Editing The Hedge Knight (section)

==Sources and Publications==
''The Hedge Knight'' was finished on December 31, 1997<ref>George R. R. Martin (October 10, 2024). [https://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2024/10/10/a-tourney-at-ashford/ A Tourney at Ashford]. Not A Blog.</ref> and published on August 25, 1998 in the ''Legends'' anthology.<ref>''Legends'', ISBN 9780002256674 (Paperback, June 1999 Edition, Voyager, 608 pages); ISBN 9780765300355 (Paperback, September 2001 Reissue, Tor Books, 715 pages); ISBN 9780312867874 (Hardcover, October 1998, St Martin Pr, 715 pages); and several other Hardcover printings, some of them limited editions.</ref> The original ''Legends'' has been on occasion divided into two, three, or four volumes, which has led to confusion with the actual follow-up, ''Legends II''.  The second book is a completely different anthology, albeit being by the same editor, having six writers in common with the original and including the second "Dunk and Egg" tale, ''[[The Sworn Sword]]''.  It is helpful to focus on the five writers that change between ''Legends'' and ''Legends II'': Stephen King, Terry Pratchett, Terry Goodkind, Robert Jordan and Ursula K. LeGuin contribute to ''Legends'' but not to ''Legends II'', while Robin Hobb, Neil Gaiman, Terry Brooks, Diana Gabaldon and Elizabeth Haydon have stories in ''Legends II'' but none in ''Legends''.    

''The Hedge Knight'' was later also included in the 2007 collection of Martin stories ''Dreamsongs, Volume II'' and was adapted into a comic book mini-series later collected as a graphic novel.

A compilation of the four initial "Dunk and Egg" stories, including ''The Hedge Knight'', was expected to be published by Bantam.<ref>http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/FAQ/Entry/1974/ The Citadel FAQ, 2.1.9 - ''Will There Be Any More Dung and Egg Stories?''</ref>  Ultimately, a collection of only the three already published stories was released in 2015 as ''[[A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms]]''. <ref name=Ride>[http://grrm.livejournal.com/406858.html Not a Blog: Dunk and Egg Ride Again]</ref><ref name=Here>[http://grrm.livejournal.com/447919.html Not a Blog: Dunk & Egg are HERE]</ref>