The latest installment in George R. R. Martin’s “Song of Ice and Fire” cycle is like a sprawling 19th-century novel turned out in fantasy motley, more Balzac and Dickens than Tolkien. A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3) Published March 26th 2013 by Bantam. HBO Tie-in Edition, Mass Market Paperback, 1,177 pages. more details. Want to Read. Rate this book. 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars. A book I don't see mentioned much is Fevre Dream by George R.R. Martin. It's one of the best vampire books I've ever read. Set in 1857, Vampires travel along the Mississippi in a steamboat, picking off victims. A darkly comic meditation on our future as a species, Voyaging, Volume 1: The Plague Star is a sci-fi adventure story of intrigue, greed, deception, and of course… cats. Adapted and vividly illustrated by Hugo Award–nominated artist Raya Golden, this thrilling and action-packed graphic novel brings the first story from #1 bestselling author George R.R. Martin is a renowned American novelist and short story writer. He was born on September 20, 1948, in Bayonne, New Jersey. Martin began his career as a writer in the early 1970s, publishing numerous short stories and novels in various genres. Martin gained widespread fame and recognition for his epic fantasy series, “A Song of Ice Together with George R. R. Martin, she created the Wild Cards book series, currently the longest-running shared world anthology in existence. Michael Komarck is a renowned illustrator and Hugo Award nominee known for his work on several George R. R. Martin projects, including covers for the Wild Cards, Shadow Twin, and Tuf Voyaging novels, and George R.R. Martin (shelved 5 times as george-rr-martin ) avg rating 4.63 — 47,171 ratings — published 2011 1. strangenchanted. • 10 yr. ago. I agree that you should try the earlier series, starting with Wild Cards Vol. 1. There are some ongoing story arcs, but mostly you just get glimpses of the lives of the characters. As for recommendations, your best bet is actually comic books. While they are mostly about superheroes, there are also many comic About Fevre Dream. A THRILLING REINVENTION OF THE VAMPIRE NOVEL BY THE MASTER OF MODERN FANTASY, GEORGE R. R. MARTIN Abner Marsh, a struggling riverboat captain, suspects that something’s amiss when he is approached by a wealthy aristocrat with a lucrative offer. The hauntingly pale, steely-eyed Joshua York doesn’t care that the icy winter of 1857 has wiped out all but one of Mar Quotes. > Quotable Quote. (?) “A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one.”. ― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons. Read more quotes from George R.R. Martin. Share this quote: FeGagGf.