Best Game of Thrones Edition?

[@DanielGreeneReviews]

Not a sponsor but you can get the book here: www.foliosociety.com/a-game-of-thrones.html? Video schedule for the week: Friday: PDGDBAB Saturday: WoT Read Along (TSR) Tuesday: Fantasy News Wednesday: One Piece review Thursday: Dark Souls Review Friday: Affordable Book Collecting

[@GeeksandGrub]

Did it come with Book 6? No? Then how can it be the best edition?

[@samdunham5765]

The next two Fridays 👌👌

[@jokerryt2503]

Nccc

[@DaUndergroundProd]

Damn. The OF video reveal was a lie...

[@xxfutureisnowxx]

I had no idea this existed, let alone for two more of the series. I just dropped almost $800 and I fully blame you, sir.

[@TheFolioSociety]

We're so pleased you love this edition Daniel! What a wonderful review. We spend so much care and time on each of our editions, and Jonathan Burton has created some fantastic artwork for this series. And don't worry, Folios are meant to be read! You won't damage them by looking at them :)

[@Eternalplay]

Dear folio society... I love you

[@AuraJewel]

If I ever feel like I have an extra kidney, I will be sure to buy your books

[@landrysaathoff2418]

Kudos for trying to make these nice books durable enough to be read!

[@tryingtobebetter7022]

Why don't you guys have Fire and Blood ???

[@DragonHeart613]

Dear Folio Society, thanks to this video & the videos on your own YT channel about your exquisite editions of the A Song of Ice & Fire series, I gifted myself on Christmas of 2022 all 5 of your currently released illustrated hardcover editions of A Song of Ice & Fire and they are without a shadow of any doubt some of the greatest most cherished Christmas presents that I have ever received. I even gifted a copy of your amazing edition of Jurassic Park to my younger brother who is a massive Jurassic Park fan & he totally adores it. Thank You. Any hope that you good folks might soon enough do The Wheel of Time next please? It would be so magnificent to see you do for The Wheel of Time the same quality treatment that you brilliantly did for A Song of Ice & Fire🤞🙏🤞

[@liamyates610]

If Winds EVER does come out, I’d love to see Daniel do a review of the series as a whole since it’s been a while since he reviewed the books individually.

[@NoOne-qy2yf]

Winds isn't the last book though...

[@Alexander-kc8oq]

Winds will come out, eventually. After that I can only dream… of spring *cough*

[@wynsonrao5177]

@@Alexander-kc8oq nice

[@Alexander-kc8oq]

@@wynsonrao5177 Thank you thank you I’m here all night

[@penguinposter9177]

keep dreamin

[@miscellaneousgoblin910]

If there's one thing we can probably all agree on, the best Game of Thrones edition isn't the HBO edition...

[@David-un4cs]

I bought the HBO edition as a teenager and discovered midway through that the pages were bound out of order. That's all I'll say about that... Edit: I just realized you were talking about the show lmao. I was talking about the book/show tie in edition.

[@anth636]

@@David-un4cshow does that happen? Did they use a different PDF?

[@DragonHeart613]

The first 7 Seasons were great. Shame we never got an 8th🤫

[@gregcampwriter]

At this point, the best version of A Song of Ice and Fire will be the one with seven books, even if they're printed with a mimeograph machine and held together with binder clips.

[@jscottgp2011]

Crap. Just as I was making up my mind to get these, you drop a valid point. A kickass box set would definitely come out if he finishes the series.

[@gutsssz]

That’d require for George to actually finish so that won’t happen

[@stpnwlf9]

I've been collecting these as they are released and have the first three volumes of the series. The map is fantastic! There is tremendous pleasure for some of us in feeling quality paper and seeing beautifully illuminated fonts and pages. Pricey, yes. But I love them!

[@Spretzjnjikhow]

This! Just got the third one, and while it approaches the critical point of comfortable weight, the font, feel and colour of the paper, the art (my god the art) and all the other jazz is simply impossible for me to resist.

[@jalledebest]

You forgot to mention that it's bound in two-tone cloth. This means that the book is blue or red (ice and fire) depending on how you hold it

[@AJayRisen]

Gonna sound salty here, but do you really expect someone who gets sent free stuff to take the time to give an actual in-depth review with that kind of info? He also failed to mention the type of binding it is (smythe) so you can open it all the way, how many illustrations there are, the type of paper that is used (the actual reason it's split up into two), the artist, etc. This is more of a "oooh, shiny, free, nice to look at, use my link..."

[@noraeld5020]

That's super cool

[@shubhamtiwari9472]

@@AJayRisen oomph the burn!

[@selinapoochie]

@@AJayRisen he's promoting it. If someone wanted in depth info they'd go on the official folio site.

[@Noah-Lach]

@@AJayRisen Real review is in the comments. Thank you!

[@TheAsadJK]

Everytime I look at folio society books I cry, I want them but they're too expensive for me

[@krb23]

I made the mistake of buying this. Now i have to buy them all.

[@mydumbopinion3965]

As someone who just finished reading A Game of Thrones for the first time … I need this 😳

[@miscellaneousgoblin910]

I'm in the same boat, and I want to keep reading the series... But I'm also in the middle of Eye of the World and I want to finish that, and The Way of Kings just arrived... help.

[@mydumbopinion3965]

@@miscellaneousgoblin910 as a hugeeeeeeeeee Stormligh fan ………. you’re putting some pressure on me man 😂 I guess I would say finish Eye of the World first, and if you can handle two books at a time than WoK and Clash of Kings(?) Otherwise, umm, I’m biased but WoK first because we could all die tomorrow and you don’t want that not having read at least one SA book right? 😳 Also, you have all the time in the world to catch up in asoiaf, while book 5 of Stormligh will probably be out tomorrow without anyone realizing Sanderson has already finished writing it. Ok but like for real … you’re choice

[@miscellaneousgoblin910]

@@mydumbopinion3965 yea that's probably what I'll do: Finish Eye of the World than work through WoK and maybe the second Stormlight book before continuing with asoiaf.

[@mydumbopinion3965]

@@miscellaneousgoblin910 nice! Also, just FYI, I recommend reading Warbreaker before book 3, if not book 2, at the most before book 4 lol It’s in book 4 that info from Warbreaker becomes pretty important to understanding some scenes. Anyways, hope you like the series 🙃

[@miscellaneousgoblin910]

@@mydumbopinion3965 ah ok, I'll remember that! I'm also currently listening to Mistborn Era 2 (relying on audio for Scadrial as a whole for intake variety). I'm not sure how much Mistborn you've read, but I'm currently on Shadows of Self and I know a bit about Hoid, hopefully enough to approach Stormlight and its epilogues.

[@UdyKumra]

5:16 I love how Daniel's flow just broke because he was so in awe of the book 😂

[@joldomort5515]

Best Christmas present I’ve ever gotten, I’m mega lucky to have this

[@Lufti1994]

Imagine the guy who managed Daniels old male box transfered to this office to get away from him and then when he thinks he is finally at peace, and then Daniel walks in and is like "Hello there, I wanna open a Mail Box " ...... "Nooooooooooooooooo"

[@wwfix3224]

Daniels reaction to nailing the knife throw is like a little kid on Christmas morning

[@englishybutter]

I've been on the fence about getting these for years now, and coincidently I've had the tab open for weeks with all three books currently available now in the basket, but the fact that, with shipping, they come to just under $1,000 is really making me hesitate. But I am mighty tempted to bite the bullet and just do it. I love ASOIAF, and I really want something amazing to keep from it.

[@ananysingh07]

Holy fuck you can build a good desktop with that money. Didn't know it's that expensive

[@masoninho8]

Man...i feel sorry for US folk...it's less than half that price here.

[@englishybutter]

@@masoninho8 Australia, but yeah. It's a massive ouch.

[@englishybutter]

@@ananysingh07 Yeah it's ... an investment. And if the price stays this high for all seven books (don't @ me I still believe they'll get done, and if I'm wrong then I don't wanna know), then it's gonna be the price of a really, really good desktop when all's said and done.

[@Iza56]

@@masoninho8 thanks to brexit and new tax law we, rest od Europe, are not have any better. And thanks to that new law they don't even ship to my country 🙃 EU really make sure eu citizents won't spend much money in GB

[@Levi_Zacharias]

5:30 Daniel confidently places his map upside down and I love it

[@David-un4cs]

I knew it was going to be Folio Society before I even clicked. If they design an edition for a standalone or series it's always immaculate.

[@booksandtropes]

These are absolutely beautiful editions! I bought the Jane Austen folio society books last year because they were more in my price range but I'm looking forward to getting more :)

[@BensBookCave]

All your special additions are great! I just got the foundation Trilogy leather bound from Barnes and Noble and I am obsessed

[@BensBookCave]

I fell out of my chair when I heard please dear god don’t be a bom is returning🥳

[@Joe-944]

I mean the whole knife cutting thing so close to the books was the most nervous I’ve been for years

[@k-majik]

Please Dear God Don't Be a Boom Boom was always my favourite segment on this channel (aside from Fantasy News I'd say), the humour really came to the fore around then and I'm so glad it's back. I needed that good news :) The cafe near where I live has a huge Folio Society collection, I end up spending hours going through them every damn time. So pretty.

[@dougperry691]

Folio society is a slippery slope I started off with just a couple of my favourites now years later I have around 100 and a smoking hole where my wallet was but they sure do make some beautiful books.

[@Cavirex]

"If you want proof that I throw around real knives..." Daniel is Tristan confirmed

[@kenthomas1109]

Great review! Absolutely gorgeous set from Folio. And shout out to your fan for a beautiful and classy rebind!

[@litlbucky]

Glad Pipps was not walking in front of desk when the knife was thrown

[@MasoomRana]

I dove into the Folio Society with Gene Wolfe's Book of the New Sun. Now I can't rest until Folio decides to release all the other Solar Cycle books and short stories.

[@seabright8648]

You could've just closed the box and re-opened it but I'm glad you can be honest with us about your reckless box opening.

[@DanielGreeneReviews]

I am here for the honesty.

[@EricWoelk]

Daniel, used your link and ordered all three. There is no price for jewels like these. Patiently awaiting books 4 and 5. Rock on, love your channel, it's my number one Fantasy go-to!

[@PetrikLeo]

This edition is super stunning. I need it! 😍

[@systemx9917]

It would be the best edition, if each book were not separated into two volumes.

[@thekawaiislartibartfast42]

I legit just want that map! It's stunning!

[@muhammadhashir6136]

Ok this is just absolutely gorgeous. I will get this, even if it means eating one banana a day for six months

[@jarltrippin]

2:22 Leaving this here for those who want to admire Daniel's beautiful reaction.

[@fullesperalchemist3695]

2:31 Now that's awesome.

[@jio5680]

You know the book is gorgeous when you can literally buy yourself an entire bed with them

[@a23corson]

Thanks for sharing! I definitely will get these. I love when a special edition includes illustrations.

[@Asian_Import]

I personally love Juniper Books dust jackets, especially for unfinished series. They’ve already committed to producing a matching jacket for Winds of Winter (whenever it comes out) which is nice for continuity. With other highly customized editions, there’s no guarantee they’ll release matching versions for future books.

[@bookishlycaitz1914]

I got this edition for my 21st birthday from my mother and stepfather. I love it so much!!

[@harjindersinghsunner]

I have got all three Collections and they are the best Books on my shelf! love them! I hope they do the same for other great Fantasy Book Series! The price isn't so bad when you realise all the art was created by one person for these books and it does give a great consistent feel to the book series so far

[@bradyweed4124]

When I read the books, I’ll use this as a suggestion for which editions to buy

[@gretera9482]

I have A Game of Thrones; A Clash of Kings; A Storm of Swords in those books and absolutely love them

[@gabbymitaj8165]

I bought this Friday as a gift to myself. I am an avid fan of ASOIF ( I read it every 1-2 years) and, I can't believe I waited this long. I am determined to collect them all to display on my shelf. :)

[@riteshreddy3118]

Daniel went full Michael bay with explosions

[@JohnPatt]

Omg Daniel I love Folio Society. Speaking of, I have the Folio Edition of Gene Wolfe’s Book of the New Sun. And speaking of THAT you should review Book of the New Sun at some point 🧐

[@ReadingAde]

I own two of the Song of Ice and Fire volumes from Folio. That New Sun edition is stunning

[@bwil1000]

Is Daniel ready for Gene Wolfe?

[@laconsuela69]

The special effects in this video are incredible

[@shafayemeredith]

I bought this last year and I’m reading it now!! Love the illustrations sooo much

[@xeroeddie]

Imagine having all seven of these. Someday... someday!

[@Calebgoblin]

First explosions, now screams, when does the violence end Daniel

[@ethanwilliamson9654]

Glad to see Daniel still knows how to throw knifes from when he read the Fifth Sorceress

[@drewramsay368]

If the series is ever finished, I'm hoping Folio will still have these in stock to have a complete beautiful saga.

[@MrHehj]

Great to see you review this! Absolutely get the fear to ruin them, I just re-read AGOT on kindle. Will definitely do a physical re-read when I've got the set. Expensive but ASOIAF was my gateway into fantasy.

[@KieranuReeves]

I have the three different volumes of this that have been released so far and they’re all the most beautiful and treasured possessions that I have.

[@Cam-gc3wr]

I'm honestly not much of an ASOIAF fan, but wow, those are beautiful! Truthfully, I'm a bit of a slave to Folio - they're VERY good at what they do (seriously - Gollum's in the corner with his ring, and I'm sitting next to him clutching a pile of their books).

[@largefren843]

7:30 this is why i prefer leather to bookcloth, leather only gets better with use, and leather tooling doesn't fade or scuff

[@samuelleask1132]

This is gorgeous… I’m tempted to get this just for all that incredible art

[@christopherrowley7506]

Very beautiful! I would never buy a partial series special edition though. Please gods, let me live long enough to see the end of the series.

[@professordekarios]

sometimes i'm glad that i only like owning paperbacks because my wallet is happier, but then i'm sad that i don't want beautiful editions like this

[@josephinewiengard5393]

I own all three instalments of A Song of Ice and Fire by Folio Society and they are GORGEOUS. Just so well-made and luxurious-feeling. They are pricey, but just so nice and aesthetic and a treat to the senses.

[@CL-pk5fn]

Hey, suggestion: Get UV blockout film for your windows if you are going to have so many books and special editions next to your window. I used to work at a top special editions publisher, and all our books, no sunlight. I never learned of a publisher using a UV stabilizer in inks, so protect those investments!

[@TimRG]

Daniel, where can I get this amazing desk you have, that if you drop garbage below it, it blows up? It must save you so much on not having to have much garbage to take care of it.

[@greymayne6]

I hope to get this one day. I’ve currently got the 20th anniversary editions of AGOT, ACOK and ASOS. But this would be next level

[@UdyKumra]

I'd love to see you review the Folio Society editions for the Farseer Trilogy! :)

[@QuestionsIAskMyself]

I didn’t even know these things existed, now I must add this to my Christmas wish list

[@senseimatt3097]

2:30 - Off camera Pips stares at you with meaning.

[@raghavbhatia7624]

I dare you to start one of your upcoming videos standing on your chair, yelling "Daniel Greene is the DISHEVELED GOBLIN!" the way Dwight shouts out he's the manager (I know you've seen the Office, I know it, Daniel 👀).

[@Leroy510]

When this was first released, Folio Society was giving away the full sized map (unfolded), which I have proudly framed and hanging on my wall. :) I’m sure you can find one for sale somewhere on the interwebs...

[@rachaelcollom987]

The asoiaf folio editions also have a personalised symbol for each POV character at the start of each chapter, which is a nice touch.

[@outlawbookselleroriginal]

The best version of 'A Game of Thrones' is the UK/World First Edition in royal format hardcover (which preceded the US edition and it's therefore the true first pritning) with the Jim Burns jacket published by HarperCollins -then the read leather one that was issued by the same period once the TV series appeared. There was a demy format book club UK edition which had the same cover but of course it was a smaller format. I sold my signed copy of the World First for an undisclosable sum a few years ago...

[@MonkeyDIvan]

The Harper Voyager still hold the #1 place for me in terms of the best ASOIAF hardcover editions.

[@DanielGreeneReviews]

ooohhh I havent gotten my hands on those. Ill look into them. thanks!

[@jalledebest]

As someone who owns both, or all three if you mean the red leather ones by harper voyager, the quality of the folio edition is way higher. Paper qualtity, binding, margins and font size on the Folio edition is vastly superior

[@christophermattsson4596]

All the bomb sounds+animations had me LOLling!

[@Legolas71088]

Don't recall my edition coming with a tote bag. Was a few years ago, of course, and I'm not a popular Booktuber. The editions are amazing, hope you complete the collection. They look incredible together on a shelf.

[@hannahbrennan2131]

OMG! I freaking love this edition! I really wish I could afford it.

[@L0B0_1]

2:29 anyone who lives with you has to be careful when walking into your library room. knives knives be flying.

[@jakubeczek100]

Where did you buy your shirt? :D i want to get one

[@sarthakghosh9239]

Imagine Daniel opening the box and pigeons flew out of it

[@mathieudominique394]

I do not want to say that I saw this coming or anything but all the time since I've discovered these editions I felt like it was something Daniel would review one day. And all the time since I've discovered these I've been dreaming about getting them. One day...one day...

[@virkadakia-dhairyawan9920]

asoiaf is my fav fantasy series and i love it when you make videos about it.

[@alexander1awesome]

An absolutely gorgeous set! This is the edition that first made me aware of Folio Society. I agree that most of their books really live up to the highest standards. There are some exceptions to the rule however (e.g. their Tolkien set is now printed at lower quality then when it was first published), so keep that in mind. A few more Folio favorites of mine: - The Northern Lights Trilogy by Pullman (slightly better looking than Juniper in my opinion) - The amazing Hitchhiker‘s Guide to the Galaxy Set - The Limited Edition Dune Box set with the a gorgeous artwork of Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam and it‘s magnetic lids. - Their edition of Alice in Wonderland Love to see you review these and hope they will send you many more! Jealous as I may be 😊

[@johnvogt5847]

When the series is finished, would consider purchasing the fancy versions

[@vijayagali849]

I cannot controll my excitement , they are insanely good 🔥 🔥 🔥

[@TomorrowWeLive]

I think mine must have been a pre-owned returned one. Has a funny smel to it and the fold-out map is literslly coming apart at the seams with big holes and rips at the corners/edges that only get bigger each time I fold/unfold it.

[@thejordanbrandandibleedpan1545]

Thank you for the review! The books are so expensive I’m thinking about getting a dance with dragons folio Society one

[@JuanR20421]

Man even tho I own three different copies of the first book of asoiaf alone , I NEED THIS

[@liams.4529]

Omg 😱 all three that they have out rn are going right on the list of things I’m purchasing soon

[@pinpunk13]

I bought all the books in the series (currently only the first 3 are released in this format) as first printing. They are definitely the most beautiful books I own. They beat the Cosmere leatherbounds but they beat them by price as well, unfortunately.

[@lsdeann_3293]

If you're in the UK, they are actually much much much cheaper than Sandersons books. I straight up will not buy the Cosmere stuff until he distributes fairly to the UK (without us having to pay double or higher price).

[@David-un4cs]

@@lsdeann_3293 The UK's regular editions are great though. I love that they match across the entire Cosmere.

[@lsdeann_3293]

I think they're super generic and dull. All of my copies are the Tor/American editions with nice artwork. (Don't ask me why it costs hundreds of pounds less to import those than from the Sanderson store though. It's ridiculous.)

[@nanotyrannus5435]

@@lsdeann_3293 Because they aren't shipped with a normal carrier or in small bulks, but in full containers for big stores. Or a big seller has a much lower shipment price because they cut a deal with the carrier, and might be taking a lower cut themselves of the book to subsidise the cost for the consumer further. And it's not double. You pay the same as an American converted in your currency and then about 50% of that on one book for the shipping cost, if you buy several at once the shipping per book goes down significantly.

[@a1ex-p-yt]

I would love to be able to justify purchasing this, it looks amazing.

[@masoninho8]

You need to check out the other ones...I have all 3 so far, and they are beautiful.

[@swordablaze9259]

Stuff go boooom!! 🔥 Why do I love those so much? 😆 Dang! I would love to have the ASOIAF collection on my shelf.

[@squidexorcist7564]

I love how every Daniel vid is just a little bit more wacky than the last :)

[@thepacksurvives71]

I own all three collections of the ASOIAF Folio Society editions and they are wonderful. Admittedly I only pulled them out once and never want to touch them again in fear of damaging them LOL

[@lelyndraaucamp5516]

God damn, these are some beautiful books.

[@lisacole6037]

Gorgeous edition ! I felt guilty buying the regular illustrated editions. I can't imagine how I would feel if I bought the folio society one.

[@Huseberry]

If you like that Daniel, I'd recommend Folio Society's version of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. The cover is amazing and sparkly. It also costs less than the GOT one (but less inside art).

[@rachaelcollom987]

Another thing to note on the asoiaf folio editions is that each POV character has there own personalised symbol at the start of each chapter which is a nice touch. Although I do feel sorry for the illustrator now they’ve got to do books 4 and 5 because of all the extra characters George adds 😭 that’s a lot of extra symbols 💀

[@sistersofthegeek5895]

WOW, incredible editions!

[@meredithc1113]

Tier Ranking of all your Special Edition Books! Or just a video where you show off all your special editions :)

[@briancohen-doherty4392]

Interesting seeing your video editing techniques as you experiment. When it comes to accelerating the video when you think your pacing is too slow, you will probably need to upgrade your software. If you got it a little "softer" it would fit a lot better. Your elocution and diction is pretty exact and the compression clips ya hard lol Like the technique though, and the experimentation, keep at it 👍

[@DavidDecero]

Those look magnificent! I want, need, and hopefully someday will purchase those from the folio society. Wow!

[@gordontheobald]

That map looks like the one first sold in The Lands of Ice and Fire set. IIRC it’s the same art from the companion app.