Author | George R. R. Martin |
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Audio read by | Roy Dotrice |
Cover artist | Larry Rostant |
Language | English |
Series | A Song of Ice and Fire |
Genre | Fantasy |
Published | July 12, 2011 |
Publisher | Voyager Books (UK) Bantam Spectra (US)[1][2] |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
Pages | 1056 (US hardcover)[3] |
Award | Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (2012) |
ISBN | 978-0553801477 9780007456376 (UK hardback) |
OCLC | 191922936 |
813/.54 | |
LC Class | PS3563.A7239 D36 2011 |
Preceded by | A Feast for Crows |
Followed by | The Winds of Winter (planned) |
A Dance with Dragons is the fifth novel of seven planned in the epic fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire by American author George R. R. Martin. In some areas, the paperback edition was published in two parts: Dreams and Dust and After the Feast. It was the only novel in the series to be published during the eight-season run of the HBO adaptation of the series, Game of Thrones. It is 1,056 pages long and has a word count of almost 415,000.
The US hardcover was officially published on July 12, 2011, and a few weeks later, it went to No. 1 on Publishers Weekly and USA Today bestsellers lists. The novel has been adapted for television as the fifth season of Game of Thrones, although elements of the book have also appeared in the series' third, fourth and sixth seasons.
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