The “Song of Ice and Fire” series is a hugely expansive narrative set in a variety of physical locales and told through an array of constantly shifting perspectives. “A Dance With Dragons,” all 1,000 pages of it, is now in bookstores, nearly six years after its predecessor. Well, those impatient souls can finally take a breath. This gap has fueled a flood of carping and sometimes vicious Internet commentary from an assortment of disgruntled readers. Adding to the pre-publication furor is the fact that the most recent entry, “ A Feast for Crows,” appeared way back in 2005. It’s safe to say that no work of fantasy has generated such anticipation since Harry Potter’s final duel with Voldemort. This massive fantasy is the fifth installment in a projected seven-volume epic titled “ A Song of Ice and Fire.” The popularity of the series - powerfully augmented by the recent HBO adaptation of the opening volume, “ A Game of Thrones” - has increased exponentially from one book to the next. Martin’s “ A Dance With Dragons” is one of the Big Books of the summer, and it comes to us trailing a host of outsize expectations.
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