HBO tie-in artwork becomes official

We got a bit of a sneak peek last week, but this week it becomes official. The HBO tie-in artwork for A Game of Thrones has appeared on Amazon and George R. R. Martin has also announced it on his Not A Blog.

It shows the now-familiar image of Ned sitting the Iron Throne with the three-eyed crow on the armrest. It also features the HBO logo and the official Game of Thrones logo, as opposed to the book’s actual title. The UK version uses the same image and logo but arranges the placement of these elements slightly differently. And they manage to get Sky Atlantic’s logo on there as well. Personally, I like the US version better. This tie-in edition is set to release on March 22nd in the US and March 31st in the UK and will be available in trade paperback format only.

In the US, the standard issue covers have also been redesigned and re-released in both trade paperback and mass market paperback format.  Also set to release on March 22nd is this 4-book mass market paperback set which includes all currently published books inside a slipcover adorned with artwork from Game of Thrones. If you are planning on repurchasing the books with the redesigned covers, this is probably the way to go as it is cheaper than buying them separately plus you get the cool case with Sean Bean on it.

Winter Is Coming: I need to get some new copies of the books so it’s nice they have all these reissues available. I’ve got to get one of the Sean-Bean-on-the-Iron-Throne covers because… well, it’s awesome. And I’d really like to get the 4-book set but I prefer the trade paperback versions over mass market. I like the bigger size. But getting them cheaper and having them in a nice slipcover would be cool too. Hmm… decisions, decisions.

• Published on 03/15/2011 at 12:12 PM CDT
• Last updated on 10/20/2016 at 6:04 PM CDT