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A NEW ORIGINAL SERIES, NOW ON HBO.
Here is the first volume in George R. R. Martin’s magnificent cycle of novels that includes A Clash of Kings and A Storm of Swords. As a whole, this series comprises a genuine masterpiece of modern fantasy, bringing together the best the genre has to offer. Magic, mystery, intrigue, romance, and adventure fill these pages and transport us to a world unlike any we have ever experienced. Already hailed as a classic, George R. R. Martin’s stunning series is destined to stand as one of the great achievements of imaginative fiction.
A GAME OF THRONES
Long ago, in a time forgotten, a preternatural event threw the seasons out of balance. In a land where summers can last decades and winters a lifetime, trouble is brewing. The cold is returning, and in the frozen wastes to the north of Winterfell, sinister and supernatural forces are massing beyond the kingdom’s protective Wall. At the center of the conflict lie the Starks of Winterfell, a family as harsh and unyielding as the land they were born to. Sweeping from a land of brutal cold to a distant summertime kingdom of epicurean plenty, here is a tale of lords and ladies, soldiers and sorcerers, assassins and bastards, who come together in a time of grim omens.Here an enigmatic band of warriors bear swords of no human metal; a tribe of fierce wildlings carry men off into madness; a cruel young dragon prince barters his sister to win back his throne; and a determined woman undertakes the most treacherous of journeys. Amid plots and counterplots, tragedy and betrayal, victory and terror, the fate of the Starks, their allies, and their enemies hangs perilously in the balance, as each endeavors to win that deadliest of conflicts: the game of thrones
《冰与火之歌卷1:权力的游戏》是当代奇幻文学一部影响深远的里程碑式的作品。它于1996年刚一问世,便以别具一格的结构,浩瀚辽阔的视野,错落有致的情节和生动活泼的语言,迅速征服了欧美文坛。迄今,《冰与火之歌卷1:权力的游戏》已被译为数十种文字,并在各个国家迭获大奖。
《冰与火之歌卷1:权力的游戏》主要描述了在一片虚构的中世纪大陆上所发生的一系列相互联系的宫廷斗争、疆场厮杀、游历冒险和魔法抗衡的故事,全书七卷(包括未出的各卷)浑然一体,共同组成了一幅壮丽而完整的画卷。书名“冰与火”,为的是突出人性挣扎的含义,书中塑造了无数的人物,但其着眼点,却并非孤立地凸现英雄主义,奉献精神或奸猾阴谋,而是将书中人物放在一个“真人”的角度,写出他或她在时代和社会的旋涡中不同的境遇与选择。从写作上说,《冰与火之歌卷1:权力的游戏》与莎翁的《哈姆雷特》颇有共通之处。从中,读者便能与之产生呼应,共同经历这冰与火的洗礼。 作者简介
George R. R. Martin's bestselling A Song of Ice and Fire fantasy series has earned him the title of 'the American Tolkien'. The first book of the series has been made into a HBO TV adaptation, A Game of Thrones. He is the author of eight novels, several collections of short stories and numerous screenplays for television drama and feature films. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
乔治·雷蒙德·理查德·马丁(Geoger Raymond Richard Martin)欧美奇幻小说大师。1948年9月20日出生于美国新泽西州的贝约恩,在伊利诺伊州伊凡斯顿的西北大学就读,主修新闻写作,1971年取得硕士学位。马丁的作品主要以人物为关注点,描写细腻丰富,突破了幻想文学界固有的创作模式,多次引领阅读潮流。代表作有十大浪漫太空歌剧之一的《光逝》、由雨果奖获奖名篇扩展而成的《风港》、在杂志读者群中深受爱戴的《图夫航行记》,以及当代正统奇幻的经典《冰与火之歌》等。由于马丁的辉煌成就,他被誉为美国的托尔金和新世纪的海明威。从1989年开始,马丁淡出文学界,转而投身演艺界发展,其中包括《美女与野兽》的编剧和The Twilight Zone的剧本编辑。1996年他才重返文坛而开始奇幻文学的创作,处女作便是《权力的游戏》(The Game Of Throne),即为《冰与火之歌》(The Song Of Fire And Ice)的首部曲。虽然封笔几近10年,但大师风范犹在,在非官方的不记名奇幻作品投票中,《冰与火之歌》俨然已经可以和《魔戒》平起平坐,作者网站的访问量也是和斯蒂芬·金、J.K.罗琳等不相上下,其受欢迎的程度可见一斑。他的读者群早已是远远的超过奇幻科幻爱好者的范围,而受到更为广泛的关注。
权力的游戏已在HBO播出。乔治·马丁被时代杂志评选为2011年影响世界的一百人。 精彩书评
"A Game of Thrones grabs hold and won’t let go. It’s brilliant.’Robert Jordan‘Colossal, staggering… Martin captures all the intoxicating complexity of the Wars of the Roses or Imperial Rome in his imaginary world… one of the greats of fantasy literature.’SFX‘Fantasy literature has never shied away from grandeur, but the sheer-mind-boggling scope of this epic has sent other fantasy writers away shaking their heads… Its ambition: to construct the Twelve Caesars of fantasy fiction, with characters so venomous they could eat the Borgias.’Guardian‘Such a splendid tale. I couldn’t stop till I’d finished and it was dawn."--Anne McCaffrey 精彩书摘
The morning had dawned clear and cold, with a crispness that hinted at the end of summer. They set forth at daybreak to see a man beheaded, twenty in all, and Bran rode among them, nervous with excitement. This was the first time he had been deemed old enough to go with his lord father and his brothers to see the king's justice done. It was the ninth year of summer, and the seventh of Bran's life.
The man had been taken outside a small holdfast in the hills. Robb thought he was a wildling, his sword sworn to Mance Rayder, the King-beyond-the-Wall. It made Bran's skin prickle to think of it. He remembered the hearth tales Old Nan told them. The wildlings were cruel men, she said, slavers and slayers and thieves. They consorted with giants and ghouls, stole girl children in the dead of night, and drank blood from polished horns. And their women lay with the Others in the Long Night to sire terrible half-human children.
But the man they found bound hand and foot to the holdfast wall awaiting the king's justice was old and scrawny, not much taller than Robb. He had lost both ears and a finger to frostbite, and he dressed all in black, the same as a brother of the Night's Watch, except that his furs were ragged and greasy.
The breath of man and horse mingled, steaming, in the cold morning air as his lord father had the man cut down from the wall and dragged before them. Robb and Jon sat tall and still on their horses, with Bran between them on his pony, trying to seem older than seven, trying to pretend that he'd seen all this before. A faint wind blew through the holdfast gate. Over their heads flapped the banner of the Starks of Winterfell: a grey direwolf racing across an ice-white field.
《沉睡的巨龙:维斯塔里亚的黄昏》 一部史诗般的奇幻巨著,深入探索王国兴衰、古老魔法与人性抉择的复杂画卷。 在这片名为维斯塔里亚(Vystaria)的大陆上,历史的钟声已经敲响了第三个千年。这里,文明的基石建立在七大古老王国的废墟之上,而如今,权力如同腐烂的果实,吸引着无数觊觎者。这是一个魔法尚未完全消逝,却已退隐到传说边缘的世界;是一个骑士精神与残酷政治交织的时代。 故事的开端:洛林家族的遗产与血脉的诅咒 故事聚焦于北境的洛林家族——一个曾经辉煌,如今却在王庭的阴影下挣扎求存的贵族。族长,老侯爵阿瑟·洛林,一个以沉默寡言和坚忍著称的男人,正面临着他人生中最严峻的考验。他的领地“霜原堡”正被一种无法解释的寒潮侵蚀,这不是寻常的冬季,而是带着令人心悸的死寂的“永恒之霜”。 阿瑟的三个孩子,性格迥异,他们的命运紧密地交织在一起,将把洛林家族推向维斯塔里亚权力的中心,或彻底的毁灭。 长子:卡莱尔,理想主义者的困境 长子卡莱尔(Kaelen)是典型的北境继承人,他受过最好的骑士训练,信奉着逝去的荣誉和誓言。然而,当他奉父命前往南方王都——金辉城(Aurum)——觐见至高王室时,他发现那里充斥着虚伪、阴谋和腐败。他被卷入一场围绕着古代圣物“星辰之钥”的政治漩涡。这把钥匙据称是开启禁忌之地“幽影界”的门户,而掌控它的人,将拥有颠覆现有世界秩序的力量。卡莱尔必须在坚守原则与为了家族生存而采取肮脏手段之间做出抉择。他的导师是一位神秘的流浪学者,似乎对洛林家族的血脉有着超出寻常的了解。 次女:伊薇特,被遗忘的术士血统 次女伊薇特(Yvette)从小就被视为家族的“异类”。她拥有对自然元素一种近乎本能的亲和力,这在如今视魔法为异端的时代是致命的缺陷。她私下里追随一位隐居的术士学习“低语之术”——一种利用大地脉动和月相的古老魔法。当永恒之霜开始侵蚀领地时,她意识到,单纯的剑术无法对抗这种超自然的力量。她必须冒险揭示自己隐藏的血统,面对家族和外界的审判,去探寻解除诅咒的真正古籍,这本古籍可能就隐藏在家族最古老的地下图书馆中,而那里也封存着洛林家族不愿提及的黑暗秘密。 幼子:德里克,流亡者的复仇 幼子德里克(Derrick)在一次针对洛林家族的暗杀行动中幸存下来,但他被误认为已经死亡,并被流放到大陆的东部边陲——沙漠王国萨拉姆。在那里,他为了生存不得不投靠那些被王国放逐的雇佣兵和叛徒。他不再是那个天真的贵族子弟,而是一个冷酷、精于算计的战士。他的目标很简单:复仇。他听闻金辉城内部的动荡,正秘密集结一支由流亡者和被压迫者组成的军队,准备在合适的时机,以血与火的方式夺回他应得的一切。他与萨拉姆的沙漠魅影们建立了脆弱的联盟,这些盟友的忠诚随时可能因利益而动摇。 三方势力与失落的预言 在卡莱尔、伊薇特和德里克各自的旅途中,他们逐渐拼凑出一个被历史掩盖的预言:维斯塔里亚的七王座并非最初的统治者。在人类出现之前,这片大陆由“石裔”——一种与大地共生的古老种族——所统治。他们的沉睡被一个名为“暗影收割者”的存在所打破,这个存在每隔千年就会苏醒,试图将世界重归于虚无。 洛林家族的祖先正是当年参与封印“暗影收割者”的关键人物,而“永恒之霜”正是封印松动的征兆。星辰之钥并非开启幽影界,而是维系“石裔”封印的最后保障。 王都的阴谋与审判 金辉城内部,至高王阿尔冯斯三世正忙于应对日益紧张的贵族关系,他轻信了太傅塞拉斯的谗言,对北境的异动深感不安。卡莱尔的到来,被视为对王权的一种挑战。太傅塞拉斯实际上是“收割者”秘密教团的代理人,他正试图利用王室的权力来瓦解洛林家族,确保星辰之钥落入他的手中,从而加速世界的“净化”。 伊薇特必须潜入金辉城的皇家魔法学院,那里表面上是研究历史,实则暗中进行着对禁忌魔法的实验。她将遇到一位曾经是洛林家族的流亡法师,这位法师掌握着对抗“收割者”的关键知识,但他的代价是让伊薇特献出她最珍贵的东西。 冲突的爆发 当德里克的复仇之师开始向南方进军,而北境的霜冻威胁愈演愈烈时,维斯塔里亚的稳定达到了崩溃的边缘。卡莱尔在政治斗争中被陷害,面临叛国罪的审判。他必须说服冷漠的王室和多疑的贵族,相信真正的威胁并非来自北方,而是潜伏在王座的阴影中。 三个兄弟姐妹,各自在不同的战场上搏杀,他们之间的信念、爱与猜疑,将决定他们能否放下家族的宿怨与个体的欲望,团结起来,面对即将来临的,可能吞噬整个维斯塔里亚的——沉睡巨龙的黄昏。 本书详尽地描绘了政治的冷酷、信仰的挣扎、以及在绝境中人性的复杂光芒。它不仅仅是一个关于王位争夺的故事,更是一部关于如何在一个腐朽的世界中,重塑荣誉与希望的宏大叙事。读者将被带入一个充满细节、文化冲突和惊人转折的黑暗奇幻世界,每一页都充满了剑与魔法的交锋,以及权力对灵魂的腐蚀。