I love the novel A Song of Ice and Fire.
I haven't yet read the epic fantasy novel by George R. R. Martin.
I highly recommend the series if you enjoy the fantasy genre.
took Martin six years to write. He is currently writing the sixth novel, "The Winds of Winter".
"A Song of Ice and Fire" takes place on the fictional continents Westeros and Essos. The point of view of each chapter in the story is a limited perspective of a range of characters growing from nine in the first novel, to 31 characters by the fifth novel. Three main stories interweave: a dynastic war among several families for control of Westeros, the rising threat of the supernatural Others in
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Williams has also had an influence on other authors in his genre. His "Memory, Sorrow and Thorn" series was one of the works that inspired George R. R. Martin to write "A Song of Ice and Fire". "I read Tad and was impressed by him, but the imitators that followed—well, fantasy got a bad rep for being very formulaic and ritual. And I read "The Dragonbone