Reddit reviews Legends II: New Short Novels by the Masters of Modern Fantasy
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It's the graphic novel of The Hedge Knight that sells for stupid prices.
The actual novella is available in this book or this one. (Kindle edition).
The Sworn Sword is in Legends II. Alternatively, it's in this book which only contains part of the original Legends II anthology.
The Mystery Knight is in Warriors, or in paperback, this volume.
This is discussed pretty much weekly in this subreddit and really ought to be in the sidebar. For anyone from the future who is reading this thread, all the deleted comments are below were links to pirated versions of the books.
All of his Dunk & Egg short stories are published as part of a set of short stories by several fantasy writers combined into one book. The one you linked is so expensive because the stories were never officially published as standalone books. I wouldn't pay more than a couple bucks for each (book 3 is new so it's a little more expensive). Here they are on amazon:
Book 1 - The Hedge Knight
Book 2 - The Sworn Sword
Book 3 - The Mystery Knight
Hedge Knight
Sworn Sword
Mystery Knight
Not D&E but related
Princess & Queen
They're kind of hard to come across because well, they're always included in collections. The Mystery Knight is in a collection called Warriors. I've read all the Novellas since the Hedge Knight was originally published in the first Legends collection. Luckily there is a paperback available for Legends 1 but I think it's out of print. Also to be more confusing, the paperback it's contained in is called Legends 2 because it's the second part of the hardcover or something? But Legends II collection is where you get the Sworn Sword. Well here's a handy list though some might not be in stock (PB = Paperback/HC = Hardcover):
The standalone versions are expensive because they're rare / collector items.
The stories pretty affordable when you get them in the anthologies they originally were published in. The Hedge Knight is in Legends and also Dreamsongs Volume II. The Sworn Sword is in Legends II. The Mystery Knight is in Warriors.
Based on her liking the Auel books, I'd bet she'd dig the trilogy: Namaah's Kiss, Namaah's Curse, Namaah's Blessing by Jacqueline Carey. They're all pretty thick and interesing in world-building, female-centered fantasy type.
Has she read the Dunk & Egg stories (a.k.a. The Hedge Knight series) and other prequel stories to ASOIAF? That would be a nice treat for a big fan of the series, if she doesn't have them all yet. It's tricky, because the stories are currently broken up and scattered across a few books, haven't been compiled into one (yet). And, bonus, she'd get a bunch of other stories by other great sci-fi/fantasy writers in those, that may make her discover and fall in love with another series.
Legends I
Legends II
Warriors
...and not directly the 3 main Dunk and Egg stories, but other ASOIAF prequels in these:
Dangerous Women
Rogues
Beware: with the "Legends" ones, if you get PBs instead of the HC edition, the first "Legends I" was broken into three books for PB release, Legends 1, Legends 2, etc., which can get confusing considering they later put out a "Legends II". So, if you get the mass market PBs on those, you could wind up with a shorter version that doesn't include the right stories ASOIAF fan is looking for.
The first three are contained in separate collections of short stories, and there are also the graphic novels, which are expensive. I got books on Amazon for around $30 total US.
Warriors I
Legends
Legends II
It can be a bit tricky to find them. The stand alone books are absurd expensive. The full anthologies are the cheaper option.
For The Hedge Knight
http://www.amazon.com/Legends-Stories-Masters-Modern-Fantasy/dp/0765300354/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1382118790&sr=1-2&keywords=legends
Sworn Sword http://www.amazon.com/Legends-II-Novels-Masters-Fantasy/dp/0345456440/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1382118960&sr=1-1&keywords=legends+II
Mystery Knight http://www.amazon.com/Warriors-George-R-R-Martin/dp/0765334771/ref=pd_sim_b_5
Hope this helps.
Yeah I noticed that too :/ You can get them cheaper though
http://www.amazon.com/Legends-Stories-Masters-Modern-Fantasy/dp/0765300354/ref=pd_sim_sbs_b_5 Contains The first story.
http://www.amazon.com/Legends-II-Novels-Masters-Fantasy/dp/0345456440/ref=pd_sim_b_5 Has the second story
http://www.amazon.com/Warriors-George-R-R-Martin/dp/0765334771
has the last story.
Just so you know, the Dunk and Egg stories are available really cheap online in various anthologies; the latest one I bought at Barnes and Noble.
EDIT: Here are amazon links to the said anthologies
The Hedge Knight
The Sworn Sword
The Mystery Knight
[Legends] (http://www.amazon.com/Legends-Stories-Masters-Modern-Fantasy/dp/0765300354/)-Featuring The Hedge Knight-$18.20
[Legends II] (http://www.amazon.com/Legends-II-Novels-Masters-Fantasy/dp/0345456440/)-Featuring The Sworn Sword-$
Warriors-Featuring The Mystery Knight-$11.17
Dangerous Women-Featuring The Princess and the Queen-$21.52
Just so you know, the last one is not a Tale of Dunk and Egg, but a story about the Dance of the Dragons. The next one is The She-Wolves of Winterfell, which has been delayed. Also, Legends II doesn't seem to be available new, so I didn't include a price. Finally, the graphic novels have been announced for a re-release, so the price for those should go down soon, as new copies are printed.
I also just want to say, it's really insane how far Martin has come. A decade ago, no one would have thought that he would be the selling point of those books. Now, his stories are the most popular of the anthologies.
The Sworn Sword
According to Wikipedia regarding Legends II: "A hardback edition was published by Voyager on September 1, 2003 in the UK" and "An eBook edition was published by Random House as a Del Rey edition on December 30, 2003 in the United States and Canada".
According to Amazon, the hardback version of Legends II was published by Del Rey / Ballantine Books on December 30, 2003.
So two different dates, depending on location, with September 1 as the earliest.
The Mystery Knight
GRRM gives the date as March 16, 2010: http://grrm.livejournal.com/128433.html
The Hedge Knight is in Legends and The Sworn Sword in Legends 2
Links, just in case he has trouble with "the Google".
Legends,
Legends II,
Warriors I