More characters in the world of ASOIAF. What's a few hundred more? ( )

En el gran continente de Poniente, desde las rojas arenas de Dorne en el sur hasta las heladas montañas y gélidos valles del norte, las estaciones duran años y muchas veces décadas. El caballero errante se sitúa unos cien años antes del principio de Juego de Tronos, durante el mandato del buen rey Daeron, con el reino en paz y la dinastía Targaryen en su mejor momento. Cuenta la historia del primer encuentro entre Dunk, el escudero de un caballero errante, y Egg, un niño que es mucho más de lo que aparenta.

I have to admit I do like the comic of this one better than the book. You feel more in the story of Dunk's interior thoughts, but in the comic everything is more vibrant. The gritty feel of the author's tale is balanced with the brilliant color. Always the shining armor, the different colors of the arms, the vibrant violet eyes.

Mmmmmm. I give this one another star higher than it's predecessor. ( )

oh what a treat! I've put this book off for so long - I'm not sure what I thought it was going to be, but this wasn't it. Set in the same world as the ice and fire books (game of thrones etc) but long before them - no characters we know but a few names we know here and there - it's a great short sweet tale of honour and chivalry and jousting and morals. I saw some jousting a couple of months back by some brave and interesting reenactment types - one of whom I fell a little bit in love with, as his squire dressed him and he told us about his armour, and greatly admired my 'hunting hound' (also known as the idiot beagle). He may have clanked as he walked away, but it certainly made this book feel real. As ever with Mr Martin, the characters are wonderfully written and believable, and while it was extremely short, I honestly don't think it's one I'm likely to forget any time soon. I seen to be reading a lot of short, exciting 'romps' as the moment, but it was most certainly exciting and kept me reading. in fact, I'd planned to get an early night today as tomorrow I'm off to a convention to meet "Daniel Jackson" from Stargate Sg1 but instead it's gone 11pm and I'm still up and my Stargate uniform isn't even ironed yet. But more importantly, I finished this book... ( )

oh what a treat! I've put this book off for so long - I'm not sure what I thought it was going to be, but this wasn't it. Set in the same world as the ice and fire books (game of thrones etc) but long before them - no characters we know but a few names we know here and there - it's a great short sweet tale of honour and chivalry and jousting and morals. I saw some jousting a couple of months back by some brave and interesting reenactment types - one of whom I fell a little bit in love with, as his squire dressed him and he told us about his armour, and greatly admired my 'hunting hound' (also known as the idiot beagle). He may have clanked as he walked away, but it certainly made this book feel real. As ever with Mr Martin, the characters are wonderfully written and believable, and while it was extremely short, I honestly don't think it's one I'm likely to forget any time soon. I seen to be reading a lot of short, exciting 'romps' as the moment, but it was most certainly exciting and kept me reading. in fact, I'd planned to get an early night today as tomorrow I'm off to a convention to meet "Daniel Jackson" from Stargate Sg1 but instead it's gone 11pm and I'm still up and my Stargate uniform isn't even ironed yet. But more importantly, I finished this book... ( )