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George R.R. Martin

Born

in Bayonne, New Jersey, The United States

September 20, 1948

Website

http://www.georgerrmartin.com/

Twitter

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Genre

Fantasy, Science Fiction, Horror

Influences

J.R.R. Tolkien, Walter Scott, Robert E. Howard, Robert A. Heinlein, St ...more

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George Raymond Richard "R.R." Martin was born September 20, 1948, in Bayonne, New Jersey. His father was Raymond Collins Martin, a longshoreman, and his mother was Margaret Brady Martin. He has two sisters, Darleen Martin Lapinski and Janet Martin Patten.

Martin attended Mary Jane Donohoe School and Marist High School. He began writing very young, selling monster stories to other neighborhood children for pennies, dramatic readings included. Later he became a comic book fan and collector in high school, and began to write fiction for comic fanzines (amateur fan magazines). Martin's first professional sale was made in 1970 at age 21: The Hero, sold to Galaxy, published in February, 1971 issue. Other sales followed.

In 1970 Martin received a George Raymond Richard "R.R." Martin was born September 20, 1948, in Bayonne, New Jersey. His father was Raymond Collins Martin, a longshoreman, and his mother was Margaret Brady Martin. He has two sisters, Darleen Martin Lapinski and Janet Martin Patten.

Martin attended Mary Jane Donohoe School and Marist High School. He began writing very young, selling monster stories to other neighborhood children for pennies, dramatic readings included. Later he became a comic book fan and collector in high school, and began to write fiction for comic fanzines (amateur fan magazines). Martin's first professional sale was made in 1970 at age 21: The Hero, sold to Galaxy, published in February, 1971 issue. Other sales followed.

In 1970 Martin received a B.S. in Journalism from Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, graduating summa cum laude. He went on to complete a M.S. in Journalism in 1971, also from Northwestern.

As a conscientious objector, Martin did alternative service 1972-1974 with VISTA, attached to Cook County Legal Assistance Foundation. He also directed chess tournaments for the Continental Chess Association from 1973-1976, and was a Journalism instructor at Clarke College, Dubuque, Iowa, from 1976-1978. He wrote part-time throughout the 1970s while working as a VISTA Volunteer, chess director, and teacher.

In 1975 he married Gale Burnick. They divorced in 1979, with no children. Martin became a full-time writer in 1979. He was writer-in-residence at Clarke College from 1978-79.

Moving on to Hollywood, Martin signed on as a story editor for Twilight Zone at CBS Television in 1986. In 1987 Martin became an Executive Story Consultant for Beauty and the Beast at CBS. In 1988 he became a Producer for Beauty and the Beast, then in 1989 moved up to Co-Supervising Producer. He was Executive Producer for Doorways, a pilot which he wrote for Columbia Pictures Television, which was filmed during 1992-93.

Martin's present home is Santa Fe, New Mexico. He is a member of Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America (he was South-Central Regional Director 1977-1979, and Vice President 1996-1998), and of Writers' Guild of America, West.

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Here There Be Dragons

I trust you all caught “The Red Dragon and the Gold,” the fourth episode of season 2 of HOUSE OF THE DRAGON. A lot of you have been wanting for action, I know; this episode delivered it in spades with the Battle of Rook’s Rest, when dragon met dragon in the skies.

Has there ever been a dragon battle to match it? I seem to recall that REIGN OF FIRE had a few scenes where a dozen dragons were whe

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George R.R. Martin’s books

Average rating: 4.38 · 7,060,094 ratings · 242,540 reviews · 1,453 distinct works • Similar authors

	A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1) 4.44 avg rating — 2,531,866 ratings — published 1996 — 502 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2) 4.42 avg rating — 950,241 ratings — published 1998 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3) 4.54 avg rating — 795,243 ratings — published 2000 — 338 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire, #4) 4.16 avg rating — 741,846 ratings — published 2005 — 341 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire, #5) 4.34 avg rating — 661,809 ratings — published 2011 — 238 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Storm of Swords 2: Blood and Gold (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3, Part 2 of 2) 4.55 avg rating — 98,684 ratings — published 2000 — 84 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fire & Blood (A Targaryen History, #1) by George R.R. Martin, Doug Wheatley (Illustrator) 4.03 avg rating — 111,081 ratings — published 2018 — 120 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (The Tales of Dunk and Egg, #1-3) by George R.R. Martin, Gary Gianni (Illustrator) 4.23 avg rating — 93,316 ratings — published 2015 — 134 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Storm of Swords: Steel and Snow (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3.1) 4.47 avg rating — 84,608 ratings — published 2000 — 88 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Song of Ice and Fire (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1-5) 4.60 avg rating — 61,289 ratings — published 2000 — 42 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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2016 1st Quarter Long Read

1872, Middlemarch by George Eliot, 904 pages

25 votes, 17.6%

1996, A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin, 835 pages

18 votes, 12.7%

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16 votes, 11.3%

1869, The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, 667 pages

15 votes, 10.6%

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15 votes, 10.6%

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7 votes, 4.9%

1915, Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham, 684 pages

7 votes, 4.9%

1901, Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family by Thomas Mann, 731 pages

6 votes, 4.2%

1982, North and South by John Jakes, 812 pages

6 votes, 4.2%

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5 votes, 3.5%

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5 votes, 3.5%

1993, A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth, 1474 pages

4 votes, 2.8%

1985, Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry, 945 pages

3 votes, 2.1%

1836, Sketches by Boz by Charles Dickens, 688 pages

3 votes, 2.1%

1987, The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher, 656 pages

2 votes, 1.4%

1983, Helliconia by Brian W. Aldiss, 1305 pages

2 votes, 1.4%

1980, Life and Fate by Vasily Grossman, 912 pages

1 vote, 0.7%

1948, The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand, 740 pages

1 vote, 0.7%

1863, Romola by George Eliot, 688 pages

1 vote, 0.7%

1951, A Dance to the Music of Time: 1st Movement by Anthony Powell, 718 pages

0 votes, 0.0%

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