splotowi zdarzeń staje się właścicielem wiekowego, długiego na wiele mil statku — bazy ziemskiego Inżynierskiego Korpusu Ekologicznego. Zbudowany jako śmiercionośna broń, statek ów chroni sekrety zapomnianej dziedziny nauki. Funkcjonuje wystarczająco sprawnie, aby za pomocą inżynierii genetycznej i technik klonowania produkować dziesiątki tysięcy rozmaitych gatunków roślin i zwierząt — zarówno dobroczynnych, jak i niszczycielskich. Ekscentryczny, ale zawsze postępujący zgodnie z zasadami etyki, Tuf postanawia zmienić profesję i mianuje się inżynierem — ekologiem, używając zasobów statku — bazy do rozwiązywania problemów nękających rozliczne światy.

Urzeala tronurilor

„Urzeala Tronurilor”, prima carte din mult aclamata serie „Un cântec de gheaţă şi foc”, va ţine cititorul cu sufletul la gură până la ultima pagină şi îl va face nerăbdător să citească următorul volum. Criticii au considerat seria „cel mai bun fantasy de la Stăpânul Inelelor încoace”. George R.R. Martin nu doar scrie un roman, ci creează o lume. O lume în care iernile pot dura ani întregi, în care luptele cu săbiile sunt la ordinea zilei, iar magia există. Narată din mai multe puncte de vedere, povestea are la bază confruntările dintre conducătorii a şapte regate, ce urmăresc miza cea mare, tronul, şi pericolele inimaginabile ce ameninţă hotarele tărâmului. Urmărind un număr mare de personaje şi mai multe fire epice, autorul le îmbină armonios, rezultând un fantasy de excepţie. Din seria „Un cântec de gheaţă şi foc” au mai fost traduse cărţile „Încleştarea regilor” şi „Iureşul săbiilor”, cel de-al patrulea volum fiind în pregătire. Anul acesta urmează să fie lansată a cincea carte, alte două fiind planificate de autor. Martin a obţinut premiul Locus pentru fiecare dintre primele trei volume ale seriei şi nominalizări pentru toate patru la prestigioasele premii de SF şi fantasy, Hugo şi Nebula.