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A Game of Thrones
- Book 1 of A Song of Ice and Fire
- Narrated by: Roy Dotrice
- Length: 33 hrs and 45 mins
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Summary
One of The Times’ 25 Best Audiobooks.
HBO’s hit series A Game of Thrones is based on George R. R. Martin’s internationally best-selling series A Song of Ice and Fire, the greatest fantasy epic of the modern age. A Game of Thrones is the first volume in the series.
Summers span decades. Winter can last a lifetime. And the struggle for the Iron Throne has begun.
It will stretch from the south, where heat breeds plot, lusts and intrigues, to the vast and savage eastern lands, all the way to the frozen north, where an 800-foot wall of ice protects the kingdom from the dark forces that lie beyond. Kings and queens, knights and renegades, liars, lords and honest men...all will play the Game of Thrones.
Winter is coming....
Critic reviews
"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)
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- Amazon Customer
- 30-05-12
I was really enjoying it up to the point when
Tyrion Lannisters accent changes from Yorkshire to Welsh, I actually like Dotrices narration its like being told a story by an old man around a villages community fire, but a story teller needs to be more aware of his use of accents. What I think actually happened is Dotrice read the rest of the book and saw that Tyrion Lannister became a hero rather than a Rumpelstiltskin character, he couldn't become the hand of Gofrey and talk like a Clegg from last of the summer wine.
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- Lisa-Marie Heaney
- 18-04-17
Great story, terrible narration.
What made the experience of listening to A Game of Thrones the most enjoyable?
The story line is exactly as good as I expected to be and the writing is good, particularly considering the style/type of books this series is.
How did the narrator detract from the book?
From the first word, I found the narrators voice irritating, although I persevered and eventually tolerated it. There are frequent examples of him pronouncing a name one way, then another, and their is no consistency in his pronunciation. He manages to mostly stick with the same accents for most characters, but the portrayal of Tyrion's voice is borderline offensive. Many of the Lannisters have Welsh accents, which is fine, however a couple of the major characters from the family do not and this is off putting. The portrayal of women is horrible, shrill and disrespectful in every way. I looked up the narrator and found that, in general, people love him and his bizarre style. I don't understand that in the slightest and only continued with the book because I had wanted to listen to it so badly. If this had been a less famous title I would have returned in at the first chapter.
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- Lexi
- 09-05-19
A great story spoilt by the narrator
I am so disappointed by how distractingly poor the narration of this book is, I was really looking forward to listening to the entire series but I’m going to give up.
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- joanne gorlov
- 27-01-17
perhaps it is time to re-record
It is a shame to condemn the poor man and as an overal narrator he is not bad... except for the dialogue. Is it possible to get past the fact everyone, especially the young people, sound like like they are in their 70s and that the various regional accents appear so randomly chosen , but it is unfathomable how significant characters suddenly change accents part way through... most notably turning Welsh?
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- Neil
- 06-01-17
A great review but.......
Why has Roy Dotrice decided to voice Tyron (one of the most articulate, intelligent and interesting characters) as a cross between Alan Bennett / Compo from last of the summer wine and a Chuckle brother?
Jon Snow is not much better....it's such a shame as it is massively distracting.
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- Caitlin Walker
- 05-12-18
Great story and wonderful telling
I've so enjoyed listening to this story - I've welcomed every traffic Jam. It stopped reading at chapter 56 so need to re-download it
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- noah
- 13-09-21
Keeps skipping
Great book, poor quality playback. It keeps skipping bits. Very annoying. Great book though x
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- Anna Marks
- 11-09-21
Amazing book
I love this book I have read it so many times. I even watch the film/episode of it I just love it.
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- Daniel Thomas
- 08-12-21
brilliant book, well worth a listen
loved this book, you get a lot more detail that the show . easy to understand what each person is thinking and why some actions happen. my only issue is the narrator put the same old English voice on for most of the Knights and young lords
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- Tanya Morrell
- 03-02-22
very good but...
narrator kept getting names wrong (Geoffrey and winterfall) and blip in arya chaper early on
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