In the many realms of modern fantasy there is only one true King, and his name is George Raymond Richard Martin.
With
A Song of Ice and Fire
, Martin has created a world on a scale almost unrivalled by any other single writer.
Approaching two million words and still evolving
, this genuinely epic series of novels, with its deeply interlocking narratives, finely crafted drama and enormous range of characters,
is a creation of extraordinary breadth.
So how did a writer best known for short stories come to craft such a gigantic sequence of novels, and what is the key to their extraordinary success?
What sources – historical, literary and personal – did Martin draw upon in the writing, and what inspiration did they give him?
The Worlds of George R.R. Martin
is an in-depth bringing together of the enormous range of inspirations behind Martin’s work
– from historical borrowings as wide-ranging as the Roman empire, the Wars of the Roses and the Mongol conquests, to diverse literary and mythological texts, and Martin’s own family experience and biography.