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Dying Of The Light (Paperback)

by George R.R. Martin (Author)
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  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Gollancz; New edition edition (4 Dec 2000)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1857988973
  • ISBN-13: 978-1857988970
  • Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 11.2 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 369,707 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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A whisperjewel from Gwen Delvano calls Dirk t'Larien across space and beyond the Tempter's Veil to Worlorn, a dying Festival planet of rock and ice. Warlorn is slowly drifting through twilight to neverending night; as the planet sinks into darkness, so its inhabitants face annihilation. Seven years ago, on Avalon, Gwen was Dirk's lover, his Guenevere; now she wears the jade-and-silver bond of Jaantony Riv Wolf high-Ironjade Vikary, a barbarian visionary, an outcast from his own people for his acts of violence. And Garse Janacek, Jaan's *teyn*, his shieldmate, is also bound to Gwen -- in hatred. Dirk, a rogue and a wanderer, is called to be saviour of the three who are bonded together in love and hate. But in breaking their triangle, he could lose all . . .


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SALES POINTS * 'It's the Wild West in outer space, complete with a chase that will keep you awake . . . Slick science fiction' Los Angeles Times * Bestselling author of the epic fantasy series A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE * 'grabs hold and won't let go. It's brilliant' Robert Jordan
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A superbly evocative piece of SF, 21 May 2003
By Richard Laven (Dumfries Scotland) - See all my reviews
For those coming to this book because of the Song of Ice and Fire be warned this is not high fantasy, it's a piece of straight cultural science fiction. It is very different from his current work. Science fiction and fantasy are often linked together, but despite this overlap there are huge differences between the genres. If you like space opera and great SF ideas this book is for you, if you want a high fantasy romp and have never liked hard SF then look elsewhere
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13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars George R R Martin's First Novel..., 11 Dec 2002
By Daniel Dean (Myrtle Beach, SC USA) - See all my reviews
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...and it kinda shows. On one hand, George has delivered one of the most creative settings I've ever seen in Sci-Fi, complete with fascinating alien cultures. On the other hand, I felt quite dissatisfied with his main characters, and there was little action. However, it was still fun to see the master honing his skills.

The planet of Worlorn is a rogue, simply meandering through space on its own. Recently, it has come to drift near 'The Wheel of Fire' -a constellation, which has brought it to life for a few decades. The wandering planet became a wonderful tourist attraction for a while... a festival, with fantastic cities built by each of the known races. Now, Worlorn is pulling away into cold darkness again, and its becoming uninhabitable once more. The Festival of Worlds has come to a close, yet a few people can still be found living among it's deserted cities as the planet slowly dies. Dirk travels here in answer to a call from his old lover, Gwen, and ends up the pawn of an intercultural conflict.

As I said before, this is a fantastic place I'd love to see with my own eyes, but the characters were too dry and unrealistic. There really wasn't any motivation to keep turning the pages here. Since reading A Song Of Ice And Fire, I've been hunting down all of George RR Martin's earlier out-of-print works, and have enjoyed the ones I've found quite a bit. He has quickly become my favorite author, but Dying Of The Light could have been skipped.

-Lysander

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12 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Boring and colourless, 5 Jun 2001
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After reading "A game of thrones" and "A clash of kings", I was chumping at the bit to read anything written by this author. So on coming across this book I thought was an answer to my pray for a thoroughly mindblowing read. However I was extremely disappointed. I was not expecting the same intensity of detail to be contained in a single volume, but I did expect the rich plotting and colour of his other novels, the diversity and flavour of the characters that you could grasp and understand with their weaknesses and strengths. I would not recommend this if I was introducing this writer to a friend for the first time.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable, but very slow to get going
Dying of the Light was George RR Martin's first novel, published in 1977. It is set in his SF 'Thousand World's' mileu, but no prior knowledge of the setting is required. Read more
Published 22 months ago by A. Whitehead

1.0 out of 5 stars This was a major let down
After reading the first 3 instalments of George RR Martins saga of fire and ice which are absolutely brillent, I was mightily disappointed by this book. Read more
Published on 21 May 2001 by dapo_o@yahoo.com

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent and original sci-fi story
This story is set in the far future when humanity is only recently recovered from disastrorous wars which cut off interstellar contact for many years. Read more
Published on 17 Jan 2001 by William Marnoch

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