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A Song of Ice and Fire: The Graphic Novels #4

A Game of Thrones: Taht Oyunları, Cilt 4

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İlk üç cildi büyük bir ilgi ve beğeniyle karşılanan A Game of Thrones: Taht Oyunları'nın IV. Cildi hayranlarıyla buluşuyor.

A Game of Thrones: Taht Oyunları, G. R. R. Martin ve fantastik romanların bir başka ustası Daniel Abraham tarafından romanın aslına sadık kalınarak uyarlandı ve Tommy Patterson'un olağanüstü çizgileriyle görsel bir şölene dönüştürüldü.

Her karesi bir poster niteliğinde olan çizgilerle A Game of Thrones: Taht Oyunları'nın bütün ciltlerini keyifle okuyacak ve kitaplığınızda yıllarca saklayacaksınız.

"Bir at efendisi öldüğünde, gece topraklarında gururla yol alabilsin diye atı da onunla birlikte ölürdü. Bir erkek hayatta ne kadar haşin dövüşmüşse, yıldızı da o kadar parlak olurdu. Artık ilk yıldızı izlemekten başka yapacak bir şey yok."
(Tanıtım Bülteninden)

208 pages, Paperback

First published August 28, 2014

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George R.R. Martin

1,505 books118k followers
George Raymond Richard "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, dramatic readings included. Later he became a comic book fan and collector in high school, and began to write fiction for comic fanzines (amateur fan magazines). Martin's first professional sale was made in 1970 at age 21: The Hero, sold to Galaxy, published in February, 1971 issue. Other sales followed.

In 1970 Martin received a B.S. in Journalism from Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, graduating summa cum laude. He went on to complete a M.S. in Journalism in 1971, also from Northwestern.

As a conscientious objector, Martin did alternative service 1972-1974 with VISTA, attached to Cook County Legal Assistance Foundation. He also directed chess tournaments for the Continental Chess Association from 1973-1976, and was a Journalism instructor at Clarke College, Dubuque, Iowa, from 1976-1978. He wrote part-time throughout the 1970s while working as a VISTA Volunteer, chess director, and teacher.

In 1975 he married Gale Burnick. They divorced in 1979, with no children. Martin became a full-time writer in 1979. He was writer-in-residence at Clarke College from 1978-79.

Moving on to Hollywood, Martin signed on as a story editor for Twilight Zone at CBS Television in 1986. In 1987 Martin became an Executive Story Consultant for Beauty and the Beast at CBS. In 1988 he became a Producer for Beauty and the Beast, then in 1989 moved up to Co-Supervising Producer. He was Executive Producer for Doorways, a pilot which he wrote for Columbia Pictures Television, which was filmed during 1992-93.

Martin's present home is Santa Fe, New Mexico. He is a member of Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America (he was South-Central Regional Director 1977-1979, and Vice President 1996-1998), and of Writers' Guild of America, West.

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Profile Image for Baba.
4,065 reviews1,507 followers
January 24, 2023
I read the comic books #13-24 (this volume and A Game of Thrones: The Graphic Novel, Volume Three from the death of a King, to the start of the War Of Five Kings and a huge turning point in Daenerys life that will shake the world once it is known. This is one of the finest periods of this great tale in the books, and quite a feat for a graphic novel to capture well, and I feel my 7 out of 12, Three Star rating of this was more impacted by the (original) story itself as opposed to the medium used (again).

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Profile Image for Anne.
4,736 reviews71.2k followers
September 1, 2017
There's just not much here to look at if you're in it for the art. Again, I'm not terribly disappointed since I went into it wanting a condensed version of the story, and not a beautiful graphic novel.

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This was probably my favorite of the 4 volumes, simply because there were so many BIG things that happened in this one. I probably would have been quite surprised if this were my first time reading about all of it. As it was, I still had a lot of fun doing that Oh. Yeaaaaah, I remember that! thing you do when you're memory is sketchy and you're looking at something you haven't seen in a few years.

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I don't really have much to say about this one that I haven't already said about the other 3 volumes. I enjoyed them and wish there were graphic novels for each book out. The simplified plot worked well for me, and while I'm sure there were loads of details and plot threads that got cut, this would be my preferred method of enjoying this particular type of story.
The end.
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1,121 reviews47.9k followers
March 9, 2016
The best thing about this series of graphic novels is that they adhere to the plot of the books rather than that of the television show. However, the show has clearly influenced a lot of the character art; this is not necessarily a bad thing, but I’d have liked to see this published before the show’s construction. That way we would get a more original representation of certain characters.

I am glad that this is the final instalment of the graphic novels. I love the books; I love and hate the television show, but together they provide all of Martin’s universe that you need. With this graphic novel it becomes a little overkill. I do, however, believe that I would have enjoyed this series more had I read it before I’d seen the television show. Don’t get me wrong, these graphic novels are very good, but after reading the original novels and watching the show they feel unnecessary. They are the poorest of the three representations, and came when too late in the game. By now, these are tiresome. They were fun when they first came out, but the world has gone Game of Thrones mad at the moment.

The Artwork

Overall, the quality of the artwork is very high, some of the scenery is very good in particular, and I think Dany’s story is drawn well. But, some of the characters do follow the same body and face shape, which makes them look like carbon copies of each other. Rob Stark, in this edition, looks exactly like Ned Stark but with red hair, which is very odd. They even look the same age. When Rob is on horseback with Cat they look like they could be a couple, which is quite disturbing. I liked the representation of Tyrion and Tyrin; the awkward relationship between father and son transferred well into this form, and the artist impression of Shae was very nice.

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Reading these graphic novels, and The World of Ice and Fire, has kept me sated whilst I patiently await A Winds of Winter. But, I do ardently hope that this last instalment of the graphic novels marks the last of the A Song of Ice and Fire side projects that have helped to put of the release of the one we’ve all been waiting for. Surely this graphic novel is the last thing to be released by George R.R Martin between now and A Winds of Winter. Well, one can hope.
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514 reviews90 followers
June 26, 2018
Actual review: 3.75

I feel like the artwork has gotten clumsier with each edition. The faces, especially, has this weird stretched look that is not the same from the first edition of this graphic novel series.

As I've mentioned before, Abraham has done an admirable job in adapting the book into a graphic novel format.It's not easy, and I'm curious to see how the other books fare, as the story gets infinitely more complex.

All in all, I enjoyed going through one of my favourite stories in a different format. It was entertaining.
Profile Image for Ashley.
3,504 reviews2,379 followers
September 6, 2015
I feel like this review is going to be virtually identical to what I've already written for the first three volumes in the series. So let's just break it down to its component parts:

1. Daniel Abraham has done a fantastic job as an adapter of this series. Everything is clear and exciting and he gets all the most important bits in.

2. Tommy Patterson is a competent artist but I absolutely do not like his style.

3. I hate the way all the faces are in this series. Everyone looks the same and looks mean.

Aaaaaand, that's pretty much it.

If they decide to adapt the other A Song of Ice and Fire books into graphic novels, I don't know if I will be reading them. If Daniel Abraham adapts them again, I probably will. If it's someone else, I don't know. If Tommy Patterson passes the torch to someone else, I probably will also. Mostly I just want to re-read the series again from the beginning because I have a sickness.
Profile Image for Lori Anderson.
Author 1 book112 followers
October 7, 2015
While I agree with many other readers that the art, while very, very good technically, started to lose its individuality the more characters were added, especially Robb. I also caught some spelling/redundacy errors but we're human. I have no idea why I can see others' errors but not my own egregious ones.

I liked following Dany in this book better than I did the actual novel. Maybe I needed the visual for her storyline more than anyone else's.

I gave it five stars because I loved revising the novels visually, and this will hopefully make my re-read tithe novels less confusing, flipping back and forth between maps and pages ("now who the heck was he??"). And art criticism aside, I certainly could never have done it. My battlefield would be stick figures and horses that vaguely resembled a preschoolers drawing of a pig.

Now please, dear ser. FINISH the NOVELS!
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360 reviews67 followers
September 13, 2017
People complain a lot about the artwork of this series but I found it reasonably good until book 3 but there was a definite slump in the quality. This book is the worst in terms of artwork and the best in terms of story till now so I was confused between 3 and 4 star, finally I decided to rate it a 3.5 Star book.

I guess Tommy was bored with the series artwork so he finished it in hurry. Some frame even looked unfinished. This series specially this issue deserved better. I love this series so much that my expectations are always of the highest level. This is probably the reason I sometimes find few things quite annoying in the TV series though the series is quite well made. So you can understand my disappointment with this issue.

The only good thing about this graphic novel is the story. They have adopted it well in this format. The events of this issue are one of the most important ones in the entire series. I mean these were the events that probably shaped the entire series. So you have to read this issue if you like the story in this medium in spite of the shortcomings.
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2,049 reviews36 followers
June 27, 2015
It took 4 years to complete the graphic novel adaptation of A Game of Thrones. Each volume had extras at the end to give the obsessive reader an inside look at the thought processes behind the project. I've read the book 2 or 3 times, and it was fun to revisit it in this format. Very well done.
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587 reviews55 followers
June 21, 2016
Beautiful! Amazing!
Gorgeous illustrations with great details and great script!
It was so much fun to read!!!
I also loved the "making-of" part at the end.
Awesome graphic novel, well done to everyone involved!!!
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1,433 reviews254 followers
April 29, 2016
It was a bit meh. Im still not a fan of the drawings and I could hardly remember anything from vol 3... But major things happened! Its ok..
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2,154 reviews68 followers
October 5, 2017
This is the final volume in the A Game of Thrones: The Graphic Novel series, with the adaptation of A Clash of Kings likely to begin being collected in the next year or two. The issues are on-going at least, as I checked Dynamite's website to see whether or not it had just been cancelled. No, it's continuing on and with art in much the same style as the first arc of issues...

I had been happy enough to give the bulk of these volumes 2 stars due to the accuracy of the adaptation. I can appreciate what they were trying to do, and the importance of good location/setting design in an artist. They adapted things well from a text standpoint and pacing standpoint, but the artwork distracted me too much to truly enjoy it. Unfortunately in this final volume the artwork distracted me to the point that I simply wanted to put the book down.

Certain scenes with Dany and Eddard's dreams were rendered in what I'm guessing was meant to be a more artistic style that only succeeded in making the comic look more low-budget than it already did. Certain designs were just... lazy, and in long-shot panels some people even seemed to have lost their faces much like the Kindly Men.

I'm glad I got through it, but man, it was rough.
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789 reviews5 followers
July 11, 2019
Overall I gotta give it 5 stars. Its been about 2 years since I last read the book and I didn't notice any big discrepancies. A couple of typos here and there but the story was a great adaptation of the book. Art wasn't mind blowing but it was consistent and that's important in stories this big and with so many characters.
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154 reviews62 followers
June 28, 2018
I finally finished this and my question is: “When do we get the rest of ASOIAF turned into graphic novels?”. Or maybe I’ll just run to the bookshop and grab the books or read the full first volume as I’m sure the graphic novel has a lot of gaps. Decisions, decisions.

So, the issues of this graphic novel have been stored in my computer since I can’t even remember and I only got round to actually going through them (devouring them actually) last week. I found it easier to get through the graphic novel. I tried to read the book and I never managed to understand everything and everyone; too many things were happening… or maybe I just didn’t reach the point where I could actually sit down and read the books. They just seemed like a bunch of crazy bloodthirsty lunatics. Not that now they are too far from that point, but anyway, things are a little bit settled in my mind. I’m sure they’ll continue in the same fashion, going after one another’s heads and children and everything, but well, that’s just who and how they are and I have to bear with them. And to think that maybe none of this would have happened if Cat had not taken Tyrion as a prisoner. Nah, the bloodshed would have happened anyway. Tyrion was just a pretext.

The artwork is amazing but… I think the artist used the same model for various characters. For example, Tywin and Lord Commander are like twins. When Tywin appeared I was like: “This looks awfully like Lord Commander, what’s he doing here?”. If it were not for the color of the (little) hair they both possessed, I would have been lost for good.

I totally recommend this to people like me who started GoT several times and tried to watch the show and never got past the first few episodes of the first season. This graphic series might get you into the GoT fever and you might get round to reading the entire series. I myself won’t do that at the moment and that’s not because I don’t want to but because I feel guilty for falling behind with some other books I’ve started.
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Author 3 books178 followers
August 24, 2023
I mean what else can I rate this book? 5-stars all the way man. The story is already master class and the art along with it makes it more interesting. Time to read the graphic novel adaptation of The Clash of Kings but that would be done after some time. Till then I shall be reading other books and then Keep on Reading.

I have always loved comics, and I hope always to love them. Even though I grew up reading local Indian comics like Raj Comics, Diamond Comics, or even Manoj Comics, now's the time to catch up on international and classic comics and Graphic novels. I am on my quest to read as many comics as I can. I love comics to bits, may the comics never leave my side. I loved reading this and love reading more, you should also read what you love and then just Keep on Reading.
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509 reviews36 followers
February 25, 2022
Tuttu Westerosin fantasiamaailma avautuu sarjakuvamuodossa hieman eri tavalla kuin romaanissa tai tv-sarjana. Tarina on edelleen kiehtova ja tuntuu että kirjan kuvittaja on löytänyt uusia kulmia tarinankerrontaan. Tässä osassa Sansan unelmat romahtavat ja julma totuus kihlatusta pudottaa hänet maanpinnalle. Robb kerää sotajoukon ja lähtee kohti Lannistereita. Arya on edelleen King's Landingissa ja päätyy todistamaan murhenäytelmää. Bran ja Rickon ovat vielä Winterfellissä ja heidänkin elämä muuttuu pian peruuttamattomasti. Muurilla nähdään kuinka Jon taistelee kunnian ja perheen puolustamiseen liittyvien ristiriidassa olevien tunteiden kanssa. Tyrion palaa isänsä luokse oman sekalaisen seurueen kanssa. Daenerys kokee suurimman surun mutta nousee tuhkasta ja lähtee päättäväisesti seuraamaan kohtaloaan.
Paljon tapahtui ja lisää on onneksi vielä tulossa! Säästelen näitä sarjakuva-albumeita kun en halua luovuttaa toivoa sarjan jatkosta.
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1,505 reviews76 followers
July 13, 2017
5 stars

Enjoyed the fourth graphic novel adaptation of A Game of Thrones. Felt sorry for the horses that died. RIP Khal Drogo. Hope Dany will have fun with her dragons.

Can't wait to read more A Song of Ice and Fire graphic novel adaptations!!!
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1,769 reviews22 followers
March 14, 2023
Wait, this was only book 1?
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January 3, 2025
Musste leider zwangsweise bei 45% abbrechen. Hatte mir das online ausgeliehen und das wurde jetzt leider aus dem Sortiment genommen :c
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219 reviews
September 17, 2019
I am a huge GRRM fan so this book was right up my alley. ThecClassic story with amazing illustrations!
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