Ryan Colucci to produce screen adaptation of George RR Martin’s The Skin Trade
Mike The Pike Productions, Inc. and Oscar Award contender Ryan Colucci, have entered into a partnership agreement securing Colucci as a Co-Producer on the screen adaptation of George RR Martin’s The Skin Trade. The werewolf novella, recently optioned by Mike the Pike Productions, is described as something one could only expect from the mind of world-renown, award-winning fantasy author, George RR Martin.
"We couldn’t be happier to have signed Ryan to the team for Skin Trade," said Mark B. Newbauer, CEO/President of Mike the Pike Productions. "This is quite a coup for MTP and its shareholders as Ryan is more than a producer by title, he’s an accomplished producer with solid industry deals and contacts in every aspect of the industry."
Colucci, after graduating from USC’s prestigious Peter Stark Producing MFA Program in 2004, joined Snoot Entertainment as Producer on the CG-animated feature Battle for Terra. The film positioned Colucci as one of the youngest producers to contend for an Oscar Nomination in his category as it was included in a handful of films contending for Oscar Nominations for Animated Feature in this year’s upcoming ceremony.
In 2007, Ryan Colucci, along with acclaimed director Mike Newell, teamed up with Warner Brothers Pictures to produce Terry Brooks’ Shannara fantasy series.
"Just like I am with the Shannara series, which I’m co-producing with Warner Brothers, I have been a devoted Martin fan my whole life and it is exciting to be a part of bringing one of his books to the screen. Mark and his company, Mike the Pike Productions, have done an amazing job securing the rights and it was important for me to hear that they did not want to spit out a movie for the sake of turning a profit, but actually make a great film, first and foremost, with profits we can all be proud of on many levels at the end of the day. I am confident that with my producing background steeped heavily in visual effects together with Mike the Pike, we can make a gripping film that George RR Martin enthusiasts are excited about, while doing his vision for the world of lycanthropes justice," said Colucci.
Newbauer agrees: "Ryan’s vision is very much in line with ours on this project with a personality conducive to a partnership that I feel will turn a profitable project with mass appeal. We both see eye to eye on just about every aspect of the story in terms of adapting it to the screen with an original creative vision while maintaining a sense of loyalty for the rich universe of dark, compelling character, tone and lore created in Martin’s much praised novella."
Colucci says what drew him specifically to "The Skin Trade," "Is that it is a thrilling Raymond Chandler-esque detective story at heart, but it just happens to involve werewolves. I’m fascinated with the concept that these creatures of myth can exist in our society right under our noses. And master craftsman George RR Martin keeps the audience on the edge of their seats with the twists and turns of the case."
The Skin Trade is the chilling story of a werewolf out for more than blood. When a string of grotesque killings begins to strike her small town, private detective Randi Wade becomes suspicious. The grisly murders remind her all too much of her own father’s death over 20 years ago. Now there is a killer in town who not only slays his victims, but also takes their skin. Undaunted, Randi prods the police as the murders continue, each more brutal than the last. When a close friend suddenly becomes a target, he is forced to reveal a startling secret about himself and Randi is quickly pulled into a dark world within her own town where monsters exist and prey on the living.
Posted: February 19th, 2010
Author: Lee
Categories: George RR Martin
Work on A Dance with Dragons progressing well, says George RR Martin
There is some good news for A Song of Ice and Fire fans impatiently awaiting the release of the fifth instalment in the series, A Dance with Dragons, and that is that George RR Martin, the series’ unfairly put-up-upon author is 1,261 pages into writing it.
The Guardian’s Alison Flood reported that "the American Tolkien" has poked his head above the parapet again, telling fans that A Dance with Dragons has now become the second longest volume in his series, that he’s been knocking off chapters and having "good, productive" days of writing. Huge excitement ensued from readers, but Martin attempted to douse the flames. "Jeez, guys. Calm down," he said on his blog. "This is why I hate to do updates. I say I have good day, and immediately I have 100 people deciding this means that Dance is finished. I’m not the oracle at Delphi … When I finish Dance, you’ll know it. I will write something like this: ‘I have finished A Dance with Dragons.’ You won’t need to parse any hints." (The Guardian)
A Dance with Dragons
The last of the Targaryons, Daenerys Stormborn, the Unburnt, has brought the young dragons in her care to their terrifying maturity. Now the war-torn landscape of the Seven Kingdoms is threatened by destruction as vast as in the violent past. Tyrion Lannister, a dwarf with half a nose and a scar from eye to chin, has slain his father and escaped the Red Keep in King’s Landing to wage war from the Free Cities beyond the narrow sea. The last war fought with dragons was a cataclysm powerful enough to shatter the Valyrian peninsula into a smoking, demon-haunted ruin half drowned by the sea.
Posted: February 17th, 2010
Author: Lee
Categories: George RR Martin
My Most Anticipated Books of 2010
With the beginning of a new year come resolutions, gym memberships, budgets and more. But, honestly, none of that really matters in the face of some of the books that are coming this year. So here’s a small taste of what is coming in 2010 from some of fantasy’s best, and why I’m looking forward to them.
Crack’d Pot Trail by Steven Erikson
It is an undeniable truth: give evil a name and everyone’s happy. Give it two names and . . . why, they’re even happier.
The intrepid necromancers Bauchelain and Korbal Broach, scourges of civilization, raisers of the dead, reapers of the souls of the living, devourers of hope, betrayers of faith, slayers of the innocent and modest personifications of evil, have a lot to answer for and answer they will. Known as the Nehemoth, they are pursued by countless self-professed defenders of decency, sanity and civilization. After all, since when does evil thrive unchallenged? Well, often: but not this time.
Hot on their heels are the Nehemothanai, avowed hunters of Bauchelain and Korbal Broach. In the company of a gaggle of artists and pilgrims, stalwart Mortal Sword Tulgord Vise, pious Well Knight Arpo Relent, stern Huntsman Steck Marynd, and three of the redoubtable Chanter brothers (and their lone sister) find themselves faced with the cruelest of choices. The legendary Cracked Pot Trail, a stretch of harsh wasteland between the Gates of Nowhere and the Shrine of the Indifferent God, has become a tortured path of deprivation.
Will honour, moral probity and virtue prove champions in the face of brutal necessity? No, of course not. Don’t be silly.
With Dust of Dreams released late last year, Erikson, author of the wildly popular Malazan Book of the Fallen series, has released another novella in his Bauchelain and Korbal Broach series. I’m yet to read any, much to my disappointment, but hopefully with the release of the fourth novella I’ll rectify that and read all of them. Very excited for more Erikson.
The Black Prism by Brent Weeks
Set in a world where color is the basis of all magic, Gavin Guile is the current Prism – and one that happens to have many secrets. Secrets like his brother Javen, who he defeated in the great war years earlier and now keeps in a dungeon below his home. Or secrets like his son Kip, a young man raised in another land who has yet to realize the full extent of his powers.
As Kip begins to learn the truth behind Gavin and Javen’s great schism, he will also learn that time is running out for the world as they know it. For the Prism is not what he seems to be, and there are greater powers afoot than could ever have been imagined.
Brent Weeks is an author that I enjoy, most of the time. I read his first book, The Way of Shadows, and liked it but didn’t keep reading. The book didn’t grab me entirely, but I am told that I am wrong (my girlfriend, if you needed to know and hadn’t guessed). So I’m really looking forward to his next series.
The Desert Spear by Peter V Brett
The sun is setting on humanity. The night now belongs to voracious demons that arise as the sun sets, preying upon a dwindling population forced to cower behind ancient and half-forgotten symbols of power. These wards alone can keep the demons at bay, but legends tell of a Deliverer: a general—some would say prophet—who once bound all mankind into a single force that defeated the demons. Those times, if they ever existed, are long past. The demons are back, and the return of the Deliverer is just another myth . . . or is it?
Out of the desert rides Ahmann Jardir, who has forged the warlike desert tribes of Krasia into a demon-killing army. He has proclaimed himself Shar’Dama Ka, the Deliverer, and he carries ancient weapons—a spear and a crown—that give credence to his claim. Sworn to follow the path of the first Deliverer, he has come north to bring the scattered city-states of the green lands together in a war against demonkind—whether they like it or not.
But the northerners claim their own Deliverer. His name was Arlen, but all know him now as the Warded Man: a dark, forbidding figure whose skin is tattooed with wards so powerful they make him a match for any demon. The Warded Man denies that he is the Deliverer, but his actions speak louder than words, for he teaches men and women to face their fears and stand fast against the creatures that have tormented them for centuries.
Once the Shar’Dama Ka and the Warded Man were friends, brothers in arms. Now they are fierce adversaries. Caught between them are Renna, a young woman pushed to the edge of human endurance; Leesha, a proud and beautiful healer whose skill in warding surpasses that of the Warded Man himself; and Rojer, a traveling fiddler whose uncanny music can soothe the demons—or stir them into such frenzy that they attack one another.
Yet as old allegiances are tested and fresh alliances forged, all are blissfully unaware of the appearance of a new breed of demon, more intelligent—and deadly—than any that have come before.
The Painted Man (The Warded Man in the US) was the first book by newcomer Peter V. Brett, and I enjoyed it tremendously. It was simple, and fun, and really interesting. Some books aim for complicated and epic but fail to remember to make it fun and interesting. So I am really looking forward to the sequel.
The Republic of Thieves by Scott Lynch
After their adventures on the high seas, Locke and Jean are brought back to earth with a thump. Jean is mourning the loss of his lover and Locke must live with the fallout of crossing the all-powerful magical assassins the Bonds Magi. It is a fall-out that will pit both men against Locke’s own long lost love. Sabetha is Locke’s childhood sweetheart, the love of Locke’s life and now it is time for them to meet again. Employed on different sides of a vicious dispute between factions of the Bonds Sabetha has just one goal – to destroy Locke forever. The Gentleman Bastard sequence has become a literary sensation in fantasy circles and now, with the third book, Scott Lynch is set to seal that success.
I’m a really big fan of Lynch and his Gentleman Bastard series. I loved the first two, and I can’t wait for this book to be released because we finally get to meet Sabetha, an oft mentioned never seen character. And really, what’s life without more stealing?
A Dance with Dragons by George RR Martin
In the aftermath of a colossal battle, the future of the Seven Kingdoms hangs in the balance once again–beset by newly emerging threats from every direction. In the east, Daenerys Targaryen, the last scion of House Targaryen, rules with her three dragons as queen of a city built on dust and death. But Daenerys has three times three thousand enemies, and many have set out to find her. Yet, as they gather, one young man embarks upon his own quest for the queen, with an entirely different goal in mind.
To the north lies the mammoth Wall of ice and stone–a structure only as strong as those guarding it. There, Jon Snow, 998th Lord Commander of the Night’s Watch, will face his greatest challenge yet. For he has powerful foes not only within the Watch but also beyond, in the land of the creatures of ice.
And from all corners, bitter conflicts soon reignite, intimate betrayals are perpetrated, and a grand cast of outlaws and priests, soldiers and skinchangers, nobles and slaves, will face seemingly insurmountable obstacles. Some will fail, others will grow in the strength of darkness. But in a time of rising restlessness, the tides of destiny and politics will lead inevitably to the greatest dance of all.
It’s been a dirty great long time since the last book in Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series, and I am really excited for the fifth book in the series which, I’ve been told by a lovely and reliable source, will be coming out in November of 2010. More Jon Snow and more Daenerys Targaryen is a sure fire way to get me excited.
The Wise Man’s Fear by Patrick Rothfuss
“There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.”
An escalating rivalry with a powerful member of the nobility forces Kvothe to leave the University and seek his fortune abroad. Adrift, penniless, and alone, he travels to Vintas, where he quickly becomes entangled in the politics of courtly society. While attempting to curry favor with a powerful noble, Kvothe discovers an assassination attempt, comes into conflict with a rival arcanist, and leads a group of mercenaries into the wild, in an attempt to solve the mystery of who (or what) is waylaying travelers on the King’s road.
All the while, Kvothe searches for answers, attempting to uncover the truth about the mysterious Amyr, the Chandrian, and the death of his parents. Along the way, Kvothe is put on trial by the legendary Adem mercenaries, forced to reclaim the honor of the Edema Ruh, and travels into the Fae realm. There he meets Felurian, the faerie woman no man can resist, and who no man has ever survived. Under her tutelage, Kvothe learns much about true magic and the ways of women.
In The Wise Man’s Fear Kvothe takes his first steps on the path of the hero and learns how difficult life can be when a man becomes a legend in his own time.
Easily the most anticipated book of 2010 (I hope) is Patrick Rothfuss’s long awaited sequel to his massively popular and successful The Name of the Wind. The Wise Man’s Fear has been thrown around as a title coming soon for awhile now, and we can only hope that this year does indeed bring us the next in this wonderful series. Patrick Rothfuss has, in my mind, easily secured himself a place in the top 10 fantasy writers of all time. Let’s hope he can secure it with the next book.
And that’s it for me. There are probably going to be a lot of books that didn’t make this list simply because I don’t know about them, or I don’t know the authors. But I have no doubt there are going to be some surprises for FBR this year, as there is every year. And please, leave your comments as to what you’re looking forward to and what I missed.
Posted: January 5th, 2010
Author: JoshSHill
Categories: George RR Martin, Peter V Brett, Scott Lynch, Steven Erikson
Northern Irish fantasy fans get to meet George RR Martin
At a signing at Eason’s in Belfast city yesterday fans of A Song of Ice and Fire were able to meet its American author, George RR Martin, on whose novels the series is based. Game Of Thrones, the HBO adaptation, is being filmed at locations across Northern Ireland including the Paint Hall in the Titanic Quarter.
“We were at Cairncastle yesterday for an execution scene. It was a bleak setting and pretty appropriate,” said Martin, who added that he was pleased by the impressive turnout of fans.
“I haven’t been to the Paint Hall yet, though.”
Source: Belfast Telegraph
Posted: November 4th, 2009
Author: Lee
Categories: George RR Martin
Jason Momoa added to Game of Thrones cast shortly before production begins
The Chicago Tribune has announced that Jason Momoa (Stargate Atlantis) will play Khal Drogo in HBO’s fantasy series Game of Thrones. The series, which is based on the A Song of Ice and Fire books by George RR Martin, begins production on October 24, 2009.
As warden of the north, Lord Eddard Stark counts it a curse when King Robert bestows on him the office of the Hand. His honour weighs him down at court where a true man does what he will, not what he must … and a dead enemy is a thing of beauty. The old gods have no power in the south, Stark’s family is split and there is treachery at court. Worse, a vengeance mad boy has grown to maturity in exile in the Free Cities beyond the sea. Heir of the mad Dragon King deposed by Robert, he claims the Iron Throne.
Filming will take place in Morocco and Scotland with principal photography beginning the last week of October in Northern Ireland.
Isaac Hempstead-Wright was also confirmed to be joining the cast in the role of Bran Stark, the young son of lord Eddard Stark.
David Benioff (Troy, The Kite Runner) and DB Weiss write the screenplay and also serve as executive producers. George RR Martin, Guymon Casady, Carolyn Strauss and Vincent Gerardis also hold executive producing duties.
Director & Writers
Thomas McCarthy – Director
David Benioff – Writer
George RR Martin – Writer
DB Weiss – Writer
Series Cast
- Harry Lloyd – Viserys Targaryen
- Mark Addy – Robert Baratheon
- Alfie Allen – Theon Greyjoy
- Sean Bean – Eddard Stark
- Nikolaj Coster-Waldau – Jaime Lannister
- Peter Dinklage – Tyrion Lannister
- Jennifer Ehle – Catelyn Stark
- Jack Gleeson – Joffrey Baratheon
- Iain Glen – Ser Jorah Mormont
- Kit Harington – Jon Snow
- Richard Madden – Robb Stark
- Isaac Hempstead-Wright – Bran Stark
- Tamzin Merchant – Daenerys Targaryen
- Maisie Williams – Arya Stark
- Sophie Turner – Sansa Stark
In 1996, George RR Martin began work on “A Song of Ice and Fire”, a series of books inspired by the War of the Roses (a series of civil wars fought between the House of York and the House of Lancaster for the English throne in the 15th century). The fourth book; “A Feast of Crows” became The New York Times No.1 bestseller.
Posted: October 21st, 2009
Author: Lee
Categories: George RR Martin
The cast of HBOs A Game of Thrones becomes ever more impressive
It all began with the casting of Sean Bean (Lady Chatterley’s Lover, Sharpe) in the HBO adaptation of George RR Martin’s A Game of Thrones. When Bean agreed to play the role of Lord Eddard Stark it sent out a message that this HBO adaptation was not going to be light-hearted Xena/Legend of the Seekers style of fantasy but a gritty a realistic drama employing actors of genuine repute.
The addition to the cast of Mark Addy (A Knights Tale, The Full Monty), Kit Harington (War Horse), Harry Lloyd (Doctor Who, Robin Hood) and Jennifer Ehle (The Real Thing) showed that this adaptation had every chance of being something rather special.
And this week came the news that Lena Headey (Terminator: The Sarah Conner Chronicles) will play Cersei Lannister we thought it would be a good time to put together a list of the cast members so far confirmed.
Director & Writers
Thomas McCarthy – Director
David Benioff – Writer
George RR Martin – Writer
DB Weiss – Writer
Series Cast
- Harry Lloyd – Viserys Targaryen
- Mark Addy – Robert Baratheon
- Alfie Allen – Theon Greyjoy
- Sean Bean – Eddard Stark
- Nikolaj Coster-Waldau – Jaime Lannister
- Peter Dinklage – Tyrion Lannister
- Jennifer Ehle – Catelyn Stark
- Jack Gleeson – Joffrey Baratheon
- Iain Glen – Ser Jorah Mormont
- Kit Harington – Jon Snow
- Richard Madden – Robb Stark
- Tamzin Merchant – Daenerys Targaryen
- Maisie Williams – Arya Stark
- Sophie Turner – Sansa Stark
I’m sure you’ll all agree that this is a pretty impressive cast. We are all looking forward to the pilot, let’s hope the script does the cast justice.
Posted: September 5th, 2009
Author: Lee
Categories: George RR Martin
George RR Martin shows us the faces of Arya and Sansa Stark
George RR Martin has announced that the Stark sisters, Arya and Sansa, will be played by Maisie Williams and Sophie Turner respectively (please see images below).
This news comes hot on the heels of the news that Richard Madden will play Rob Stark, Iain Glen will play Ser Jorah Mormont and Alfie Allen (brother of Lily Allen) will play Theon Greyjoy.
These actors will join a cast already featuring a powerful array of talent:
- Sean Bean (Ned)
- Kit Harrington (Jon)
- Harry Lloyd (Viserys)
- Jack Gleeson (Joffrey)
- Mark Addy (Robert)
- Jennifer Ehle (Catelyn)
What do you think of the latest additions to the cast? Let us know by commenting below.
Book synopsis
As warden of the north, Lord Eddard Stark counts it a curse when King Robert bestows on him the office of the Hand. His honour weighs him down at court where a true man does what he will, not what he must … and a dead enemy is a thing of beauty. The old gods have no power in the south, Stark’s family is split and there is treachery at court. Worse, a vengeance mad boy has grown to maturity in exile in the Free Cities beyond the sea. Heir of the mad Dragon King deposed by Robert, he claims the Iron Throne.
In 1996, George RR Martin began work on “A Song of Ice and Fire”, a series of books inspired by the War of the Roses (a series of civil wars fought between the House of York and the House of Lancaster for the English throne in the 15th century). The fourth book; “A Feast of Crows” became The New York Times No.1 bestseller.
Posted: August 27th, 2009
Author: Lee
Categories: George RR Martin
Eagerly anticipated fantasy books: October 2009
Steven Erikson’s Dust of Dreams and Robin Hobb’s Dragon Keeper were the books that we were most looking forward to this year. But luckily the anticipation does not stop there and there are still several titles due out in the next couple of months that are sure to be bestsellers.
Unseen Academicals by Terry Pratchett
October 1 2009 will see the release of Terry Pratchett’s Unseen Academicals:
Football has come to the ancient city of Ankh-Morpork – not the old fashioned, grubby pushing and shoving, but the new, fast football with pointy hats for goalposts and balls that go going when you drop them. And now, the wizards of Unseen University must win a football match, without using magic, so they’re in the mood for trying everything else. The prospect of the Big Match draws in a street urchin with a wonderful talent for kicking a tin can, a maker of jolly good pies, a dim but beautiful young woman, who might just turn out to be the greatest fashion model there has ever been, and the mysterious Mr Nutt (and no one knows anything much about Mr Nutt, not even Mr Nutt, which worries him, too. As the match approaches, four lives are entangled and changed for ever. Because the thing about football – the important thing about football – is that it is not just about football. Here we go! Here we go! Here we go!
Terry Pratchett is the acclaimed creator of the Discworld series, started in 1983 with The Colour of Magic, and which has now reached 37 novels with Unseen Academicals. Worldwide sales of his books are 60 million, and they have been translated into 37 languages. Terry Pratchett was knighted for services to literature in 2009.
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The Gathering Storm by Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson
October 27, 2009 will see the release of the penultimate novel in Robert Jordan’s The Wheel of Time series. The last two books will be completed by Brandon Sanderson due to Jordan’s death in 2007. Entitled The Gathering Storm, early reviews have been positive:
The most eagerly anticipated fantasy novel of the last two decades, THE GATHERING STORM has been completed by acclaimed fantasy author Brandon Sanderson from Robert Jordan’s extensive notes. It will begin the final chapter of the compelling saga that started almost twenty years ago with THE EYE OF THE WORLD.
Robert Jordan was born in 1948 in Charleston. He was a graduate of the Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina, with a degree in physics, and served two tours in Vietnam. His hobbies included hunting, fishing, sailing, poker, chess, pool and pipe collecting. He died in September 2007.
A Dance with Dragons by George RR Martin
Possibly the most eagerly expected of all books released in October is the fifth volume in George RR Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series:
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The long-awaited fifth volume in the hugely popular and highly acclaimed epic fantasy A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE The last of the Targaryons, Daenerys Stormborn, the Unburnt, has brought the young dragons in her care to their terrifying maturity. Now the war-torn landscape of the Seven Kingdoms is threatened by destruction as vast as in the violent past. Tyrion Lannister, a dwarf with half a nose and a scar from eye to chin, has slain his father and escaped the Red Keep in King’s Landing to wage war from the Free Cities beyond the narrow sea. The last war fought with dragons was a cataclysm powerful enough to shatter the Valyrian peninsula into a smoking, demon-haunted ruin half drowned by the sea. A DANCE WITH DRAGONS brings to life dark magic, complex political intrigue and horrific bloodshed as events at the Wall and beyond the sea threaten the ancient land of Westeros.
So, all-in-all, it is going to be a bit of a bumper October for fantasy fans with all three books mentioned above likely to be extremely popular and above all, very good, books.
We’ll take a look at the releases for November soon as well as the books that will make great Christmas presents this year.
Posted: August 23rd, 2009
Author: Floresiensis
Categories: Brandon Sanderson, George RR Martin, Robert Jordan, Terry Pratchett
Jennifer Ehle joins Game of Thrones cast
Jennifer Ehle has been added to the pilot "Game of Thrones," an adaptation of the George RR Martin fantasy-book series. Ehle will play Catelyn Stark, Ned Stark’s (Sean Bean) wife who originally was betrothed to Ned’s older brother. When the older brother was killed, she fulfilled her duty by marrying Ned and securing the alliance between their two houses.
Source: Reuters
Jennifer Ehle (pronounced EE-lee) won Broadway’s 2000 Tony Award (Best Actress) for a revival of Tom Stoppard’s The Real Thing. She attended The Central School of Speech and Drama in London.
Posted: August 6th, 2009
Author: Lee
Categories: George RR Martin
FREE! interview George RR Martin
FREE! Magazine (Finnish culture… in English) recently interviewed the man who dances with dragons, George RR Martin. It was very interesting; a pleasantly different questions and answers session covering A Song of Ice and Fire, Martin’s time in Hollywood and his interest in Scandinavian culture. Plus much more…
Below are two questions taken from the interview; something that fans A Song of Ice and Fire fans will find of interest:
For me, and I suppose that for most of the readers, it was really shocking when Eddard Stark got killed in the first book of the Ice & Fire saga. For example nobody would ever expect Frodo getting killed at the beginning of Lord of the Rings. Did you want to break concepts and mark a new line with that conception, did you know from the beginning that it would happen?
Oh yeah. Well, you kill an important character right on and you kind of establish that you are not playing for kids, you know, that it is not going to be that kind of fantasy where the hero goes through all kind of dangers and never gets scratches.
From the characters of The Song of Ice & Fire, is there any that you would feel especially identified with?
Tyrion Lannister. He has always been one of my favorite characters. They all have parts of me but Tyrion has changed together with me more than any other of the characters.
To read this interview in full, visit http://www.freemagazine.fi/content/view/989/154/
In 1996, George RR Martin began work on “A Song of Ice and Fire”, a series of books inspired by the War of the Roses (a series of civil wars fought between the House of York and the House of Lancaster for the English throne in the 15th century). The fourth book; “A Feast of Crows” became The New York Times No.1 bestseller.
Posted: August 1st, 2009
Author: Lee
Categories: George RR Martin
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