A Storm of Swords PDF is a member book of the ‘A Song of Fire And Ice’ Novel Series. The book is the third part of the seven-book series authored by George R. It is based on the fantasy genre and was published worldwide in 2000. Free download or read online A Storm of Swords pdf (ePUB) (A Song of Ice and Fire Series) book. The first edition of this novel was published in August 8th 2000, and was written by George R.R. The book was published in multiple languages including English language, consists of 1177 pages and is available in Mass Market Paperback format.
Prologue
The day was grey and bitter cold, and the dogs would not take the scent.
The big black bitch had taken one sniff at the bear tracks, backed off, and skulked back to the pack with her tail between her legs. The dogs huddled together miserably on the riverbank as the wind snapped at them. Chett felt it too, biting through his layers of black wool and boiled leather. It was too bloody cold for man or beast, but here they were. His mouth twisted, and he could almost feel the boils that covered his cheeks and neck growing red and angry. I should be safe back at the Wall, tending the bloody ravens and making fires for old Maester Aemon. It was the bastard Jon Snow who had taken that from him, him and his fat friend Sam Tarly. It was their fault he was here, freezing his bloody balls off with a pack of hounds deep in the haunted forest.
'Seven hells.' He gave the leashes a hard yank to get the dogs' attention. 'Track, you bastards. That's a bear print. You want some meat or no? Find!' But the hounds only huddled closer, whining. Chett snapped his short lash above their heads, and the black bitch snarled at him. 'Dog meat would taste as good as bear,' he warned her, his breath frosting with every word.
Lark the Sisterman stood with his arms crossed over his chest and his hands tucked up into his armpits. He wore black wool gloves, but he was always complaining about how his fingers were frozen. 'It's too bloody cold to hunt,' he said. 'Bugger this bear, he's not worth freezing over.'
'We can't go back empty-handed, Lark,' rumbled Small Paul through the brown whiskers that covered most of his face. 'The Lord Commander wouldn't like that.' There was ice under the big man's squashed pug nose, where his snot had frozen. A huge hand in a thick fur glove clenched tight around the shaft of a spear.
'Bugger that Old Bear, too,' said the Sisterman, a thin man with sharp features and nervous eyes. 'Mormont will be dead before daybreak, remember? Who cares what he likes?'
Small Paul blinked his black little eyes. Maybe he had forgotten, Chett thought; he was stupid enough to forget most anything. 'Why do we have to kill the Old Bear? Why don't we just go off and let him be?'
'You think he'll let us be?' said Lark. 'He'll hunt us down. You want to be hunted, you great muttonhead?'
'No,' said Small Paul. 'I don't want that. I don't.'
'So you'll kills him?' said Lark.
'Yes.' The huge man stamped the butt of his spear on the frozen riverbank. 'I will. He shouldn't hunt us.'
The Sisterman took his hands from hi armpits and turned to Chett. 'We need to kill all the officers, I say.'
Chett was sick of hearing it. 'We been over this. The Old Bear dies, and Blane from the Shadow Tower. Grubbs and Aethan as well, their ill luck for drawing the watch, Dwyen and Bannen for their tracking, and Ser Piggy for the ravens. That's all. We kill them quiet, while they sleep. One scream and we're wormfood, every one of us.' His boils were red with rage. 'Just do your bit and see that your cousins do theirs. And Paul, try and remember, it's third watch, not second.'
'Third watch,' the big man said, through hair and frozen snot. 'Me and Softfoot. I remember, Chett.'
The moon would be black tonight, and they had jiggered the watches so as to have eight of their own standing sentry, with two more guarding the horses. It wasn't going to get much riper than that. Besides, the wildlings could be upon them any day now. Chett meant to be well away from here before that happened. He meant to live.
Three hundred sworn brothers of the Night's Watch had ridden north, two hundred from Castle Black and another hundred from the Shadow Tower. It was the biggest ranging in living memory, near a third of the Watch's strength. The meant to find Ben Stark, Ser Waymar Royce, and the other rangers who'd gone missing, and discover why the wildlings were leaving their villages. Well, they were no closer to Stark and Royce than when they'd left the Wall, but they'd learned where all the wildlings had gone—up into the icy heights of the godforsaken Frostfangs. They could squat up there till the end of time and it wouldn't prick Chett's boils none.
Excerpted from A Storm of Swords by George R. R. Martin Copyright© 2000 by George R.R. Martin. Excerpted by permission of Spectra, a division of Random House, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.
Author | George R. R. Martin |
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Audio read by | Roy Dotrice |
Cover artist | Stephen Youll |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Series | A Song of Ice and Fire |
Genre | Fantasy |
Published | August 8, 2000 (Voyager Books/UK & Bantam Spectra/US) |
Pages | 973 |
Award | Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (2001) |
ISBN | 0-553-10663-5 (US Hardback) ISBN0-00-224586-8 (UK Hardback) |
OCLC | 44676135 |
813/.54 21 | |
LC Class | PS3563.A7239 S7 2000 |
Preceded by | A Clash of Kings |
Followed by | A Feast for Crows |
A Storm of Swords is the third of seven planned novels in A Song of Ice and Fire, a fantasy series by American author George R. R. Martin. It was first published on August 8, 2000, in the United Kingdom,[1] with a United States edition following in November 2000. Its publication was preceded by a novella called Path of the Dragon, which collects some of the Daenerys Targaryen chapters from the novel into a single book.
At the time of its publication, A Storm of Swords was the longest novel in the series. It was so long that in the UK, Ireland, Australia, and Israel, its paperback edition was split in half, Part 1 being published as Steel and Snow in June 2001 (with the one-volume cover) and Part 2 as Blood and Gold in August 2001 (with a specially-commissioned new cover). The same division was used in the Polish and Greek editions. In France, the decision was made to cut the novel into four separate volumes.
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A Storm of Swords won the 2001 Locus Award,[2] the 2002 Geffen Award for Best Novel and was nominated for the 2001 Nebula Award for Best Novel.[2] It was the first novel in the series to be nominated for the Hugo Award, one of the two most prestigious awards in science fiction and fantasy publishing, although it lost to J. K. Rowling's novel Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.[2][3]
Meisha Merlin Publishing, which had previously issued limited, illustrated editions of both A Game of Thrones and A Clash of Kings, was planning to release a similar version for A Storm of Swords in two volumes; however, lengthy delays in the release of A Clash of Kings caused it to lose its publishing rights, which were picked up by Subterranean Press. This edition, illustrated by Charles Vess, was released in the summer of 2006.
A Storm of Swords is also the name of the second expansion to the board gameA Game of Thrones, released in July 2006. Approximately the first half of the novel was adapted for television as the third season of the HBO show Game of Thrones,[4] while the second half became the basis for the series' fourth season,[5] and some elements for the series' fifth season.
- 1Plot summary
- 1.1In the Seven Kingdoms
Plot summary[edit]
A Storm of Swords picks up the story slightly before the end of its predecessor, A Clash of Kings. The Seven Kingdoms of Westeros are still in the grip of the War of the Five Kings,[6] wherein Joffrey Baratheon and Stannis Baratheon compete for the Iron Throne while Robb Stark of the North and Balon Greyjoy of the Iron Islands declare their independence. Meanwhile, a large host of wildlings, the tribes from beyond the Seven Kingdoms' northern border, approach the Wall that marks the border under the leadership of Mance Rayder, the self-proclaimed 'King Beyond the Wall', with only the undermanned Night's Watch in opposition. Finally, Daenerys Targaryen, the daughter of a deposed former king of Westeros and 'mother' of the world's only living dragons, travels west to plan to retake her father's throne.
In the Seven Kingdoms[edit]
The Riverlands[edit]
At her father's castle of Riverrun, Robb's mother Catelyn Stark releases the captive Jaime Lannister, Joffrey's uncle (and, secretly, father) in order to secure the release of Catelyn's daughters, Sansa and Arya, who Catelyn believes are held hostage by the Lannisters in the capital city, King's Landing. Jaime is sent south, escorted by Brienne of Tarth. Robb's army returns to Riverrun, having vanquished the Lannister armies in the west, and Robb reveals that he has married Jeyne Westerling, violating his promise to be wed to a daughter of House Frey. These actions alienate and infuriate some of Robb's allies, weakening his military position.
Jaime and Brienne are captured by mercenaries working for Roose Bolton, who is nominally an ally of Robb's but is secretly plotting to undermine him. The mercenary captain Vargo Hoat has Jaime's sword hand cut off. Brienne is thrown into a bear pit by Hoat, and Jaime risks his own life to rescue her. Bolton releases Jaime and Brienne and they travel to King's Landing.
Arya Stark, traveling in the Riverlands, is taken in by the 'Brotherhood Without Banners': a band that defends the smallfolk of the Riverlands, led by Lord Beric Dondarrion and the red priest Thoros of Myr. The group encounters Sandor 'The Hound' Clegane, Joffrey's former bodyguard, and offers him trial by combat for his crimes. The Hound kills Beric, but Thoros resurrects him with the power of the fire god R'hllor. The Hound kidnaps Arya and flees with her.
In order to return north to defend the region against Greyjoy attacks, Robb needs the support of the Freys. The Freys propose a wedding between Catelyn's brother Edmure Tully, now lord of the Riverlands, and one of Lord Walder Frey's daughters, to compensate for Robb breaking his marriage agreement. At the wedding celebration, the Boltons and Freys turn on the Starks, massacring Robb's forces. Robb is murdered by Roose Bolton, while Catelyn's throat is cut and her body thrown into the river; Edmure is kept alive as a hostage. These events become known as the Red Wedding.
Arya and the Hound witness the Red Wedding and escape, but soon after, the Hound is wounded in a skirmish, and Arya abandons him. She takes a ship to the Free City of Braavos, where the assassin Jaqen H'ghar had told her she could find him.
In the epilogue, a re-animated but decayed and mutilated Catelyn is leading the Brotherhood Without Banners, and she oversees the lynching of two of the Freys who were present at the Red Wedding.
King's Landing, Dragonstone, and the Eyrie[edit]
The smuggler-turned-knight Davos Seaworth attempts to assassinate Stannis's advisor Melisandre, a sorceress and priestess of R'hllor, blaming her for Stannis's defeat in his prior assault on King's Landing. Davos is imprisoned for treason, but at Melisandre's behest, Stannis releases Davos and appoints him Hand of the King. Melisandre uses the blood of Edric Storm, a bastard son of Stannis's late brother King Robert, to curse the three rival Kings. Balon Greyjoy's death is reported shortly thereafter.
King's Landing welcomes the Lannisters' new allies the Tyrells as liberators, and King Joffrey sets aside his betrothal to Sansa Stark in favor of Margaery Tyrell. Joffrey's grandfather Tywin Lannister, the Hand of the King, compels Sansa to marry his dwarf son Tyrion Lannister, to enable Lannister control of the North; but Tyrion refuses to consummate the marriage against her will.
Margaery and Joffrey's wedding is held as planned, but during the wedding feast, King Joffrey is poisoned and dies. Tyrion is accused of the murder by his sister Cersei Lannister, Joffrey's mother, and arrested. Sansa escapes the castle with the help of Lord Petyr 'Littlefinger' Baelish, who admits to her his culpability in Joffrey's death, incriminating Margaery's grandmother Olenna Tyrell as well. Littlefinger and Sansa depart King's Landing for the Eyrie, home of Catelyn's sister Lysa Arryn.
After Balon, Robb and Joffrey die, as Melisandre predicted, Davos has Edric smuggled to safety to prevent Melisandre and Stannis sacrificing him for the power in his blood. Davos discovers a request by the Night's Watch for aid against Mance Rayder; Stannis prepares to execute Davos for treason but changes his mind after Davos shows Stannis the Night's Watch's plea.
The spymaster Varys and Tyrion's lover Shae testify falsely against Tyrion at his trial. Prince Oberyn Martell of the southern region of Dorne offers to represent Tyrion in a trial by combat against Cersei's champion, Gregor Clegane, who was responsible for the death of Oberyn's sister Elia. Oberyn nearly wins, but is ultimately killed by Gregor, although the poison on Oberyn's spear leaves Gregor dying in agony. Tyrion is sentenced to death.
Upon returning to King's Landing, Jaime gives Brienne a sword reforged from the hereditary sword of the Stark family, and sends her to find Arya and Sansa and return them home. Jaime refuses to believe that Tyrion killed Joffrey, and helps Varys free Tyrion from prison. Jaime reveals that Tyrion's first wife Tysha, whom Tywin had gang-raped by his garrison, was not a prostitute as Tywin told him, and genuinely loved Tyrion. Outraged, Tyrion swears revenge on Jaime, Cersei, and Tywin; during his escape, he murders both Shae and Tywin before fleeing Westeros.
At the Eyrie, Sansa is disguised as an illegitimate daughter of Littlefinger, and Littlefinger and Lysa are married. Lysa reveals that Littlefinger had convinced her to poison Jon Arryn, her late husband, and to pin the blame on the Lannisters, which was the catalyst for the events of A Game of Thrones. Lysa threatens to kill Sansa, thinking she is trying to seduce Littlefinger, but Littlefinger intervenes and, after revealing that he had only ever loved Catelyn, pushes Lysa to her death.
The North[edit]
The detachment of the Night's Watch under Lord Commander Jeor Mormont are attacked by undeadwights and the Others, hostile inhuman creatures from the far north. The Watch suffer heavy casualties, although the steward Samwell Tarly kills one of the Others with a blade of obsidian. Soon some of the Watch mutiny and kill Mormont, but Sam escapes with the help of a wildling girl, Gilly. Sam, Gilly, and Gilly's newborn child approach the Wall, assisted by a strange figure riding an elk, whom Sam calls Coldhands. Among the dead are most of the Watch's senior leadership.
Robb's brother Bran Stark and his friends, having escaped the Boltons' attack on the Stark castle Winterfell, are guided north by Bran's dreams of a three-eyed crow. At the Wall, Sam guides them to Coldhands and returns to the Night Watch's headquarters at Castle Black, having sworn to keep Bran's survival secret even from Jon Snow, Bran's bastard brother and Sam's fellow Watchman.
Jon, on a mission to infiltrate the wildlings, convinces Mance that he is a deserter from the Night's Watch, and learns that the Others are driving the wildlings south towards the Wall. Jon and his captor Ygritte also begin a sexual relationship. After crossing the Wall, Jon escapes the wildlings and returns to Castle Black. The approaching wildling army attacks Castle Black; but Jon takes command of the defenses and repels several assaults, during which Ygritte is slain. After that, the Watch's surviving leaders Janos Slynt and Alliser Thorne falsely accuse Jon of treachery, and send him north of the Wall to kill Mance under a pretense of parley. As Jon is talking with Mance in the wildling camp, the army of King Stannis arrives, routing the Wildlings, and Mance is imprisoned. Stannis offers to legitimize Jon and make him Lord of Winterfell in exchange for his support, but Jon decides to decline Stannis' offer, and is elected by the Night's Watch as its new Lord Commander.
Slaver's Bay[edit]
Daenerys Targaryen learns that large slave armies can be bought in Astapor, one of the cities of Slaver's Bay, and buys the entire host of the warrior-eunuch Unsullied by offering one of her infant dragons in exchange. Upon payment, Daenerys orders the Unsullied and the dragon to turn on the slave traders and sack the city. With the help of her maturing dragons, she frees all the slaves of Astapor, including the Unsullied. Daenerys' army then conquers the slaver city of Yunkai; but the lords of neighbouring Meereen antagonize Daenerys by killing child slaves and burning the land to deny her resources. Consequently, Daenerys besieges the city to no avail.
Daenerys discovers two traitors in her camp: Ser Jorah Mormont, who had spied on her for the late King Robert Baratheon, and Ser Barristan Selmy, the humiliated former Lord Commander of Robert Baratheon's Kingsguard. Daenerys offers both men the chance to make amends by sneaking into Meereen to free the slaves and start an uprising. Meereen soon falls and, in retaliation for the murdered child slaves, Daenerys has the city's rulers put to death. Selmy asks for Daenerys' forgiveness and becomes Lord Commander of her Queensguard, while Jorah, who refuses to admit any wrongdoing, is banished. When Daenerys learns that the council she left to govern Astapor has been overthrown, she decides to remain in Meereen to rule it herself.
Characters[edit]
The tale is told through the eyes of ten main characters, plus a one-off prologue POV and a one-off epilogue POV character, for a total of 12 narrators.
- Prologue: Chett, a brother and hound-keeper of the Night's Watch
- Jaime Lannister, the Kingslayer
- Jon Snow, bastard son of Eddard Stark, a sworn brother of the Night's Watch
- Catelyn Stark, of House Tully, widow of Lord Eddard Stark, mother of Robb Stark
- Tyrion Lannister, youngest son of Tywin Lannister, a dwarf, brother of Jaime and Cersei Lannister
- Sansa Stark, eldest daughter of Eddard and Catelyn Stark
- Arya Stark, youngest daughter of Eddard and Catelyn Stark
- Bran Stark, son of Eddard and Catelyn Stark, heir to Winterfell and the North
- Samwell Tarly, cowardly son of Lord Randyll Tarly, a sworn brother of the Night's Watch
- Davos Seaworth, a smuggler turned knight in the service of King Stannis Baratheon
- Daenerys Targaryen, exiled Queen of Westeros, of the Targaryen dynasty
- Epilogue: Merrett Frey, a member of the numerous Frey family.
Development[edit]
On October 6, 2009, Martin noted on his blog that his manuscript for A Storm of Swords had been 1521 pages in length;[7] the initial printed hardcover came in at 992 pages.[8] Martin did not write the Red Wedding chapters until he had completed every other chapter of the book, as he felt it was 'the hardest thing I ever wrote' and that he would rather delay writing until absolutely necessary. In contrast, he referred to the chapter of Joffrey's fatal wedding as 'easy and fun to write' but that he nevertheless tried to instill empathy for the painful demise of this very unpopular character and 'bring home the point that this, too, was a human being who was scared and terrified and then dead'.[9][10]
Editions[edit]
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Foreign language editions
- Bulgarian: Бард: 'Вихър от Мечове'
- Catalan: Alfaguara: 'Tempesta d'espases' 'Storm of swords'
- Chinese: 重庆出版社(2007): '冰雨的风暴' ('Storm of Freezing Rain').
- Czech: Talpress: 'Bouře mečů' ('Storm of Swords')
- Danish: Gyldendal: 'En Storm af Sværd' ('A Storm of Swords')
- Dutch: Luitingh-Sijthoff: 'Een storm van zwaarden' ('A Storm of Swords')
- Estonian: Two volumes, hardcover, Varrak (2010, 2011): 'Mõõkade maru. Teras ja lumi' (A Storm of Swords: Steel and Snow'), 'Mõõkade maru. Veri ja kuld' ('A Storm of Swords: Blood and Gold')
- Finnish: Kirjava: 'Miekkamyrsky' ('Swordstorm')
- French: Four volumes (Hardcover: Pygmalion (2001, 2002, 2003); paperback: J'ai Lu (2003, 2004)): 'Les brigands' (hardcover) / 'Intrigues à Port-Réal' (paperback), 'L'épée de feu', 'Les noces pourpres', 'La loi du régicide' ('The Outlaws/Intrigues in King's Landing', 'The Sword of Fire', 'The Crimson Wedding', 'The Law of the Kingslayer'.)
- German: Single volume, Fantasy Productions (2005): 'Schwertgewitter' ('Sword Storm'). Two volumes, Blanvalet (2001, 2002): 'Sturm der Schwerter', 'Die Königin der Drachen' ('Storm of Swords', 'The Queen of Dragons').
- Greek: Two volumes, Anubis: 'Παγωμένες Λεπίδες', 'Ματωμένο Χρυσάφι' ('Frozen Blades','Bloody Gold')
- Hebrew: 'סופת החרבות חלק א - פלדה ושלג, סופת החרבות חלק ב - דם וזהב' ('Storm of swords - Steel and snow','Storm of swords - blood and gold')
- Hungarian: Alexandra Könyvkiadó: 'Kardok vihara” ('Storm of Swords')
- Indonesian: Fantasious: 'Amukan Baja” ('Steel's Fury')
- Italian: Three volumes, Arnoldo Mondadori Editore (2002, 2003, 2004): 'Tempesta di spade', 'I fiumi della guerra', 'Il Portale delle Tenebre' ('A Storm of Swords', 'The Rivers of War', 'The Gate of Darkness').
- Japanese: Three volumes, hardcover : Hayakawa (2006-7), paperback : Hayakawa (2012): '剣嵐の大地' ('The Land of the Sword Storm') I, II and III
- Korean: Eun Haeng Namu Publishing Co. : '성검의 폭풍” ('Storm of Holy Swords')
- Lithuanian: Alma Littera 'Kardų audra' ('A Storm of Swords').
- Norwegian: Two volumes, Vendetta (2013): 'Stål og snø: en sang om is og ild, bok 3, del 1', 'Blod og Gull: en sang om is og ild, bok 3, del 2' ('Steel and Snow: A Song of Ice and Fire, book 3, part 1, Blood and Gold: A Song of Ice and Fire, book 3, part 2)'
- Polish: Two volumes, Zysk i S-ka: 'Nawałnica mieczy:Stal i Śnieg (I)', 'Nawałnica mieczy: Krew i Złoto(II)' (A Storm of Swords: Steel and Snow', 'A Storm of Swords: Blood and Gold')
- Brazilian Portuguese: Leya: 'A Tormenta de Espadas' ('The Storm of Swords')
- European Portuguese: Two Volumes, Saída de Emergência: 'A Tormenta de Espadas' ('A Storm of Swords'), 'A Glória dos Traidores' ('The Betrayer's Glory')
- Romanian: Nemira: 'Iureșul săbiilor'
- Russian: AST: 'Буря мечей' ('Storm of Swords').
- Serbian: Two volumes, Лагуна: 'Олуја мачева Део први: Челик и снег'(A Storm of Swords First part: 'Steel and snow'), 'Олуја мачева Део други: Крв и Злато' (A Storm of Swords Second part: 'Blood and Gold' )
- Slovenian: Vihra mečev ('A Storm of Swords')
- Spanish: Two volumes, Gilgamesh (2005): 'Tormenta de espadas I', 'Tormenta de espadas II' ('Storm of Swords I', 'Storm of Swords II').
- Swedish: Forum: 'Svärdets makt' ('The Might of the Sword')
- Turkish: Two volumes, Epsilon Yayınevi: 'Buz ve Ateşin Şarkısı III: Kılıçların Fırtınası - Kısım I & Kılıçların Fırtınası - Kısım II' ('A Storm of Swords')
- Ukrainian: KM Publishing (2015): 'Буря мечів' ('A Storm of Swords')
- Vietnamese: Three Volumes: 'Trò Chơi Vương Quyền 3A: Sự trở lại của Ngoại nhân', 'Trò Chơi Vương Quyền 3B: Nước mắt Sói Tuyết', 'Trò Chơi Vương Quyền 3C: Tử Hôn'. ('Game of Thrones 3A: Return of the Others', 'Game of Thrones 3B: Tears of Direwolf', 'Game of Thrones 3C: Purple Wedding')
Reception[edit]
Publishers Weekly said the third volume was 'one of the more rewarding examples of gigantism in contemporary fantasy. [...] The complexity of characters such as Daenerys, Arya and the Kingslayer will keep readers turning even the vast number of pages contained in this volume, for the author, like Tolkien or Jordan, makes us care about their fates. Those two fantasy greats are also evoked by Martin's ability to convey such sensual experiences as the heat of wildfire, the chill of ice, the smell of the sea and the sheer gargantuan indigestibility of the medieval banquet at its most excessive. Perhaps this saga doesn't go as far beyond the previous bounds of high fantasy as some claim, but for most readers it certainly goes far enough to command their attention.'[11]
Martin was nominated for the 2001 Hugo Award for Best Novel, but lost to J. K. Rowling for Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.[2][3] Afterwards he made this comment about his fans: 'Eat your heart out, Rowling. Maybe you have billions of dollars and my Hugo, but you don't have readers like these.'[12]
Awards and nominations[edit]
- Hugo Award – Best Novel (Nominated) – (2001)[2]
- Locus Award – Best Novel (Fantasy) (Won) – (2001)[2]
- Nebula Award – Best Novel (Nominated) – (2001)[2]
- Geffen Award – Best Fantasy Book (Won) – (2002)
- Ignotus Award – Best Novel (Foreign) (Won) – (2006)
References[edit]
- ^Miller, Faren (November 2000). 'Locu Online Reviews: A Storm of Swords (August 2000)'. Locus. Retrieved March 7, 2010.
- ^ abcdefg'2001 Award Winners & Nominees'. Worlds Without End. Retrieved 2009-07-25.
- ^ ab'2001 Hugo Awards'. The Hugo Awards. 2001-09-03. Archived from the original on 2012-04-19. Retrieved 2011-10-13.
- ^Martin, George R. R. (11 April 2012). 'Season Three'. Archived from the original on 14 April 2012. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
- ^Elavsky, Cindy (January 19, 2014). 'Celebrity Extra'. King Features. Retrieved April 22, 2014.
- ^War of the Five Kings at A Wiki of Ice and Fire westeros.org, Retrieved 25 December 2014
- ^Martin, George R. R. (October 6, 2009). 'Not A Blog: Dance, Dance, Dance'. GRRM.Livejournal.com (Author's LiveJournal blog). Archived from the original on December 28, 2009. Retrieved March 4, 2010.
- ^Product Details: A Storm of Swords (2000). Amazon.com. ISBN0553106635.
- ^'The Citadel: So Spake Martin - To Be Continued (Chicago, IL; May 6–8)'. Westeros.org. 2005-05-06. Retrieved 2011-10-13.
- ^George R. R. Martin at Authors@Google, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTTW8M_etko
- ^'Fiction review: A Storm of Swords'. publishersweekly.com. October 30, 2000. Retrieved 2012-02-13.
- ^Brotherhood Without Banners Retrieved December 25, 2014
External links[edit]
- A Wiki Of Ice And Fire Wiki dedicated to A Song of Ice and Fire
- A Storm of Swords title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- A Storm of Swords at the Internet Book List
- A Storm of Swords at Worlds Without End