George R.R. Martin

  • Notable NYC: 11/17–11/23

    Notable NYC: 11/17–11/23

    Literary events in and around NYC this week!

  • Winning the Game of Thrones Like a Girl

    Winning the Game of Thrones Like a Girl

    The days of testosterone-fueled warmongering are long past. Instead, at the end of Season 6, the queens reign, stronger than ever.

  • Pace Yourself

    Spoilerphobes worldwide had their greatest fears realized last Saturday when George R.R. Martin announced via blog post that The Winds of Winter, the next installment in his A Song of Ice and Fire series, was not finished in time for…

  • Language: “A Barometer of Society’s Health”

    For the BBC, Hephzibah Anderson explores the work of J.R.R. Tolkien and George R.R. Martin, two authors who invented languages to color their fictional worlds. In addition, the article considers how words created by novelists are adopted by contemporary culture: Language,…

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    The Rise of the Mega-Novel

    Serial novels are nothing new, especially in genre fiction designed to keep readers shelling out money for the next phase of a story. But the sudden, rapid success of fantasy genre series like George R.R. Martin’s Game of Thrones and the…

  • The Man Who Wrote About Goats

    Ever wondered how the Icelandic goats in Games of Thrones almost went extinct? Justin Taylor did, and he explores the answer at Pacific Standard.