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# Fire & Blood (HBO Tie-in Edition): 300 Years Before A Game of Thrones

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Review: The History Tolkien Longed to Publish - J. R. R. Tolkien labored at his mythology for a majority of his adult life, from the trenches of World War I until his death. He mostly thought it unpublishable. He was interested in the great histories, in the sweeping sagas, in the stories that were written not as modern novels, but as texts that might have jumped straight out of the world he created. Some of Tolkien's mythological material made it into 'The Lord of the Rings.' Much of it did not. He wanted to publish the histories--the Silmarillion saga--alongside the books we all know today, but the publishers turned him down repeatedly. He died without seeing any of that work published, and when his son Christopher tried to make one cohesive text from the massive amounts of material, much of it was bastardized. Only later did Christopher edit and release over a dozen volumes of original texts, showing us a bit more of the scope of the history Tolkien had imagined. Why am I telling you this about Tolkien in a review for GRR Martin? This should seem fairly obvious by now: GRR Martin has the same longing Tolkien did. He has the same love of the grand, sweeping historical epic. So far he has been giving us his 'Lord of the Rings,' his drama of the minutiae, but in the process he got caught up in the grand and glorious visions of the Targaryens, just as Tolkien was swept up into the glories of the First Age. It’s no mistake this book is being called the “GRRMillion.” Martin's popularity is granting him a chance that Tolkien unfortunately never had in his lifetime: To create his myth IN FULL. To give us the grand sweep of things in the greater world, beyond just the characters we know and love in 'A Song of Ice and Fire.' Please accept this book for what it is, rather than complaining about what it does not aim to be. And what exactly is it? An artefact from Westeros. It should be read not as a book Martin wrote, but one he transcribed, from the original text by Archmaester Gyldayn. It will require some work on the part of the reader. The lines have been drawn, and we are being asked to fill in the colors with our imaginations. This participatory reading is what can make history so engaging—it takes work, but the work pays off. We have two choices: We can claw after the next GoT book, complaining that the author hasn’t yet met our demands. Or we can allow the author a chance to fill out his universe. For my part, this stuff is more exciting than the series proper. We get to see the bigger picture that all of the Song of Ice and Fire is a part of. If you don't want this sort of thing, simply move on rather than ruining the experience for others. I remember what it felt like to sit down one day as a boy and open 'The Silmarillion.' I was holding the Bible of the Elves. It was a piece of that world. It was a text that might have been read by a scholar in Minas Tirith. It was magic. Martin has the chance to give us this now. Imagine being Samwell Tarly, sitting in the Citadel's library, opening up this ponderous and magical tome about the history of the Targaryens for the first time. Why now, though? Why not wait until he's finished telling the main story? For my part, I'd rather follow the passion of a writer than get mediocre work demanded by fans. Martin created this universe for us; let him follow his vision for how it should proceed. He was caught up in the glorious history of his universe as he was telling his story, and he wants us to have it in all of its rich complexity. I can only wish that Tolkien had had the same opportunity in his lifetime. We only see fragments of what that might have been. But Martin is giving us his own great mythology, in his own lifetime, whole and complete; and I am a boy again with wonder. This, my friends, is going to be a feast.
Review: Didn't answer all my questions but was still a great read and gave a lot of history - I have had this book pre ordered for months. I cleared my entire month of December to keep it open so I could read this behemoth. If truth be told, I am not a huge Targaryen fan. I personally prefer the Starks but I was interested in some of the tantalizing questions this book promised to answer. This book promises to answer what The Doom really was and the source of Daenerys’s dragon eggs. Spoiler alert, I still don’t feel like I have answers to those questions but I did learn a lot about Westeros and the Targaryen empire. Try as I might, I could not keep every one straight. Westerosi history can be so convoluted and confusing, but for the most part I’ve kept pretty up to date on the family lines etc. However, the Targaryen one always throws me for a loop because of all the inner marrying and way too many Aegon’s. I did pretty good up until the Dance of Dragons in this lengthy history book. I thought Martin did an excellent job trying to keep a very complicated history not only interesting but also understandable. This book does NOT read like the typical ASOIAF books, it does in fact read more like a history book but it’s way more exciting than any history book I’ve read recently. There is a lot of ground to cover in this book and a lot of characters to focus on. I was disappointed that this book is only part one of two. I was hoping that it would take us all the way up to Robert’s Rebellion but sadly we will have to wait to get all the juicy details until the original series is finished I would guess. I thought it was fairly easy reading with an interesting subject (Westeros is anything but dull) but after a while all the treason, marrying, killing, and political problems became overwhelming. I loved reading about King Jaehaerys and his sister queen, Alysanne. I thought Alysanne’s visit to The Wall offered a lot of intriguing possibilities for the rest of the books. I also loved learning about the swords Blackfyre and Dark Sister. I think that learning the history of these blades will somehow play a role in future books. Even though this book isn’t the long awaited book in the ASOIAF series, The Winds of Winter, but I thought it gave readers a little teaser for what is to come in the future book. I also hope that GRRM will write a book similar to this about the Starks. I think the Starks and the Targaryen’s arguably offer the most interesting and important histories in Westeros for the period in which the ASOIAF books are written.

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The History Tolkien Longed to Publish
*by D***M on November 20, 2018*

J. R. R. Tolkien labored at his mythology for a majority of his adult life, from the trenches of World War I until his death. He mostly thought it unpublishable. He was interested in the great histories, in the sweeping sagas, in the stories that were written not as modern novels, but as texts that might have jumped straight out of the world he created. Some of Tolkien's mythological material made it into 'The Lord of the Rings.' Much of it did not. He wanted to publish the histories--the Silmarillion saga--alongside the books we all know today, but the publishers turned him down repeatedly. He died without seeing any of that work published, and when his son Christopher tried to make one cohesive text from the massive amounts of material, much of it was bastardized. Only later did Christopher edit and release over a dozen volumes of original texts, showing us a bit more of the scope of the history Tolkien had imagined. Why am I telling you this about Tolkien in a review for GRR Martin? This should seem fairly obvious by now: GRR Martin has the same longing Tolkien did. He has the same love of the grand, sweeping historical epic. So far he has been giving us his 'Lord of the Rings,' his drama of the minutiae, but in the process he got caught up in the grand and glorious visions of the Targaryens, just as Tolkien was swept up into the glories of the First Age. It’s no mistake this book is being called the “GRRMillion.” Martin's popularity is granting him a chance that Tolkien unfortunately never had in his lifetime: To create his myth IN FULL. To give us the grand sweep of things in the greater world, beyond just the characters we know and love in 'A Song of Ice and Fire.' Please accept this book for what it is, rather than complaining about what it does not aim to be. And what exactly is it? An artefact from Westeros. It should be read not as a book Martin wrote, but one he transcribed, from the original text by Archmaester Gyldayn. It will require some work on the part of the reader. The lines have been drawn, and we are being asked to fill in the colors with our imaginations. This participatory reading is what can make history so engaging—it takes work, but the work pays off. We have two choices: We can claw after the next GoT book, complaining that the author hasn’t yet met our demands. Or we can allow the author a chance to fill out his universe. For my part, this stuff is more exciting than the series proper. We get to see the bigger picture that all of the Song of Ice and Fire is a part of. If you don't want this sort of thing, simply move on rather than ruining the experience for others. I remember what it felt like to sit down one day as a boy and open 'The Silmarillion.' I was holding the Bible of the Elves. It was a piece of that world. It was a text that might have been read by a scholar in Minas Tirith. It was magic. Martin has the chance to give us this now. Imagine being Samwell Tarly, sitting in the Citadel's library, opening up this ponderous and magical tome about the history of the Targaryens for the first time. Why now, though? Why not wait until he's finished telling the main story? For my part, I'd rather follow the passion of a writer than get mediocre work demanded by fans. Martin created this universe for us; let him follow his vision for how it should proceed. He was caught up in the glorious history of his universe as he was telling his story, and he wants us to have it in all of its rich complexity. I can only wish that Tolkien had had the same opportunity in his lifetime. We only see fragments of what that might have been. But Martin is giving us his own great mythology, in his own lifetime, whole and complete; and I am a boy again with wonder. This, my friends, is going to be a feast.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Didn't answer all my questions but was still a great read and gave a lot of history
*by A***H on January 17, 2019*

I have had this book pre ordered for months. I cleared my entire month of December to keep it open so I could read this behemoth. If truth be told, I am not a huge Targaryen fan. I personally prefer the Starks but I was interested in some of the tantalizing questions this book promised to answer. This book promises to answer what The Doom really was and the source of Daenerys’s dragon eggs. Spoiler alert, I still don’t feel like I have answers to those questions but I did learn a lot about Westeros and the Targaryen empire. Try as I might, I could not keep every one straight. Westerosi history can be so convoluted and confusing, but for the most part I’ve kept pretty up to date on the family lines etc. However, the Targaryen one always throws me for a loop because of all the inner marrying and way too many Aegon’s. I did pretty good up until the Dance of Dragons in this lengthy history book. I thought Martin did an excellent job trying to keep a very complicated history not only interesting but also understandable. This book does NOT read like the typical ASOIAF books, it does in fact read more like a history book but it’s way more exciting than any history book I’ve read recently. There is a lot of ground to cover in this book and a lot of characters to focus on. I was disappointed that this book is only part one of two. I was hoping that it would take us all the way up to Robert’s Rebellion but sadly we will have to wait to get all the juicy details until the original series is finished I would guess. I thought it was fairly easy reading with an interesting subject (Westeros is anything but dull) but after a while all the treason, marrying, killing, and political problems became overwhelming. I loved reading about King Jaehaerys and his sister queen, Alysanne. I thought Alysanne’s visit to The Wall offered a lot of intriguing possibilities for the rest of the books. I also loved learning about the swords Blackfyre and Dark Sister. I think that learning the history of these blades will somehow play a role in future books. Even though this book isn’t the long awaited book in the ASOIAF series, The Winds of Winter, but I thought it gave readers a little teaser for what is to come in the future book. I also hope that GRRM will write a book similar to this about the Starks. I think the Starks and the Targaryen’s arguably offer the most interesting and important histories in Westeros for the period in which the ASOIAF books are written.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review
*by S***I on October 26, 2025*

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