[Werthead]

An excellent new world map. Also interesting is that GRRM provides commentary for it. He states the map is broadly right but not in the details. He then goes on to say the new Maps of Ice and Fire book coming out in October will feature a canon world map that extends as far east as Asshai. However, it won't feature a map of the whole world, only the world as it is known in Westeros and Essos.

[Fist Gamet]

Had to follow the link from your site, Werthead but that is one impressive map!

[BlackMoranthofDoom]

So we won't be getting Sothoryos in its full extent but hopefully at least a full map of Essos. Is it possible there is a 4th continent as well?

[Werthead]

Lots more info on the LANDS OF ICE AND FIRE map book.

So, twelve maps. Five we've seen before (Westeros, Free Cities, Slaver's Bay, Beyond the Wall, King's Landing) and seven we haven't (including a 'known world' map, the Dothraki Sea & Red Waste, Qarth Region and beyond, and Braavos). They're twelve big poster maps in a slipcase.

These maps are apparently the basis for the map of Essos HBO will unveil on their website on 1 or 2 April, and for the appearance of the Red Waste and Qarth in the Season 2 title sequence.

[Werthead]

Interesting video here about HBO Go. Around 17 seconds in it shows the new 'megamap' HBO will have up on their website on Sunday or Monday. You can't see all of it, but you can see how Slaver's Bay connects to the Free Cities, the location of the Dothraki Sea and Red Waste and also, right in the top-right, the island of Ibben, which is considerably further east than previously thought.

And yes, this is based on GRRM's own map of Essos.

[Werthead]

Bantam has put up a sneak preview of the LANDS OF ICE AND FIRE on their Facebook page.

Unfortunately, it wasn't quite as illegible as they probably thought it was going to be. The world map is actually fairly legible, allowing us to see the changes they've made since the release of the HBO map in April. They're actually pretty substantial, with the entire Jade Sea being moved around and lots of alterations to the area around Qarth.

Note: The map is a professionally-redrawn version of a map provided by GRRM. It's not 100% final so there's the possibility of some things moving around a little or being changed. Given the length of time before publication (now down to five months) it's unlikely anything will be radically changed further.

[Werthead]

From The Lands of Ice and Fire (out next week in the USA, the following week in the UK), our first-ever canon glimpse of Asshai and the Shadow:



io9 have a bunch of other images from the maps as well.

[Werthead]

And this is out now in the USA. The UK should follow on the 8th, but copies are likely to show up on the shelves early next week.

[Defiance]

Anyone know if the world map is ever going to be available in genuine poster form? While I'm a huge fan of the series, I'm not sure I want to buy The Lands of Ice and Fire because I've heard that the maps, while beautiful, suffer from design flaws. Add that on top of the fact that all of the maps are posters that have been folded up, which kind of sucks - I would have prefered to just buy individual rolled up posters.