The Towers of Ash
by George R. R. Martin
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George R. R. Martin was born on September 20, 1948 in Bayonne, New Jersey. He began writing at an early age, selling monster stories for pennies to neighborhood children. He received B.S. and M.S. degrees in Journalism from Northwestern University. In 1986, he worked as a story editor for the CBS series The Twilight Zone. He was also an executive show more story consultant, producer and co-supervising producer for CBS's Beauty and the Beast. In 1970, he sold the story The Hero to Galaxy magazine. Since becoming a full-time writer in 1979, he has written many novels, stories, and series including A Song for Lya, Portraits of His Children, The Pear-Shaped Man, and the Song of Ice and Fire series. He has won numerous awards including five Locus Awards, three Hugo Awards and two Nebula awards. In 2013 he made The New York Times Best Seller List with his titles A Dance with Dragons and A Game of Thrones: a Clash of Kings, a Storm of Swords, a Feast for Crows. His title's Rogues and The Ice Dragon made the New York Times List in 2014. Martin's title, A Knight of Seven Kingdoms, A Song of Fire and Ice novel, made the New York Times bestseller list in 2015. He is number 4 on the Hollywood Reporter's '25 Most Powerful Authors' 2016 list. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- The Towers of Ash
- Original title
- Le torri di cenere
- Disambiguation notice*
- Le torri di cenere è una raccolta di dieci racconti brevi di fantascienza scritti da George R. R. Martin edita solo in Italia nel 2007.
I racconti pubblicati in questa antologia sono tratti dalla più ampia raccolta a... (show all)ntologica di Martin, dal titolo originale GRRM: A RRetrospective, che contiene trentaquattro lavori giovanili di Martin scritti agli inizi degli anni settanta, raggruppati per cicli narrativi.
The hero (L'eroe) ; The exit to Santa Breta (L'uscita per Santa Breta) ; The second kind of loneliness (Solitudini del secondo tipo) ; With morning comes mistfall (Al mattino cala la nebbia) ; A song for Lya (Canzone per Lya) ; This tower of ashes (Questa torre di cenere) ; And seven times never kill man (...e ricordati sette volte di non uccidere mai l'uomo) ; The stone city (La città di pietra) ; Bitterblooms (Fioramari) ; The lonely songs of Laren Dorr (Le solitarie canzoni di Laren Dorr)
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