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(A Song of Ice and Fire #2)

A comet the color of blood and flame cuts across the sky. Two great leaders—Lord Eddard Stark and Robert Baratheon—who hold sway over an age of enforced peace are dead, victims of royal treachery. Now, from the ancient citadel of Dragonstone to the forbidding shores of Winterfell, chaos reigns. Six factions struggle for control of a divided land and the Iron Throne of the..more
Published May 28th 2002 by Bantam (first published November 16th 1998)
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May 19, 2011Cassy rated it really liked it · review of another edition
Shelves: physical-own, 2011, fiction-scifi-fantasy-paranormal, region-elsewhere
This isn’t going to be a cutesy review. I am well into the third book. I fear that if I don’t blurt out my thoughts about this one soon, then all the books in the series are going to meld together in my memory. Here are my three main impressions:
1. Bleak, dreary, and dismal
Don’t expect any happiness in this book. Martin is merciless with his characters. And if you do see a bright light, don’t trust it. One character learned she won’t have to marry an abusive, horrible guy. She and I were elated.
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May 29, 2012Reynje added it · review of another edition

Instead of writing a review, I'm just going to post a list of the facial expressions I made while reading this book:
However.. I feel this one most accurately sums up A Clash of Kings:
WINTERFELLLLLLL!!
obey your nerds. is what i am learning.srsly - i was never going to read this series, but once i started.. it is like a drug. and - yes - i watched season two before i read this book, but i am not going to wait for seasons 3-4 to read the next one, no way, because i am hooked and I MUST KNOW! and if any one of you people spoils the third book for me, i am going to make one of those torture devices with the bucket, the rat, and the torch, and it is bye-bye stomach for you!
i see
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Jul 07, 2019Jayson rated it really liked it · review of another edition
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(A-) 83% Very Good
Notes: A book of sundry schemes: all hidden lives, strategic brides and switching sides; while honor ebbs and magic thrives.
Mar 31, 2008Melissa Rudder rated it really liked it · review of another edition
It was right about at the beginning of George R. R. Martin’s A Clash of Kings, the second book in his A Song of Ice and Fire series, that I admitted to myself that I wanted to quit my job and everything else in my life so I could stay home and read all day. I resisted the urge. I’m still not quite sure if I made the right decision.
You think you know someone, and then you read the second book about her. (Or him. Though, for the most part, the changes of the hers were more exciting for me in this
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Apr 09, 2015Nick rated it it was amazing
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You can find the full review and more about this book on my blog!
I HAVE NO WORDS,just as the first one,perfection.After Game of Thrones ending,with the head on the spike and the naked mother of dragons with her dragons in her body,you can imagine my level of excitement.I recall reading this in 6 days,and I am proud about that.For my opinion the first one was better than this,but still this one was almost as enjoyable as the first.
My favorite is Daenerys Targaryen,I just like to read about her an
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Aug 01, 2013Jayson rated it really liked it · review of another edition
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(A-) 83% Very Good
Notes: So much tension builds from uncertainty. Nearly everyone is helpless, and so the resolution is always unpredictable.
If long Fantasy stories have fundamental rules, they probably go like this: 1) create a rich world, 2) put interesting characters in it, and 3) mix up some sequence of interesting things happening around them, happening to them, and being done by them. Martin’s first novel in this series, A Game of Thrones, fulfilled all three swimmingly. He forged one of the deepest Fantasy realms since Tolkien, with a mythology, culture and history. He spun characters of a few key families and then scattering..more
Nov 09, 2015Melissa ♥ Dog/Wolf Lover ♥ Martin rated it really liked it · review of another edition
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I freaking finished it! I have to admit I have watched, well own the boxsets, of all the shows up to the current one. I can't watch is because I don't have HBO! But I digress. There really isn't much more that I can say that hasn't already been said etc and so on. I will just add a few excerpts and some pictures and some thoughts. That stuff.
I love Jon Snow It seems like he didn't have much in the book. A few of the characters I love didn't have a lot of stuff going on in this book. But
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Dec 12, 2010mark monday rated it it was amazing
Everyone seems to agree that George R.R. Martin and A Song of Ice and Fire are titans in the genre of Epic Fantasy. True, true.
Everyone also seems to agree that the best characters are Tyrion, Arya, and Jon Snow. They are indeed wondrous characters. They are heroes. They fail many times, but in a way they are infallible: they are so incredibly sympathetic, they are always trying to do the right thing, they have kindness & empathy & bravery & loyalty. In fact nearly every voice in th
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Dec 31, 2018Matthew rated it really liked it · review of another edition
I finished this book on the cusp of New Year's Eve 2018 into 2019. At the time, I was too ready to party so I delayed my review. Now, on January 1st, I am recovered and ready!
A solid 4 stars - action, world building, interesting characters, political intrigue, etc.
I am not quite sure how this book is so big yet so little happens. Sure, a lot of things do occur, but if you take everyone's individual story line, it's only 3 or 4 chapters spread out over 1000 pages. In addition to this, much of the
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Jan 19, 2019Petrik rated it really liked it · review of another edition
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4.5/5 stars
A Clash of Kings was a brilliant sequel that brought the spotlight of the series to one of the most well-written characters in fantasy: Tyrion Lannister.

A Clash of Kings is the second book in A Song of Ice and Fire saga by George R. R. Martin. The main story in this sequel mainly revolves around the multiple kings of Westeros battling in full force for the right to sit in the Iron Throne. This, however, is just scratching the surface of the story. Martin built upon everything he has e
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May 09, 2016Candace rated it really liked it · review of another edition
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Whew! Another one down. These have got to be some of the longest audiobooks that I've ever listened to. Yet, despite the length, I cannot pull myself away from this series. I am completely hooked on this sordid and gory saga.
The second book in the series, 'A Clash of Kings' picks up the story and submerges readers in action and adventure. With all of the new kings coming forward to lay claim to different lands and all of the battles, I found myself again, lost at times. There are so many moving
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Jan 17, 2014Sean Barrs the Bookdragon rated it it was amazing
This is the Imp’s hour; this is the Imp’s book. Forget about Dany, and forget about Jon Snow because this is the book where we get to see the true quality of Tyrion Lannister.
Tyrion is my favourite character in this series, so I’m somewhat biased in my review. For me, he is the most unique, and original, character that George R.R Martin has written. He is wise beyond his years and has developed an acute perception of things; he knows his own place in the world and he knows exactly what it is. I
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Apr 03, 2015Kai rated it really liked it · review of another edition
“Crowns do queer things to the heads beneath them.”
So. Many. Pages. But I did it! It was a great read, but less satisfying than A Game of Thrones . I'm not entirely sure why, but I think the many Kings and their battles were a little tiring.
So here are the many POVs, starting with the chapters I liked the most down to the ones I didn't:
Tyrion - Unexpected turns, witty and intruiging
Daenerys - New unknown lands and strange magic, dragons!
Arya - Danger, Jaqen H'ghar, and many different faces
Sansa
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Jun 05, 2011Matt rated it really liked it
“Ashore, the arms of the great trebuchets rose one, two, three, and a hundred stones climbed high into the yellow sky. Each one was as large as a man’s head; when they fell they sent up great gouts of water, smashed through oak planking, and turned living men into bone and pulp and gristle. All across the river the first line was engaged. Grappling hooks were flung out, iron rams crashed through wooden hulls, boarders swarmed, flights of arrows whispered through each other in the drifting smoke,..more
Apr 01, 2012Raeleen Lemay rated it really liked it · review of another edition
GOOD BOOK but I don't give a shit about Stannis
George R.R. Martin demonstrates in Clash of Kings, his second Song of Ice and Fire novel, that he is the American J.R.R. Tolkien.
Raymond Richard, born in New Jersey, differs from Ronald Reuel, born in what is now South Africa, in many ways, but their fantastic world building is what puts them in a class with few others. If any.
While Tolkien’s Middle Earth is more poetic and his language more lyric, Martin’s Westeros and Essos is more adult (by far), and with more graphic violence and sex. More m
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Jun 18, 2019Emily May rated it really liked it · review of another edition
By far the two biggest adjustments I've had to make going into these books after watching the TV show are:
1) Reimagining major characters and war leaders as children (they benefited from being a few years older, IMO. 13/14 year olds leading armies is odd, regardless of how 'medieval-inspired' your fantasy setting is.)
And 2) Realizing that my beloved Tyrion is actually a creep. Peter Dinklage brought so much charm to the character, but in the book his constant obsession with his cock, plus the w
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Aug 03, 2017Charlotte May rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
'Power resides where men believe it resides. No more and no less.'
If A Game of Thrones was the introduction to the characters, setting the scene for the later trials and conflicts; then A Clash of Kings is the angrier, battle fuelled brother.
Four men strive to take the Iron Throne from the newest King currently sat on it. All the while Daenerys is over in the east with her Khalasar looking for ships and growing more famous as the Mother of Dragons day by day.
We are introduced to the new religi
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While reading A Clash of Kings for the second time, it struck me that George R.R. Martin makes writing fantasy seem insultingly effortless. At first glance, Martin hardly bothers to do more than sketch his characters, yet they become legends so quickly.
For example, Quorin Halfhand is a brother in the Night's Watch. He eats an egg and has perhaps five lines, but he is a character that readers will find difficult to forget. Why is he called 'halfhand?' Well, he lost all but the thumb and an index
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Jun 24, 2014Melanie rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
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1.) A Game of Thrones ★★★★★
#readASOIAF Read-Along - Hosted by Riley from Riley Marie, Elizabeth from Liz Loves Literature, and Kayla from BOOKadoodles. ♥
Well, no one said this title was misleading. When GRRM named this A Clash of Kings he couldn't have been more right. This review will contain SPOILERS! Please refrain from reading if you have not read this book or its predecessor, A Game of Thrones.
So, we have the king sitting on the Iron Throne, Joffrey. We have Theon's father crowing himself
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Apr 06, 2015Ahmad Sharabiani rated it really liked it
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A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire #2), George R.R. Martin
A Clash of Kings is the second novel in A Song of Ice and Fire, an epic fantasy series by American author George R. R. Martin expected to consist of seven volumes. It was first published on 16 November 1998 in the United Kingdom. Like its predecessor, A Game of Thrones, it won the Locus Award (in 1999) for Best Novel and was nominated for the Nebula Award (also in 1999) for best novel.
A Clash of Kings depicts the Seven Kingdoms of
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May 01, 2012Madeline rated it liked it
'Kill your darlings' is a popular piece of advice given in creative writing classes - it's the concept that you shouldn't ever be afraid to take drastic and destructive action on your precious baby of a novel in order to move the plot forward or improve the story. George RR Martin should be held up as the gold standard of this rule, since his books might as well come labeled with a giant 'Don't Get Too Attached' warning. It isn't just major and beloved characters (Eddard Stark, you will be aveng..more
Jan 09, 2011Becky rated it really liked it · review of another edition
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I know what you're thinking.. 'Only 4 stars??!' Yeah. I shall tell you why.
First, because getting to the halfway mark of this book took me 11 days. In my edition, which was 807 pages of book, that's about 400 pages. I read more than half that just today, so 11 days is a LONG time for me to get into a story.
Secondly, because so much of this book felt like set up and maneuverings and I was ready for stuff to happen! A Game of Thrones had me on the edge of my seat almost from the word 'go', and
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May 26, 2019Jess☺️ rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
A Clash Of Kings by George R.R. Martin is the fantastic continuing story of A Game of Thrones.
This book is slightly longer than the first with a few added main characters (which means there are a few more people I would love to behead and spike myself 😉) There's just as much back stabbing, gore and a few shocks along the way.
The plot to this story just keeps getting better and better and continues to be easy to follow.
The anticipation for the big ending slowly builds from the first pages to the
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Jan 29, 2013Dan Schwent rated it it was amazing
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Feb 27, 2014Regan rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
Hot damn.
This might be my favorite book in the entire series. If the first book is more of an introduction to George Martin's cruel world, A CLASH OF KINGS is a straight up feats of nastiness (and goodiness because, you know, the books is perfect).
Shit starts to go down really fast (or as fast as it can go for a 800 pages book). We see Arya starting to become a badass, Tyrion being just as badass as before, Daenerys becoming a badass b**ch and, my favorite, Robb being the one to rule them all. So overall
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Feb 10, 2017Hasham Rasool rated it really liked it

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There are two new characters: Davos Seaworth and Theon Greyjoy.
I like this book but personally, I prefer the first book, 'A Game of Thrones' than this book.
A Clash of Kings is my least favourite book of A Song of Ice and Fire.
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George R.R. Martin was born September 20, 1948, in Bayonne, New Jersey. His father was Raymond Collins Martin, a longshoreman, and his mother was Margaret Brady Martin. He has two sisters, Darleen Martin Lapinski and Janet Martin Patten.
Martin attended Mary Jane Donohoe School and Marist High School. He began writing very young, selling monster stories to other neighborhood children for pennies,
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A Clash of Kings
AuthorGeorge R. R. Martin
Audio read byRoy Dotrice
Cover artistSteve Youll
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
SeriesA Song of Ice and Fire
GenreFantasy
Published1998 (Voyager Books/UK)
1999 (Bantam Spectra/US)
Pages761 [1]
AwardLocus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (1999)
ISBN0-00-224585-X (UK Hardback)
ISBN0-553-10803-4 (US Hardback)
OCLC59667381
813/.54
LC ClassPS3563.A7239 C58 1999
Preceded byA Game of Thrones
Followed byA Storm of Swords

A Clash of Kings is the second novel in A Song of Ice and Fire, an epic fantasy series by American author George R. R. Martin expected to consist of seven volumes. It was first published on 16 November 1998 in the United Kingdom, although the first United States edition did not follow until February 2, 1999[2] Like its predecessor, A Game of Thrones, it won the Locus Award (in 1999) for Best Novel and was nominated for the Nebula Award (also in 1999) for best novel. In May 2005 Meisha Merlin released a limited edition of the novel, fully illustrated by John Howe.

The novel has been adapted for television by HBO as the second season of the TV series Game of Thrones.

A Clash of Kings is also the name of the first expansion to the Game of Thrones board game.

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Plot summary[edit]

A Clash of Kings depicts the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros in civil war, while the Night's Watch mounts a reconnaissance to investigate the mysterious people known as wildlings. Meanwhile, Daenerys Targaryen continues her plan to reconquer the Seven Kingdoms.

In the Seven Kingdoms[edit]

With King Robert Baratheon dead, his purported son Joffrey and his brothers Renly and Stannis all claim the throne of the Seven Kingdoms. Two regions attempt to secede from the realm: Robb Stark is declared 'King in the North' while Balon Greyjoy declares himself king of the Iron Islands. The war among these contenders is dubbed the War of the Five Kings.

Stannis Baratheon, claiming the throne as Robert's eldest brother and therefore heir, is supported by Melisandre, a foreign priestess who believes Stannis to be the reincarnation of Azor Ahai, a messianic figure of her faith. Renly Baratheon has married Margaery Tyrell, the daughter of the wealthy Lord Mace Tyrell, who is supporting Renly's attempt to usurp the throne. Robb sends his mother Catelyn Stark to meet with Renly and Stannis to discuss an alliance against Joffrey's family, the Lannisters, but she is unable to reach an agreement with them. Melisandre uses magic to send a shadow to assassinate Renly; after witnessing Renly's death, Catelyn and Renly's bodyguard Brienne of Tarth flee the scene. Having lost Renly, some of his followers shift their support to Stannis.

Tyrion Lannister, Joffrey's uncle, arrives at King's Landing as acting Hand of the King, the senior adviser to Joffrey's reign. Whilst jockeying for power against Joffrey's mother, the Queen Regent Cersei, Tyrion improves the defenses of the city. Learning of Renly's death, and knowing that the Tyrells will not support Stannis, Tyrion sends the crown's treasurer Petyr “Littlefinger” Baelish to negotiate a marriage alliance between Margaery and Joffrey. Riots break out in the city due to Joffrey's cruelty and food shortages caused by the ongoing war.

Robb wins several victories against the Lannisters while Robb's younger brother Bran rules the Northern stronghold of Winterfell in his absence. Robb sends his friend Theon Greyjoy, Balon Greyjoy's son, who grew up as a hostage in Winterfell, to negotiate an alliance between the North and the Iron Islands. Theon betrays Robb and attacks Winterfell, taking the castle and capturing Bran and his younger brother Rickon. When Bran and Rickon escape, Theon fakes their deaths. Believing this ruse, Stark supporters besiege the castle, including a force from the Starks' sometime ally House Bolton. However, the Bolton soldiers turn against the Stark and Greyjoy forces alike, burn Winterfell, slaughter its inhabitants, and take Theon prisoner.

Robb's sister Arya is taken north posing as a new recruit for the Night's Watch. The recruits are attacked by Lannister forces, and the survivors are taken to the gigantic castle of Harrenhal, which is controlled by Joffrey's grandfather Tywin Lannister, and put to work as servants. For saving his life during the attack, a mysterious man named Jaqen H'ghar promises to repay Arya by killing three men of her choice. Arya leverages this offer to help Northern forces retake control of Harrenhal. Jaqen gives Arya a mysterious iron coin and tells her to find him in the foreign city of Braavos if she should ever desire to learn his secrets. Arya soon escapes the castle.

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Stannis' army launches assaults on King's Landing by both land and sea in a battle in Blackwater Bay. Under Tyrion's command, the Lannister forces use 'wildfire' (similar to Greek fire) to ignite the bay, and raise a massive chain across its mouth to prevent Stannis' fleet from retreating. Tywin leads his army and the Tyrell forces to the defense of King's Landing, and Stannis's forces are defeated. During the battle, Tyrion is attacked and injured by a knight of Joffrey's Kingsguard; by the time Tyrion regains consciousness after the battle, Tywin has assumed the post of Hand of the King.

Beyond the Wall[edit]

A scouting party from the Night's Watch learns that the wildlings are uniting under 'King-beyond-the-Wall' Mance Rayder. The Watch then continue to an ancient hill-top fortress known as the Fist of the First Men, where Jeor Mormont sends Jon Snow and Qhorin Halfhand with others to the Skirling Pass, where they are hunted by wildling warriors. Facing certain defeat, Halfhand commands Jon to infiltrate the wildlings and learn their plans. They are captured by wildlings who demand Jon fight Qhorin to join them. Jon kills Qhorin with the aid of his direwolf, Ghost, and learns that Mance Rayder is advancing on the Wall with thirty thousand wildlings, giants, and mammoths.

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Across the Narrow Sea[edit]

Daenerys Targaryen travels east, accompanied by the knight Jorah Mormont, her remaining followers, and three newly hatched dragons. Scouts find a safe route to the city of Qarth, where her dragons make Daenerys notorious. Xaro Xhoan Daxos, the leader of the Thirteen, a prominent group of traders in Qarth, initially befriends the outsiders; but Daenerys cannot secure aid in claiming the Iron Throne, because she refuses to give away any of her dragons. As a last resort, Daenerys seeks counsel from the warlocks of Qarth, who show Daenerys many confusing visions and threaten her life, whereupon one of Daenerys' dragons, Drogon, burns down the warlocks' House of the Undying. An attempt to assassinate Daenerys is thwarted by a fat warrior named Strong Belwas and his squire Arstan Whitebeard: agents of Daenerys' ally Illyrio Mopatis, who have come to escort her back to Pentos.

Characters[edit]

Cnc dxf art files. The tale is told through the eyes of 9 recurring POV characters plus one prologue POV character:

  • Prologue: Maester Cressen, maester at Dragonstone
  • Tyrion Lannister, youngest son of Lord Tywin Lannister, a dwarf and a brother to Queen Cersei, and the acting Hand of the King
  • Lady Catelyn Stark, of House Tully, widow of Eddard Stark, Lord of Winterfell
  • Ser Davos Seaworth, a smuggler turned knight in the service of King Stannis Baratheon, often called the Onion Knight
  • Sansa Stark, eldest daughter of Eddard Stark and Catelyn Stark, held captive by Queen Cersei at King's Landing
  • Arya Stark, youngest daughter of Eddard Stark and Catelyn Stark, missing and presumed dead
  • Bran Stark, second son of Eddard Stark and Catelyn Stark and heir to Winterfell and the King in the North
  • Jon Snow, bastard son of Eddard Stark, and a man of the Night's Watch
  • Theon Greyjoy, heir to the Seastone Chair and former ward of Lord Eddard Stark
  • Queen Daenerys Targaryen, the Unburnt and Mother of Dragons, of the Targaryen dynasty

Editions[edit]

Foreign language editions
  • Arabic: 'اغنية الثلج والنار: صراع الملوك' ('A Song of Ice and Fire : Clash of kings')
  • Bulgarian: Бард :'Сблъсък на Крале'
  • Catalan: Alfaguara :'Xoc de reis' ('Clash of kings')
  • Croatian: Algoritam: 'Sraz kraljeva'
  • Chinese: '列王的纷争', 重庆出版社(2006) ('Conflict of Kings').
  • Czech: Talpress: 'Střet králů' ('Clash of Kings')
  • Danish: Gyldendal :'Kongernes Kamp' ('The Battle of Kings')
  • Dutch: One volume, Luithing Fantasy (1999): hardcover : De Strijd der Koningen ('The Clash of Kings')
  • Estonian: Two volumes, hardcover : Varrak (2008, 2009), 'Kuningate heitlus I & II' ('A Clash of Kings')
  • Finnish: Kirjava: 'Kuninkaiden koitos'
  • French: Three volumes (Hardcover: Pygmalion (2000); paperback: J'ai Lu (2002)): 'La bataille des rois', 'L'ombre maléfique', 'L'invincible forteresse' ('The Battle of Kings', 'The Evil Shadow', 'The Invincible Fortress').
  • German: Single volume, Fantasy Productions (2004): 'Königsfehde' ('King's Feud'). Two volumes, Blanvalet (2000): 'Der Thron der Sieben Königreiche', 'Die Saat des goldenen Löwen' ('The Throne of the Seven Kingdoms', 'The Seed of the Golden Lion').
  • Georgian: Paperback, Arete (2014): 'მეფეთა ჯახი' I/II ('Clash of Kings' I/II)
  • Greek: Anubis: 'Σύγκρουση Βασιλέων' ('Clash of Kings')
  • Hebrew: 'I/II עימות המלכים' ('Clash of Kings')
  • Hungarian: Alexandra Könyvkiadó : 'Királyok csatája' ('Battle of Kings')
  • Icelandic: UGL: 'Konungar kljást' ('Kings Clash')
  • Indonesian: Fantasious: 'Pertempuran Raja-raja' ('Battle of Kings')
  • Italian: Two volumes, Arnoldo Mondadori Editore (2001, 2002): 'Il regno dei lupi', 'La regina dei draghi' ('The Kingdom of Wolves', 'The Queen of Dragons').
  • Japanese: Two volumes, hardcover : Hayakawa (2004), paperback : Hayakawa (2007): '王狼たちの戦旗' ('Banner of the Wolf Kings')
  • Korean: Eun Haeng Namu Publishing Co. :'왕들의 전쟁' ('War of Kings')
  • Latvian: Whitebook: 'Karaļu cīņa' ('War of Kings')
  • Lithuanian: Alma Littera 'Karalių kova' ('A Battle of Kings')
  • Norwegian: Two volumes (2012) 'Bok II Del I: Kongenes kamp' (Book II Part I: The Battle of Kings) and 'Bok II Del II: Dragenes dronning' (Book II Part II: The Queen of Dragons)
  • Polish: Zysk i s-ka: 'Starcie królów'
  • Brazilian Portuguese: Leya: 'A Fúria dos Reis' ('Wrath of the Kings')
  • European Portuguese: Two Volumes, Saída de Emergência : 'A Fúria dos Reis', 'O Despertar da Magia'
  • Romanian: Nemira: 'Încleștarea regilor'
  • Russian: Single volume, AST (2004, 2005, 2006): 'Битва королей' ('The Battle of Kings'). Two volumes, AST (2000): 'Битва королей. Книга 1', 'Битва королей. Книга 2' ('The Battle of Kings: Book 1', 'The Battle of Kings: Book 2).
  • Serbian: Лагуна : 'Судар краљева'
  • Slovenian: 'Spopad kraljev' ('Clash of Kings')
  • Spanish: Gigamesh (2003): 'Choque de reyes' ('Clash of Kings').
  • Swedish: Forum bokförlag: 'Kungarnas krig' ('War of the Kings')
  • Turkish: Two volumes, Epsilon Yayınevi: 'Buz ve Ateşin Şarkısı II: Kralların Çarpışması - Kısım I & Kralların Çarpışması - Kısım II' ('A Clash of Kings')
  • Ukrainian: One volume, KM Publishing (2014): 'Битва Королів' ('A Clash of Kings')
  • Vietnamese: Two volumes: 'Trò Chơi Vương Quyền 2A: Hậu Duệ Của Sư Tử Vàng', 'Trò Chơi Vương Quyền 2B: Bảy Phụ Quốc'. ('Game of Thrones 2A: Descendants of the Golden Lion', 'Game of Thrones 2B: Seven Kingdoms')

Television adaptation[edit]

A Clash of Kings has been adapted for television by HBO as the second season of its successful adaptation of A Song of Ice and Fire.[3] Filming began July 2011, and the first episode of season 2 of Game of Thrones aired on April 1, 2012.[4]

Reception[edit]

As with its predecessor, A Clash of Kings was positively received by critics. Dorman Shindler of The Dallas Morning News described it as 'one of the best [works] in this particular subgenre', praising 'the richness of this invented world and its cultures .. [that] lends Mr. Martin's novels the feeling of medieval history rather than fiction.'[5] Writing in The San Diego Union-Tribune, Jim Hopper called A Clash of Kings 'High Fantasy with a vengeance' and commented: 'I'll admit to staying up too late one night last week to finish off this big book, and I hope it's not too terribly long until the next one comes out.'[6] Danielle Pilon wrote in the Winnipeg Free Press that the book 'shows no signs of the usual 'middle book' aimlessness'. Although she found the constantly switching viewpoints 'momentarily confusing', she felt that it 'draws the reader deep into the labyrinthine political and military intrigues and evokes sympathy for characters on all sides of the conflict.'[7] Bradley H. Sinor of the Tulsa World praised Martin for 'keep[ing] readers balanced on a sword's edge' and managing to do 'three important things' with A Clash of Kings: 'It grips the reader whether or not they read the earlier book, tells a satisfying story and leaves the reader wanting the next book as soon as possible.'[8]The Oregonian's Steve Perry called the book 'easily as good as the first novel' and commented that the Song of Ice and Fire books were 'so complex, fascinating and well-rendered that readers will almost certainly be hooked into the whole series.' However, he cautioned that 'if it were a movie, it would be rated 'R' for sex and violence, so don't pick the book up for your 10-year-old nephew who likes Conan.'[9]

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Awards and nominations[edit]

  • Locus Award – Best Novel (Fantasy) (Won) – (1999)[3]
  • Nebula Award – Best Novel (Nominated) – (1999)[3]
  • Ignotus Award – Best Novel (Foreign) (Won) – (2004)

References[edit]

  1. ^'Fiction review: A Clash of Kings'. Publishers Weekly. February 1, 1999. Archived from the original on June 10, 2013. Retrieved February 13, 2012.
  2. ^https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91973.A_Clash_of_Kings.
  3. ^ abc'1999 Award Winners & Nominees'. Worlds Without End. Retrieved 2009-07-25.
  4. ^Crider, Michael. ''Game Of Thrones' Season 2 Starts Filming In July; Producers Talk Cast & Story'. Archived from the original on 21 June 2011. Retrieved July 15, 2011.
  5. ^Shindler, Dorman (February 21, 1999). 'In Martin's 'Clash of Kings,' the delight is in the details'. The Dallas Morning News.
  6. ^Hopper, Jim (March 19, 1999). 'They're wiping out intelligent races -- What? Me worry?'. The San Diego Union-Tribune.
  7. ^Pilon, Danielle (March 28, 1999). 'Second book in Martin series shines amid dull tomes'. Winnipeg Free Press.
  8. ^Sinor, Bradley H. (April 25, 1999). 'All the king's horses ..'. Tulsa World.
  9. ^Perry, Steve (June 27, 1999). 'Adventure drives medieval-style fantasy'. The Oregonian.

External links[edit]

  • A Clash of Kings title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
  • A Clash of Kings at the Internet Book List
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