A Game of Thrones is a television show.
A Game of Thrones . The novel won the 1997 Locus Award and was nominated for both the 1997 Nebula Award and the 1997 World Fantasy Award . In January 2011 the novel became a New York Times bestseller and reached # 1 on the list in July 2011 . The novel has inspired several spin-off works , including several games .