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Brief Profile George Raymond Martin was born on 20 September 1948 in Bayonne, New Jersey, USA; he added the confirmation name Richard at age 13; he participated in comic books fandom during the 1960s; after graduating college in 1971, he registered as a conscientuious objector during the VietNam War draft and served two years as a VISTA volunteer in Chicago. He taught at Clarke College in Dubuque, Iowa until moving to Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1979.

George Martin wrote short stories beginning in the 1970s; many were standard sci-fi and were nominated for or won Hugos and other awards. His excellent vampire novel "Fevre Dream" was published in 1983, followed with the horror novel "The Armageddon Rag" [1984]. He then wrote and produced television shows in Hollywood. After a string of unfulfilling and-or unproduced TV & movie projects, he returned to writing novels in 1991. His epic fantasy series "A Song of Ice and Fire" was inspired by the Wars of The Roses (1455‑87) and by
Sir Walter Scott's "Ivanhoe" [1820] and intended to comprise seven volumes.

"A Game of Thrones" was published in 1996. "A Feast For Crows" [11/2005], the fourth novel in the series, became a New York Times #1 Bestseller and also a Wall Street Journal #1 Bestseller, plus other awards. The fifth book, "A Dance With Dragons", was published in July 2011, and quickly became an international bestseller, including achieving a #1 spot on the New York Times and many other lists, remaining on the New York Times list for 88 weeks. The remaining two novels are named "The Winds of Winter" and "A Dream of Spring". Book 6 is still unfinished (Summer 2016) and Martin has announced that he has halted work on all other projects; various parties hope that the book sees publication by year-end.

George R.R. Martin's awards & honors include
Bram Stoker Award for Long Fiction for story "The Pear-Shaped Man" in 1988
British Screenwriters' Lifetime Achievement Award in 2017
four Hugo Awards for fiction, 1975-1997
Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, producer in 2012
Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, screenwriter in 2013
Inkpot Award in 1988 at Comic-Con http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inkpot_Award
four Locus Awards for fiction, 1976-1981
two Locus Awards for Best Single Author Collection in 1977 & 1982
two Locus Awards for Best Novelette, 1982 & 1984
four Locus Awards for Best Fantasy Novel 1997-2012
four Locus Awards for Best Original Anthology (co-edited with Gardner Dozois), 2011-2016
two Nebula Awards for Best Novelette, 1979 & 1985
induction to the New Jersey Hall of Fame in 2019
Northwestern University - Medill Hall of Achievement Award in 2015
three Premio Ignotus Awards for Best Foreign Novel, 2003-2006
shared Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series (as co-producer), 2015-2019
listed as one of the "TIME Magazine 100 Most Influential People In The World" in 2011
World Fantasy Award for Best Novella for "The Skin Trade" in 1989
World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement in 2012
World Fantasy Award for Best Original Anthology (co-edited with Gardner Dozois) in 2014

Book 1: "A Game of Thrones" [publd 8/1996]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Game_of_Thrones
Book 2: "A Clash of Kings" [publd U.K. 11/1998, USA 2/1999]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Clash_of_Kings
Book 3: "A Storm of Swords" [publd U.K. 8/2000, USA 11/2000]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Storm_of_Swords
Book 4: "A Feast For Crows" [publd U.K. 10/2005, USA 11/2005]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Feast_for_Crows
Book 5: "A Dance With Dragons" [publd 7/2011]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Dance_with_Dragons
Book 6: "The Winds of Winter" [still not publd]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Winds_of_Winter
Book 7: "A Dream of Spring" [still not publd]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Song_of_Ice_and_Fire#A_Dream_of_Spring
As of April 2019, the book series has sold 90 million copies worldwide.

the "Game of Thrones" TV series won 59 Emmy Awards, 99 other nominations, 2011-2019; won A.F.I. TV Program of The Year Awards for 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 & 2020; won Art Directors Guild Awards for 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 & 2018; won Directors Guild of America Award in 2016 & 2017; set 4 Guinness World Records; won Hugo Awards in 2012, 2013 & 2014; won International Emmy Founders Award in 2019; won Jupiter Award in 2014; won a Magnolia Award for Best Foreign TV Series at the Shanghai International TV Festival in 2016; won a Peabody Award in 2011; won 9 SAG Awards, 2012-2020; won 6 Saturn Awards, in 2 in 2015 & 4 in 2019; and won 28 Visual Effects Society Awards, 2012-2020

"Game of Thrones, A-Z" [2008] by Martin Howden - thru Book 5
http://www.amazon.com/Games-Thrones-Z-Unofficial-Accompany-ebook/dp/B009WW4WPG/
http://www.amazon.com/Game-Thrones--Z-Martin-Howden/dp/1857829964/ 6/2013
http://www.amazon.com/Game-Thrones-Unofficial-Accompany-Paperback/dp/B00HVNZWCU/

A rumor showed up in the London, U.K. Daily Mail in August 2019 suggesting that executives at the National Theatre in London were 'mulling over' the idea
of adapting George R.R. Martin’s "A Song of Ice and Fire" for the London stage; the National Theater responded with a flat denial – but isn’t that just what someone
who was planning a "Game of Thrones" production would say?

"George R.R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 7-Volume Boxed Set" [2012]
a different arrangement: the first five novels of the "Song of Ice and Fire" series in seven volumes: A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords (Steel & Snow and Blood & Gold), A Feast For Crows, and A Dance With Dragons (Dreams & Dust and After The Feast)
HarperCollins Publrs pb boxed set [2012] out of print/used

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Short Fiction
"The Hero" short story [1971] in Galaxy Magazine
"The Second Kind of Loneliness" short story [1972] in Analog Science Fiction and Fact
"Override" short story [1973] in Analog Science Fiction and Fact
"And Seven Times Never Kill Man" short story [1975] in Analog Science Fiction and Fact
"The Lonely Songs of Laren Dorr" short story [1976] in Fantastic Stories
"A Beast for Norn" [1976] - recycled in "Tuf Voyaging" [1986]
"Loaves and Fishes" [] - recycled in "Tuf Voyaging" [1986]
"Manna From Heaven" [] - recycled in "Tuf Voyaging" [1986]
"A Song For Lya" short story collection [1976]
"Nobody Leaves New Pittsburg" short story [] in Amazing Science Fiction Stories
"This Tower of Ashes" short story [] in Analog Annual
"Songs of Stars and Shadows" short story collection []
"The Way of Cross and Dragon" short story [] won Hugo Award for Best Short Story 1980
"Sandkings" short story collection []
"In The Lost Lands" short story [] in Amazons II anthology = To be adapted into a film 2021
"Songs The Dead Men Sing" short story collection [1983]
"Nightflyers" short story collection [1985]
"Heroes For Hope" comic book script for X-Men comic fundraiser
"The Glass Flower" short story []
"Portraits of His Children" short story collection [1987]
"Quartet" short story collection [2001]

"Dreamsongs: A RRetrospective" [Gollancz S.F. import 2006]
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0575079053/ 1286 pages hardcover

"Dreamsongs" in two volumes [2007]
originally published in one volume by Subterranean Press in 2003 as "GRRM: A RRetrospective"
"Dreamsongs: Volume I [10/2007] with Introduction by Gardner Dozois = 676 pages
http://www.amazon.com/Dreamsongs-I-George-R-Martin-ebook/dp/B000W918RI/
"Dreamsongs: Volume II [11/2007]
http://www.amazon.com/Dreamsongs-II-George-R-Martin-ebook/dp/B000W913YQ/
"Traumlieder 3: Erzählungen (German Edition)" []
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KG6OI92/ #1
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00NL82ZH4/ #2
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00QZEDUKW/ #3

Novels and Novellas
"A Song for Lya" novella [1974] won Hugo Award for Best Novella, 1975
"Dying of the Light" novel [1977]
"Sandkings" novelette [1979] won Hugo Award & Nebula Award for Best Novelette, 1980
"The Ice Dragon" young adult fiction [1980]
Illustrated by Alicia Austin as part of "Dragons of Light", and Anne Yvonne Gilbert in 2006
"Nightflyers" novella []
"Windhaven" novel [1981] with Lisa Tuttle
"Guardians" novelette [1982] - recycled in "Tuf Voyaging" [1986]
"Fevre Dream" vampire novel [1982]
"The Monkey Treatment" novelette [7/1983] in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction
"The Armageddon Rag" horror novel [1984]

"Tuf Voyaging" 'fix-up' novel [1986]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuf_Voyaging
recycled elements include "The Plague Star", "Loaves and Fishes", "Guardians", "Second Helpings", "A Beast For Norn",
"Call Him Moses", and "Manna From Heaven"

"The Skin Trade" novella [1989] in the "Dark Visions" compilation
!! "A Game of Thrones" novel [1996] Book 1 of "A Song of Ice and Fire"
"The Hedge Knight: Tales of Dunk and Egg (prequel to 'A Song of Ice and Fire')" novella [1998]
!! "A Clash of Kings" novel [] Book 2 of "A Song of Ice and Fire"
!! "A Storm of Swords" novel [2000] Book 3 of "A Song of Ice and Fire"
"The Sworn Sword: Tales of Dunk and Egg (prequel to 'A Song of Ice and Fire')" novella []
!! "A Feast for Crows" novel [2005] Book 4 of "A Song of Ice and Fire"
"Hunter's Run" [2007] with Gardner Dozois & Daniel Abraham
"The Mystery Knight: Tales of Dunk and Egg (prequel to 'A Song of Ice and Fire')" novella [2010]
!! "A Dance with Dragons" novel [2011] Book 5 of "A Song of Ice and Fire"
"The Princess and The Queen (prequel to 'A Song of Ice and Fire')" novella []
"The Rogue Prince" 2014

"The Ice Dragon" illustrated novella [10/2014] by George R.R. Martin, illustrated by Luis Royo
reworked version of the original novella published in 1980
http://www.amazon.com/Ice-Dragon-George-R-Martin-ebook/dp/B00ILXD9I8/
http://www.amazon.com/Ice-Dragon-George-R-Martin/dp/0765378779/

"A Knight of The Seven Kingdoms" collection [2015] compilation of the first three "Tales of Dunk and Egg"

"The Sons of The Dragon (prequel to 'A Song of Ice and Fire')" novella [2017]"
!! "The Winds of Winter" novel [TBD] Book 6 of "A Song of Ice and Fire"
!! "A Dream of Spring" novel [TBD] Book 7 of "A Song of Ice and Fire"

Non-Fiction
"The Wit and Wisdom of Tyrion Lannister" quotations collection from 'A Song of Ice and Fire' [2013]
"The World of Ice & Fire: The History of Westeros" reference book [], with Elio M. García Jr. & Linda Antonsson
"Fire & Blood: The History of House Targaryen" reference book & novella collection [2018]

G.R.R.M. as Editor
"New Voices in Science Fiction: new stories by the John W. Campbell Award winners" [1977]
"New Voices in Science Fiction 2: more new stories by the John W. Campbell Award winners" [1979]
"New Voices in Science Fiction 3: more new stories by the John W. Campbell Award winners" [1980]
"New Voices in Science Fiction 4: more new stories by the John W. Campbell Award winners" [1981]
"The Science Fiction Weight Loss Book" [1983] edited with Isaac Asimov & Martin H. Greenberg
("Stories by the Great Science Fiction Writers on Fat, Thin, and Everything in Between")
"The John W. Campbell Awards, Volume 5: continuation of the 'New Voices' series" [1984]
"Night Visions 3" [1986]
"Warriors" anthology (co-edited with Gardner Dozois) 2011
"Old Mars" anthology (co-edited with Gardner Dozois) 2014
"Rogues" anthology (co-edited with Gardner Dozois) 2015
"Old Venus" anthology (co-edited with Gardner Dozois) 2016

"Remembering Melody (1984) ... (short story) /tt0602186/
episode of "The Hitchhiker" (TV Series)

"The Twilight Zone (TV Series) 1986 /tt0088634/
"A Day In Beaumont/The Last Defender of Camelot (1986) ... (teleplay by - segment "The Last Defender of Camelot") /tt0734697/
"The Once and Future King/A Saucer of Loneliness (1986) ... (teleplay by - segment "The Once and Future King") /tt0734699/
"The After Hours/Lost and Found/The World Next Door (1986) ... (teleplay by - segment "Lost and Found") /tt0734717/
"The Toys of Caliban (1986) ... (teleplay by) /tt0734760/
"The Road Less Travelled (1986) ... (written by) /tt0734757/

"The Outer Limits (TV Series) /tt0112111/
"Sandkings (1995) ... (novella) /tt0667945/
"Final Appeal (2000) ... ("Sandkings" based on the novella by) /tt0667891/

"Game of Thrones" video [2003] /tt13380510/
"A Clash of Kings" video [2003] /tt13380524/
"A Storm of Swords" video [2004] /tt13380514/
"A Dance With Dragons" video [2011] /tt13380762/
"A Feast For Crows video [2011] /tt13380766/

"Game of Thrones" Video Game [2012] /tt2231444/
"Game of Thrones Ascent" Video Game [2013] /tt3030478/

"School of Thrones" 3-episodes TV parody mini-series [2013] /tt2781552/
"Prom Night Is Coming (2013) ... (characters - uncredited)
"Sexposition (2013) ... (characters - uncredited)
"Targaryen Burn (2013) ... (characters - uncredited)

"Golden Moustache" TV series [France 2012-2020] /tt7062722/
"Les Insultes dans Game of Thrones" (2014) ... (characters)
"Bureau des Plaintes: Game of Thrones" (2019) ... (inspired by)

"Game of Thrones Prequel Pilot" completed & unaired TV movie [2019] (characters) /tt6857128/

"Game of Thrones: Winter Is Coming" video game) [Youzu Interactive 2019] /tt11420926/
"Game of Thrones: Winter Is Coming (Lu bin xůn piaoliú jě)" 1-minute video short [2020] /tt12296786/
based on "A Song of Ice and Fire"; produced by Youzu Interactive for HBO

"House of the Dragon" (TV series in pre-production (creator - 10 episodes) [DUE 2022] /tt11198330/

untitled Max Borenstein/Game of Thrones Spin-Off (TV Movie) [announced - release TBD] /tt7520436/

untitled Carly Wray/Game of Thrones Spin-Off (TV Movie) [announced - release TBD] /tt7520448/

"In The Lost Lands" [in production 2/2021] based on an early story /tt4419684/
announced 3/2021: directed by Paul W.S. Anderson, starring Milla Jovovich & Dave Bautistia

Sky Railway shortline [former S.F.S.R., re-opened 12/2021] • Santa Fe's Adventure Train
18-mile spur rail line from the AT&SF at Lamy to Downtown Santa Fe, New Mexico; built in 1880, tourist shortline Santa Fe Southern Railway [est. March 1991, closed 5/2013].
In May 2020, "Game of Thrones" author George R.R. Martin, Violet Crown cinema owner Bill Banowsky, and National Dance Institute of New Mexico co-founder Catherine Oppenheimer purchased the defunct Santa Fe Southern Railway. The group has many plans for using the railway, including renting it out for TV & movie production, or possibly "a super-fun train experience that builds in the history and culture and natural beauty of New Mexico".

Sky Railway's many daytime and evening adventures on offer include Pablo the Dragon's Magical Christmas, The Exodus Ensemble theatrical experience, Sunset Serenades,
'Murder On The Lamy Line' mystery excursion, Stargazer Express, New Mexico Ale Trail, Chef's Table On The Rails, and The Wild West Express
— federal and state COVID rules enforced, passengers older than 5 years required to wear masks, etc. • Facebook homepage

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