George RR Martin

George Raymond Richard Martin ( Bayonne ( New Jersey ), 20 September 1948 ) is an American writer of high fantasy , science fiction andscenarios and also has movie producer .

He taught journalism and was an organizer of chess tournaments . His most famous work is the Song of Ice and Fire series where the TV series Game of Thrones is based.



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[verbergen]  *1 Career  ==Career [  edit ] == George RR Martin in 2005.George RR Martin wrote in the seventies, many short stories and won several awards, including three Hugo Awards for the novels A Song for Lya (1975), The Way of Cross and Dragon (1980) and Sand Kings (1980).For the latter work he also won the Nebula Award . In 1986 he received the novella Portraits of His Children a second Nebula. For The Skin Trade in 1989 he received the World Fantasy Award and in 1997 he won his fourth Hugo with Blood of the Dragon. Martin is also the winner of six Locus Awards, including for the first three novels of A Song of Ice and Fire .
 * 2 Bibliography
 * 2.1 A Song of Ice and Fire cycle
 * 2.2 Tales of Dunk and Egg cycle
 * 2.3 Other novels
 * 2.4 Stories Bundles
 * 3 Prices
 * 3.1 Hugo Award
 * 3.2 Nebula Award
 * 3.3 Locus Award
 * 3.4 World Fantasy Award
 * 3.5 Bram Stoker Award
 * 4 External link

Although much of his work belongs to the genres of fantasy and horror Martin is a writer of science fictionand screenplays. From 1986, Martin worked for television on the series The New Twilight Zone and Beauty and the Beast . He also was editor, responsible for, among other Wild Cards cycle, which several writers, including Roger Zelazny , could let their books take place in the same shared universe. Martin's short story with the same name was filmed as Night Flyers in 1987.

In 1996, Martin returned to writing. He began the epic fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire, the work that made ​​him popular with the public. His works are distinguished mainly by the woven realism. When Martin there are no pure good people or totally bad opponents; many likable characters die, often brutally, often betrayed. The suffering of ordinary people under the wars of kings is mercilessly portrayed.

In 2007, the American pay-TV channel Home Box Office (HBO) television rights of the A Song of Ice and Fire cycle, after which there followed a television series called Game of Thrones, which was premiered on April 17, 2011. George RR Martin is part of the team of producers of this series each season and writes a script. For the first four seasons, these were respectively "The Pointy End" (episode 8), "Blackwater" (episode 9), "The Bear and the Maiden Fair" (episode 7) and "The Lion and The Rose" (Episode 2). ==[Bibliography  edit ] == ===A Song of Ice and Fire cycle [  edit <span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:20.3636360168457px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;">The other titles of the second part of the cycle are announced as:
 * A Game of Thrones (1996): ' Game of Thrones '
 * A Clash of Kings (1999): " The battle of kings '
 * A Storm of Swords (2000): " A Storm of Swords '
 * A Feast for Crows (2005), " A Feast for Crows "
 * A Dance With Dragons (2011): " A dance with dragons '

===Tales of Dunk and Egg cycle <span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[  edit <span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Other novels <span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[  edit <span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);"><span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[Stories  Bundles <span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">edit <span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">]  === ==<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[Prices  edit <span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ===Hugo Award <span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[  edit <span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Nebula Award <span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[  edit <span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Locus Award <span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[  edit <span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===World Fantasy Award <span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[  edit <span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Bram Stoker Award <span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[  edit <span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ===
 * The Winds of Winter and A Dream of Spring.
 * "The world of ice and fire" (2014)
 * The Hedge Knight (1998): " The hedges knight '
 * The Sworn Sword (2003): " The Oath of allegiance "
 * The Mystery Knight (2010): " The unknown knight '
 * Dying of the Light (1977): The fading light
 * Windhaven (1981 - with Lisa Tuttle ): Windhaven
 * Fevre Dream (1982): The Fevre Dream
 * The Armageddon Rag (1983)
 * The Ice Dragon (2007): The Ice Dragon
 * Hunter's Run (2008 - with Gardner Dozois and Daniel Abraham )
 * A Song for Lya (1976)
 * Songs of Stars and Shadows (1977)
 * Sand Kings (1981)
 * Songs the Dead Men Sing (1983)
 * Night Flyers (1985)
 * Tuf Voyaging (1987)
 * Portraits of His Children (1987)
 * Quartet (2001)
 * Dream Songs: A RRetrospective (2003)
 * Star Lady and Fast Friend (2008)
 * A Song for Lya (1975) - novella
 * Sand Kings (1980) - novelette
 * The Way of Cross and Dragon (1980) - short story
 * Blood of the Dragon (1997) - novella
 * Sand Kings (1980) - novelette
 * Portraits of His Children (1986) - novelette
 * The Storms of Windhaven (1976) - novella
 * A Song for Lya and Other Stories (1977) - author collection
 * Sand Kings (1980) - novelette
 * The Way of Cross and Dragon (1980) - short story
 * Night Flyers (1981) - novella
 * Guardians (1982) - novelette
 * Sand Kings (1982) - single author collection
 * The Monkey Treatment (1984) - novelette
 * A Game of Thrones (1997) - fantasy novel
 * A Clash of Kings (1999) - fantasy novel
 * A Storm of Swords (2001) - fantasy novel
 * The Skin Trade (1989) - novella
 * The Pear-Shaped Man (1988) - novelette