George R.R. Martin

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Society & Culture

4.7 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2011

⏱️ 35 minutes

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John Hodgman guest hosts an interview with the fantasy, science fiction and horror author George R. R. Martin. Martin is the author of the very popular series known as "A Song of Ice and Fire", which has recently been adapted for the HBO show "Game of Thrones". He joins us to talk about creating a fantasy universe, (very) involved fans, and more.

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0:24.4	It's The Sound of Young America.
0:31.2	I'm John Hodgman in For Jesse Thorne.
0:34.4	My guest is George R.R. Martin.
0:36.4	He is the author of an extremely popular series of fantasy novels, collectively known as a song
0:42.1	of ice and fire. There will eventually be seven of them.
0:46.0	The most recent, the fifth is titled A Dance with Dragons.
0:49.2	It was published in July after a several year wait.
0:53.4	Martin has received numerous awards for his writing and was named by Time magazine
0:57.7	as one of the most influential people of 2011, named by me, by the way, I wrote the piece.
1:04.0	A song of ice and fire was recently adapted into the HBO series Game of Thrones.
1:09.0	He's also written some of the scripts for the television version, including its pilot.
1:13.2	Here's a clip from that episode.
1:14.8	In it, King Robert, played by Mark Addy, has just brought on Ned Stark, played by Sean Bean,
1:20.6	to be his second in command, the King's Hand.
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