Two years back, Bantam Spectra published a special illustrated edition of A Game of Thrones, the first book in George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series, and it was pretty cool:
That was to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the book that started it all. Next year will be the anniversary of A Clash of Kings, the second books in the series, and Martin has announced on his Not a Blog that Bantam Spectra is at it again. Sometime in 2019, the publisher will put out a deluxe leatherbound edition of Clash, complete with illustrations by Lauren Cannon, who makes some seriously cool fantasy art.
Writing about the release, Martin reminisces about those early days for his series:
The second volume of A Song of Ice and Fire, A CLASH OF KINGS, was published in 1999. (Seems like yesterday, honestly. And I still recall the three years between books, when readers would email me to ask what was taking so long for book two, since Other Fantasy Author [fill in your choice] put out a book a year, rain or shine, and why was I taking so long? Sigh. Those were the days, when I was only two years late).
Well, he said it, not us.
In all seriousness, I’m sure an illustrated edition of A Clash of Kings will be worth reading. We’re actually about to embark on a chapter-by-chapter read-through of the book on Take the Black Live starting next year; it’s a great read. But I can’t be the only fan hoping that a new edition of Clash isn’t the only Song of Ice and Fire book that comes out in 2019.
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