Significantly, it was the first novel in the series to be nominated for the Hugo Award, one of the two most prestigious awards in science fiction and fantasy publishing, although it lost to J. In France, the decision was made to cut the novel into four separate editions.Ī Storm of Swords won the 2001 Locus Award and 2002 Geffen Award for Best Novel and was nominated for the 2002 Nebula Award for Best Novel. It was so long that in the UK its paperback edition was split in half, Part 1 being published as Steel and Snow in June 2001 (with the one-volume cover) and Part 2 as Blood and Gold in August 2001 (with a specially-commissioned new cover). To date, A Storm of Swords is the longest novel in the series. Its publication was preceded by a novella called Path of the Dragon, which collects some of the Daenerys Targaryen chapters from the novel into a single book. It was first published on Augin the United Kingdom, with a United States edition following in November 2000. As noted in the main text, UK Paperback editions separate the book into Steel and Snow (ISBN 0006479901) and Blood and Gold (ISBN 0007119550).Ī Storm of Swords is the third of seven planned novels in A Song of Ice and Fire, an epic fantasy series by American author George R. 973 (US Hardback), 976 (UK Hardback), 1216 (US Paperback)
