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  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Gollancz; New Ed edition (4 Dec. 2000)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1857988973
  • ISBN-13: 978-1857988970
  • Product Dimensions: 17.9 x 2.9 x 15.9 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
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Three people, bound together in love and hate, are all that stand against annihilation for the inhabitants of the planet Warlorn.

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A whisperjewel summoned him to Worlorn, and a love he thought he'd lost. But Worlorn isn't the world Dirk t'Larien imagined, and Gwen Delvano is no longer the woman he once knew. She is bound to another man, and to a dying planet that is trapped in twilight, forever falling toward night. Amid this bleak landscape is a violent clash of cultures in which there is no code of honor--and the hunter and the hunted are often interchangeable.
Caught up in a dangerous triangle, Gwen is in need of Dirk's protection, and he will do anything to keep her safe, even if it means challenging the barbaric man who has claimed her--and his cunning cohort. But an impenetrable veil of secrecy surrounds them all, and it's becoming impossible for Dirk to distinguish between his allies and his enemies. While each will fight to stay alive, one is waiting for escape, one for revenge, and another for a brutal, untimely demise.

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4.0 out of 5 starsA haunting thriller at the edge of the galaxy
By Lance Adam LaSalle on 2 Jan. 2015
Format: Paperback
As a big fan of Martin's 'Thousand Worlds' universe, I'm pleased to say that this sci-fi action-packed thriller, his first, hits the spot. Kept me on the edge of my seat through out and the descriptions of the eerie, doomed planet of Worlorn are genuinely haunting. Some thoughtful themes regarding the clash of cultures between the Klingon-like(yet definitely human) Kavalars, the sly Kimdissi and the 'normal' Avalonians, as well as an exploration of what honor really means. A fine, twisty plot and a set of characters deeper than they first appear make a far better than average book that I tore through(particularly once the action really started.)
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4.0 out of 5 starsunappreciated
By Jason on 14 Sept. 2011
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I'm going to put my cards on the table straight away and say I tried the first of GRR Martin's Game of Thrones books and did not understand what all the fuss was about.

This book on the other hand I much preferred. It has a great background, believable plot, and unlike what others feel here, I thought the characterisation was pretty good too.

It's not a perfect book by any means, and I think it could have benefited with fleshing out some of the plot elements. In some ways it reminds me of Jack Vance, which is probably intentional. All I can say is that I enjoyed it, and for me at least, it's a pity he got sidetracked into writing these fantasy doorstoppers
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4.0 out of 5 starsA superbly evocative piece of SF
By RZL on 21 May 2003
Format: Paperback
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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2.0 out of 5 starsGeorge R R Martin's First Novel...
By Dan Dean on 11 Dec. 2002
Format: Paperback
...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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3.0 out of 5 starsEnjoyable, but very slow to get going
By A. Whitehead TOP 500 REVIEWERVINE VOICE on 6 Jan. 2008
Format: Paperback
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. As GRRM's first experience of the long-form novel, it is perhaps unsurprising that Dying of the Light is somewhat rough around the edges, lacking the trademark expert pacing of his later works. The first half of the novel is terribly drawn out. Whilst Worlorn, its flora and fauna and its dying cities are beautifully described, there is the feeling of the plot meandering around without a purpose for a while. In the second half, the book's various strands coalesce into a much more driven storyline and the pacing ramps up to the ambiguous finale in a manner which is classic GRRM.

The protagonists are well-drawn. Once again (see also many of the short stories in Dreamsongs), anyone who has been been through a painful or awkward relationship can identify with GRRM's main characters, Dirk and Gwen. The Kavalar are also a well-drawn species, whose complex codes of honour are logical, although the exploitation of legalistic loopholes in their traditions and customs occasionally makes the book feel like a 'Klingon honour' episode of Star Trek. Some may also bemoan the Butch & Sundance-style ending.

Overall, the novel has aged reasonably well, although the odd pacing means the first half of the book has a tendency to drag somewhat. Once the reader hits the second half of the novel, however, things improve immeasurably. As usual, it's fun finding precursors to George's later work (particularly the similarities between Bretan and A Song of Ice and Fire's Sandor Clegane), but Dying of the Light is a somewhat slight work compared to ASoIaF, Fevre Dream or The Armageddon Rag.
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5.0 out of 5 starsAn excellent and original sci-fi story
By William Marnoch on 17 Jan. 2001
Format: Paperback
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. The location is Worlorn, a rogue planet drifting through space which is turned into a festival planet for the short period it passes close to a multiple star system. The story's hero Dirk t'Larien arrives on Worlorn shortly after the end of the festival when most of the population has left, in response to a call from his former lover Gwen Delvano. Gwen is married to Jaan Vikary, from the feudal world of High Kavalan. High Kavalan suffered greatly during interstellar wars and the population was forced to live underground and they adopted a martial culture which has many philisophical views that seem unnatural to the more contemporary views of Dirk. Vikary is a reformer who tries to change some of the more cruel ways of his people which puts him into conflict with hunters from his homeworld who regard all off-worlders as less than human. The main plot of the story is concerned with the culture clash between Dirk, Gwen, Jaan and the High Kavalan hunters. There is no shortage of action is this book, it is genuinely supsensful and (as regular Martin readers would suspect) there are several plot-twists. This book is intelligent, compelling and well worth reading.
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5.0 out of 5 starsCracking book. Well worth the read.

Cracking book. Well worth the read.

Published 3 months ago by W. J. Wight
3.0 out of 5 starsThe print is very poor, old looking reproduction

Just received this book so cannot comment on the actual story or writing (which I am looking forward to) but feel compelled to write about the actual quality of the typesetting... Read more

Published 9 months ago by Mr. Michael P. Farrell
4.0 out of 5 starsWorth the Read

Good overall, and not too slow to get started. The dying planet along with the events of the book cast a very good melancoly. Read more

Published 10 months ago by Amazon Customer
5.0 out of 5 starsA really underrated piece of work, you can't get ...

A really underrated piece of work, you can't get a full understanding of the work of GRRM without reading this.

Published 12 months ago by robert butler
2.0 out of 5 starsWhy this book was published in the SF Masterworks series?

I write this review as a sciense fiction reader not a fantasy one (i don't read fantasy and i'm not even in the slightest interested in The song of ice and fire books) and i don't... Read more

Published 15 months ago by Amazon Customer
1.0 out of 5 starsAwful

Awful characters so I didn't care what happened to them. Not his best.

Published 16 months ago by Mr. Paul A. Harmsworth
3.0 out of 5 starsFor George Martin fans.

This seems to have had the potential to have been a very good novel,but was not well composed,lacking a sound plot,and tended to meander. Read more

Published 23 months ago by Richard Fahey
4.0 out of 5 starsFour Stars

good

Published on 10 Jan. 2015 by Gerard Brady
3.0 out of 5 starss'ok mental roughage..

s'ok mental roughage..what did I expect.
I may read some of his other stuff next time I'm on long holiday and don't want to be stretched.

Published on 28 Aug. 2011 by Vmouse

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