What is A Storm of Swords?
{{italictitle}} {{Infobox book | name = A Storm of Swords | author = [[George R. R. Martin]] | audio_read_by = [[Roy Dotrice]] | cover_artist = [[Stephen Youll]] | country = United States | language = English | series = ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' | genre = [[Fantasy]] | published = 2000 ([[Voyager Books]]/UK & [[Bantam Spectra]]/US) <!-- August 2000 (UK) and November 2000 (US) --> | award = [[Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel]] (2001) | isbn = 0-553-10663-5 | isbn_note = (US Hardback) <br> {{ISBN|0-00-224586-8}} (UK Hardback) | pages = 973 <!-- US Hardback --> | dewey = 813/.54 21 | congress = PS3563.A7239 S7 2000 | oclc = 44676135 | preceded_by = [[A Clash of Kings]] | followed_by = [[A Feast for Crows]] }} '''''A Storm of Swords''''' is the third of seven planned books in ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'', a [[fantasy]] series written by [[George R. R. Martin]]. It was first released on [[8 August]] [[2000]] in the [[United Kingdom]], and in November 2000 in the [[United States]]. ''A Storm of Swords'' won the 2001 [[Locus Award]] and 2002 [[Geffen Award]] for Best Novel and was nominated for the 2002 [[Nebula Award]] for Best Novel. It was also put up for the [[Hugo Award]], but it lost to [[JK Rowling]]'s novel ''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]''. == Translations == *{{lang-ca|Tempesta d'espases}} *{{lang-hr|Oluja mačeva}} *[[Dutch language|Dutch]]: Two volumes, Luitingh-Sijthoff (2001, 2002): ''{{lang|nl|Een storm van zwaarden 3A}}'', ''{{lang|nl|Een storm van zwaarden 3B}}'' *[[Finnish language|Finnish]]: Two volumes, Kirjava (2005, 2006): ''{{lang|fi|Miekkamyrsky 1}}'', ''{{lang|fi|Miekkamyrsky 2}}'' *[[French language|French]]: Four volumes (Hardcover: Pygmalion (2001, 2002, 2003); paperback: J'ai Lu (2003, 2004)): ''{{lang|fr|Les brigands}}'' (hardcover) / ''{{lang|fr|Intrigues à Port-Réal}}'' (paperback), ''{{lang|fr|L'épée de feu}}'', ''{{lang|fr|Les noces pourpres}}'', ''{{lang|fr|La loi du régicide}}'' *[