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1、1ANOTEONCHRONOLOGYASongofIceandFireistoldthroughtheeyesofcharacterswhoaresometimeshundredsoreventhousandsofmilesapartfromoneanother.Somechapterscoveraday,someonlyanhour;othersmightspanafortnight,amonth,halfayear.Withsuchastructure,thenarrativecannotbestrictlysequential;sometimesimpor
2、tantthingsarehappeningsimultaneously,athousandleaguesapart.Inthecaseofthevolumenowinhand,thereadershouldrealizethattheopeningchaptersofAStormofSwordsdonotfollowtheclosingchaptersofAClashofKingssomuchasoverlapthem.IopenwithalookatsomeofthethingsthatwerehappeningontheFistoftheFirstMen,
3、atRiverrun,Harrenhal,andontheTridentwhiletheBattleoftheBlackwaterwasbeingfoughtatKing’sLanding,andduringitsaftermath...GEORGER.R.MARTINPROLOGUEThedaywasgreyandbittercold,andthedogswouldnottakethescent.Thebigblackbitchhadtakenonesniffatthebeartracks,backedoff,andskulkedbacktothepackwi
4、thhertailbetweenherlegs.Thedogshuddledtogethermiserablyontheriverbankasthewindsnappedatthem.Chettfeltittoo,bitingthroughhislayersofblackwoolandboiledleather.Itwastoobloodycoldformanorbeast,butheretheywere.Hismouthtwisted,andhecouldalmostfeeltheboilsthatcoveredhischeeksandneckgrowingr
5、edandangry.IshouldbesafebackattheWall,tendingthebloodyravensandmakingfiresforoldMaesterAemon.ItwasthebastardJonSnowwhohadtakenthatfromhim,himandhisfatfriendSamTarly.itwastheirfaulthewashere,freezinghisbloodyballsoffwithapackofhoundsdeepinthehauntedforest.“Sevenhells.”Hegavetheleashes
6、ahardyanktogetthedogs’attention.“Track,youbastards.That’sabearprint.Youwantsomemeatorno?Find!”Butthehoundsonlyhuddledcloser,whining.Chettsnappedhisshortlashabovetheirheads,andtheblackbitchsnarledathim.“Dogmeatwouldtasteasgoodasbear,”hewarnedher,hisbreathfrostingwitheveryword.LarktheS
7、istermanstoodwithhisarmscrossedoverhischestandhishandstuckedupintohisarmpits.Heworeblackwoolgloves,buthewasalwayscomplaininghowhisfingerswerefrozen.“It’stoobloodycoldtohunt,”hesaid.“Buggerthisbear,he’snotworthfreezingover.”“Wecan’tgobackemptyhand,Lark,”rumbledSmallPaulthroughthebrown
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