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George R R Martin


(George Raymond Richard Martin)
USA flag (b.1948)

George R.R. Martin sold his first story in 1971 and has been writing professionally ever since. He has written fantasy, horror, and science fiction, and for his sins spent ten years in Hollywood as a writer/producer, working on Twilight Zone, Beauty and the Beast, and various feature films and television pilots that were never made. In the mid 90s he returned to prose, his first love, and began work on his epic fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire. He has been in the Seven Kingdoms ever since. Whenever he's allowed to leave, he returns to Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he lives with the lovely Parris, a big white dog called Mischa, and two cats named Augustus and Caligula who think they run the place.
 

Genres: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Urban Fantasy, Children's Fiction
 
New and upcoming books
February 2024

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Sleeper Straddle
(Wild Cards, book 32)
October 2024

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House Rules
(Wild Cards)
Novels
   Dying of the Light (1977)
   Windhaven (1981) (with Lisa Tuttle)
   Fevre Dream (1982)
   The Armageddon Rag (1983)
   Hunter's Run (2007) (with Daniel Abraham and Gardner Dozois)
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Collections
   A Song for Lya (1976)
   Songs of Stars and Shadows (1977)
   Sandkings (1979)
   Nightflyers (1981)
   Songs the Dead Men Sing (1983)
   Tuf Voyaging (1986)
   Portraits of His Children (1987)
   The Pear-Shaped Man (1991)
   Quartet (2001)
   Short Stories, Volume 1 (2003)
   Custer's Last Jump and Other Collaborations (2003) (with others)
   GRRM (2003)
   Starlady and Fast-Friend (2008)
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Novellas and Short Stories
   The Skin Trade (1988)
   Under Siege (1998)
   Shadow Twin (2005) (with Daniel Abraham and Gardner Dozois)
   In the House of the Worm (2005)
   The Glass Flower (2005)
   The Lonely Songs of Laren Dorr (2005)
   The Ice Dragon (2006)
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Anthologies edited
   The Science Fiction Weight-Loss Book (1985) (with Isaac Asimov and Martin H Greenberg)
   Songs of the Dying Earth (2009) (with Gardner Dozois)
   Warriors 1 (2010) (with Gardner Dozois)
   Songs of Love and Death (2010) (with Gardner Dozois)
   Warriors 3 (2011) (with Gardner Dozois)
   Warriors 2 (2011) (with Gardner Dozois)
   Down These Strange Streets (2011) (with Gardner Dozois)
   Warriors (2013) (with Gardner Dozois)
   Old Mars (2013) (with Gardner Dozois)
   Rogues (2014) (with Gardner Dozois)
   Old Venus (2015) (with Gardner Dozois)
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Anthology series
New Voices
   1. New Voices I (1977)
     aka New Voices in Science Fiction
   2. New Voices II (1979)
   3. New Voices III (1980)
   4. New Voices IV (1981)
   5. The John W Campbell Awards Volume 5 (1984)
   6. The John W Campbell Awards Volume 6 (1987)
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Dangerous Women (with Gardner Dozois)
   1. Dangerous Women 1 (2013)
   2. Dangerous Women 2 (2014)
   3. Dangerous Women 3 (2014)
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Series contributed to
Wild Cards
   1. Wild Cards (1986)
   2. Aces High (1987)
   3. Jokers Wild (1987)
   4. Aces Abroad (1988)
   5. Down and Dirty (1988)
   6. Ace in the Hole (1990)
   7. Dead Man's Hand (1990) (with John J Miller)
   8. One-Eyed Jacks (1991)
   9. Jokertown Shuffle (1991)
   10. Double Solitaire (1992) (with Melinda M Snodgrass)
   11. Dealer's Choice (1992)
   12. Turn of the Cards (1993) (with Victor Milán)
   13. Card Sharks (1993)
   14. Marked Cards (1994)
   15. Black Trump (1995)
   16. Deuces Down (2002)
   17. Death Draws Five (2006) (with John J Miller)
   18. Inside Straight (2008)
   18. 1. The Hard Call (2008) (with Daniel Abraham)
   18. 5. American Hero (2020)
   19. Busted Flush (2008)
   20. Suicide Kings (2009)
   21. Fort Freak (2011)
   22. Lowball (2014) (with Melinda M Snodgrass)
   23. High Stakes (2016) (with Melinda M Snodgrass)
   24. Mississippi Roll (2017)
   25. Low Chicago (2018)
   26. Knaves Over Queens (2018)
   27. Texas Hold'em (2018)
   28. Three Kings (2020) (with Melinda M Snodgrass)
   29. Joker Moon (2021)
   30. Full House (2022)
   31. Pairing Up (2023)
   32. Sleeper Straddle (2024)
   House Rules (2024)
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Non fiction show
 
George R R Martin recommends
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Sword Catcher (2023)
(Chronicles of Castellane, book 1)
Cassandra Clare
"Sword Catcher gave me everything I look for in medieval fantasy: mystery and magic (not too much, not too little), expert worldbuilding, swordplay and politics, a colorful cast of interesting characters, and a story that kept me reading from the first page to the last, with enough twists and turns to keep me turning the pages. It's a big thick book, but it left me wanting more. When's the next one coming out?"
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The Girl and the Moon (2022)
(Book of the Ice, book 3)
Mark Lawrence
"An excellent writer."
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Lord Quillifer (2022)
(Quillifer, book 3)
Walter Jon Williams
"The best work WJW has ever done."

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Anthologies containing stories by George R R Martin
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Black Cat Weekly #27 (2022)
(Black Cat Weekly, book 27)
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The Big Book of Modern Fantasy (2020)
edited by
Ann Vandermeer and Jeffrey S VanderMeer

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Awards
Hugo Best Short Story nominee (1974) : With Morning Comes Mistfall
Nebula Awards Best Short Story nominee (1974) : With Morning Comes Mistfall
Hugo Best Novella winner (1975) : A Song for Lya [short story]
Nebula Awards Best Novella nominee (1975) : A Song for Lya [short story]
Hugo Best Novellette nominee (1976) : And Seven Times Never Kill Man
Hugo Best Novella nominee (1976) : The Storms of Windhaven
Nebula Awards Best Novella nominee (1976) : The Storms of Windhaven
Hugo Best Novel nominee (1978) : Dying of the Light
Nebula Awards Best Novellette nominee (1978) : The Stone City
Hugo Best Novellette winner (1980) : Sandkings [short story]
Hugo Best Short Story winner (1980) : The Way of Cross and Dragon
Nebula Awards Best Novellette winner (1980) : Sandkings [short story]
Nebula Awards Best Short Story nominee (1980) : The Way of Cross and Dragon
Hugo Best Novella nominee (1981) : Nightflyers [short story]
Hugo Best Novella nominee (1981) : One-Wing
Hugo Best Novellette nominee (1982) : Guardians
Hugo Best Novella nominee (1983) : Unsound Variations
Nebula Awards Best Novella nominee (1983) : Unsound Variations
World Fantasy Best Novel nominee (1983) : Fevre Dream
Hugo Best Novellette nominee (1984) : The Monkey Treatment
Nebula Awards Best Novellette nominee (1984) : The Monkey Treatment
World Fantasy Best Novel nominee (1984) : The Armageddon Rag
Hugo Best Novellette nominee (1986) : Portraits of His Children [short story]
Nebula Awards Best Novellette winner (1986) : Portraits of His Children [short story]
Bram Stoker Best Novellette winner (1988) : The Pear-Shaped Man [short story]
World Fantasy Best Novella nominee (1988) : The Pear-Shaped Man [short story]
Bram Stoker Best Novellette nominee (1989) : The Skin Trade
World Fantasy Best Novella winner (1989) : The Skin Trade
British Fantasy Society Best Novel nominee (1996) : A Game of Thrones
Hugo Best Novella winner (1997) : Blood of the Dragon
Nebula Awards Best Novella nominee (1997) : Blood of the Dragon
World Fantasy Best Novella nominee (1997) : Blood of the Dragon
World Fantasy Best Novel nominee (1997) : A Game of Thrones
Nebula Awards Best Novel nominee (1998) : A Game of Thrones
World Fantasy Best Novella nominee (1999) : The Hedge Knight [short story]
Nebula Awards Best Novel nominee (2000) : A Clash of Kings
Hugo Best Novel nominee (2001) : A Storm of Swords
Nebula Awards Best Novel nominee (2002) : A Storm of Swords
British Fantasy Society Best Novel nominee (2006) : A Feast for Crows
Hugo Best Novel nominee (2006) : A Feast for Crows
British Fantasy Society Best Novel nominee (2012) : A Dance with Dragons
Hugo Best Novel nominee (2012) : A Dance with Dragons
World Fantasy Best Novel nominee (2012) : A Dance with Dragons


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