Tom Huddleston 
The Worlds of George RR Martin 

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 Fire and Ice, 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.

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Tom Huddleston is an author, journalist and musician based in North London, UK. His novels include several science fiction and fantasy stories for younger readers including the eco-futuristic Flood World trilogy. He spent a decade on the Film desk at Time Out magazine and is now a freelance Film & TV journalist writing for, among others, The Guardian and Little White Lies.