This article is about the George R. R. Martin novel. For the video game, see Clash of Kings. For other uses, see A Clash of Kings (disambiguation).
1998 fantasy novel by George R. R. Martin
A Clash of Kings
US hardcover (first edition)
Author
George R. R. Martin
Audio read by
Roy Dotrice
Cover artist
Steve Youll
Country
United States
Language
English
Series
A Song of Ice and Fire
Genre
Epic fantasy, Political novel
Published
November 16, 1998 (1998-11-16) (Voyager Books/UK) February 2, 1999 (1999-02-02) (Bantam Spectra/US)
Pages
761 [1]
Award
Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (1999)
ISBN
0-00-224585-X (UK Hardback) ISBN 0-553-10803-4 (US hardback)
OCLC
59667381
Dewey Decimal
813/.54
LC Class
PS3563.A7239 C58 1999
Preceded by
A Game of Thrones
Followed by
A Storm of Swords
A Clash of Kings is the second of seven planned novels in A Song of Ice and Fire, an epic fantasy series by American author George R. R. Martin. It was first published on November 16, 1998 in the United Kingdom; the first United States edition followed on February 2, 1999.[2] Like its predecessor, A Game of Thrones, it won the Locus Award (in 1999) for best novel and was nominated for the Nebula Award (also in 1999) for best novel. In May 2005, Meisha Merlin released a limited edition of the novel, fully illustrated by John Howe.
The novel has been adapted for television by HBO as the second season of the TV series Game of Thrones.
A Clash of Kings is also the name of the first expansion to the Game of Thrones board game.
^"Fiction review: A Clash of Kings". Publishers Weekly. February 1, 1999. Archived from the original on June 10, 2013. Retrieved February 13, 2012.
^"A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire #2)". Goodreads. Retrieved May 16, 2022.
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