History Creator / GeorgeRRMartin

* ''Literature/{{Windhaven''

* ''Sandkings'' (1981), adapted into a two-part episode of ''Series/TheOuterLimits1995''.

* ''VideoGame/EldenRing''(2020)- Lore writer, in collaboration with ''Creator/FromSoftware''.

* ''{{Literature/Windhaven}}''

* ''The Armageddon Rag'' (1983)

In 1996, he published ''Literature/AGameOfThrones,'' the first installment in the DoorStopper Fantasy series ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire''. The series has been acclaimed by critics, readers, and fellow authors alike. He is currently working on ''The Winds of Winter,'' the sixth book in the series. The rights to a live-action TV series were acquired by HBO and eight seasons have aired. Martin himself is credited as the co-executive producer for the series and has been quoted as saying going on set was like walking into a dream and has said in an interview that "my God, they got it right."

* ''Nightflyers'' (1980), adapted into a feature film in 1987 and a [[Series/Nightflyers TV series]] in 2018.

* ''Nightflyers'' (1980), adapted into a feature film in 1987 and a TV series in 2018.

* ''Nightflyers'' (1980), adapted into a feature film in 1987.

In 1996, he published ''Literature/AGameOfThrones,'' the first installment in the DoorStopper Fantasy series ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire''. The series has been acclaimed by critics, readers, and fellow authors alike. He is currently working on ''The Winds of Winter,'' the sixth book in the series. The rights to a live-action TV series were acquired by HBO and seven seasons have aired. Martin himself is credited as the co-executive producer for the series and has been quoted as saying going on set was like walking into a dream and has said in an interview that "my God, they got it right."

As a boy, he was (and, let us not forget, remains) definitely OneOfUs. You can see the fan-mail he wrote to Creator/StanLee when he was sixteen [[http://comicbookmovie.com/fansites/GraphicCity/news/?a=45514 here]] (complete with his Bayonne, UsefulNotes/NewJersey address).

* OneOfUs: He has replied that he has obsessively played a video game adaption of Literature/RomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms.

Martin is well-known for his cordial relationships with his fans. Some say it detracts from his working pace. He keeps a regular {{Blog}}, titled [[http://grrm.livejournal.com/ Not A Blog]][[note]]And that's the only place he regularly posts, according to [[http://grrm.livejournal.com/368037.html this]], so any Facebook or Twitter accounts claiming to be him are not the real deal![[/note]], where he keeps readers up to date on his projects, life, and favorite football teams; he also frequently comments on politics, both the internal politics of the speculative fiction world (see: his extensive commentary on the "Sad Puppies") and general American politics (he is a proud liberal Democrat). He also is a frequent guest at conventions, where he will happily hand out [[ShrugOfGod Shrugs Of God]] and occasionally invite some fans to private dinners. However, he is firmly opposed to FanFiction of his works, as he feels it weakens his copyrights and is bad practice for aspiring writers. FanArt, however, is acceptable.

** When the Blue Bird Sings' (1989) - writer (teleplay)

** "Pilot" - writer (story), producer, creator
** "The Pointy End" (2011) - writer
** "Blackwater" (2012) - writer
** "The Bear and the Maiden Fair" (2013) - writer
** "The Lion and the Rose" (2014) - writer

* ''Shadow Twin''" (2004, with Gardner Dozois and Daniel Abraham)

* SophisticatedAsHell: A number of his characters are like this, and Martin himself is not above it. The best example of this is in the acknowledgements of Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire. The first three books open with elaborate metaphors about how writing is not a one man job, and he then gives the names of his team. In the fourth book, he wastes no effort trying to beat around the push and simply says,

* SophisticatedAsHell: A number of his characters are like this, and Martin himself is not above it. The best example of this is in the acknowledgements of "A Song of Ice and Fire." The first three books open with elaborate metaphors about how writing is not a one man job, and he then gives the names of his team. In the fourth book, he simply says, 'This one was a bitch.'

* SophisticatedAsHell: A number of his characters are like this, and Martin himself is not above it. The best example of this is in the acknowledgements of "A Song of Ice and Fire." The first three books open with elaborate metaphors about how writing is not a one man job, and he then gives the names of his team. In the fourth book, he simply says, 'This one was a bitch.'

* ''A Song for Lya''

George Raymond Richard Martin (born 1948) aka "[[FanNickname Evil]] [[BadSanta Santa]]", "[[AnyoneCanDie Fiction's Most Notorious]] [[CharactersDroppingLikeFlies Serial Killer]]", or "[[ScheduleSlip The Great Bearded Glacier]]" is an American author and screenwriter. He is most famous for his {{Fantasy}} series ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire.'' He lives in UsefulNotes/SantaFe, UsefulNotes/NewMexico, and owns and runs the Jean Cocteau Cinema.

* CompleteMonster: Jonathan Harmon in "The Skin Trade", an elderly alpha werewolf who represents the worst the lycanthropes have to offer.

* LyingCreator: [[invoked]] In one of the ''Series/GameOfThrones'' featurettes aired prior to the start of season 1 to introduce the world of Westeros to viewers, Martin said that "[[spoiler:Ned Stark is the main character whom the books revolve around]]". Anyone who's familiar with the books were probably laughing their ass off when watching that. [[spoiler:He dies before the end of the first novel. Though considering that his death is the trigger for the War of the Five Kings, the books revolve around him FromACertainPointOfView.]]

* ScheduleSlip: [[invoked]]He's notoriously suffered from it since around the turn of the century. One article even noted that every time he releases a preview chapter, it now feels more like getting a finger from a kidnap victim.
** This has now reached the point where you can count on quite a few fans to throw a fit whenever he's reported to be doing literally ''anything'' besides working on ''A Song of Ice of Fire''. Some news stories even make tongue-in-cheek references to "things George R.R. Martin is doing instead of writing his books."
** Amusingly referenced in ''Series/{{IZombie}}'', which posits that the perfect way to get under any fan's skin is to ask what Martin is doing at that very moment, to which the answer is inevitably "Not writing."
* TrollingCreator: Invoked in his appearance on ''[[Series/LastWeekTonightWithJohnOliver Last Week Tonight]]''.
-->'''John:''' Hey, George. How's your [[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire writing]] going?\\
'''George:''' [on Skype] I just killed three of your favorite characters.\\
'''John:''' What?! It's not Arya, is it!? Give me a hint! It's not Arya, right?!\\
'''George:''' [Shrugs, resumes writing.]
** Also:
-->'''George:''' So you guys like Lyanna Mormont? Noted. ;)
-->'''Community:''' [[BigNo NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO]]

* BerserkButton:
** People speculating that he might die before finishing ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' has understandably become one. An interview where he said "Fuck you, to those people" while flipping the bird quickly went memetic.
** A minor one is the Date of Worldcon. As far as he is concerned the only FanConvention that should be allowed to take place on Labor Day weekend is Worldcon and he will throw a minor tantrum any year that this doesn't happen.

* BlackAndWhiteMorality: This is something of a PetPeeveTrope for him, as he much prefers [[GreyAndGrayMorality moral ambiguity]] in his stories. While praising Creator/JRRTolkien's books as a defining work for the Fantasy genre and recognizing it as a major influence on his own writing, he feels that many of ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'''s [[FollowTheLeader later imitators]] fell into a trap of always creating a story that simply revolved around "the good guys get together to fight the bad guy", with the dark forces all being ObviouslyEvil. In an [[http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/aug/16/george-rr-martin-game-of-thrones-interview interview in 2014]], he had a more nuanced view of how America's involvement with World War II has led to an over-prevalence of this.
--> ''"I sometimes think the second world war has changed our entire western civilisation's view of war, because, of all the wars in history, the second world war is closest to fantasy war, in which there is a dark lord, whose guys are actually evil and dress in black and wear skulls on their uniforms. The first world war was a much more typical war: what were all those people really fighting for?"''

* DoubleStandard: [[LampshadedTrope Lampshaded]]. Martin pointed out in an interview that he can describe a horrifically violent death in great detail without any reaction, while the same amount of detail describing a sex scene would cause an uproar.

* StoryBreakerPower: He does his utmost to avert this in his stories, especially regarding magic, hence why ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' starts out as LowFantasy before TheMagicComesBack.
-->"I think if you put too much magic in your {{Fantasy}} it overwhelms the plot, and it starts to make the plot [[FridgeLogic nonsensical]]. If you do have a sorceress or a wizard who can [[CurbStompBattle speak a word and wipe out an army]], why would you even assemble an army?"

!!Bibliography:

* ''Literature/DyingOfTheLight'' (1977)

* ''{{Literature/Windhaven}}'' (1981, with Lisa Tuttle)
* ''Literature/TheIceDragon'' (1980)
* ''Literature/FevreDream'' (1982)

* ''Literature/TufVoyaging'' (1986) A collection of short stories about Havilland Tuf, who's gained control of an [[GeneticEngineeringIsTheNewNuke Environmental]] [[ThePlague Engineering]] CoolStarship.

* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' series:

* ''[[Literature/TalesOfDunkAndEgg Tales of Dunk and Egg]]'' series - set in the world of ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire''

!!Tropes present in Martin's works as a whole or discussed by him: