Martin, George Raymond Richard

George Martin was born on September 20, 1948 in Beyonne ( New Jersey , USA ), in the family of port loader Raymond Collins Martin and Margaret Brady Martin. Martin has two sisters, Darlene Martin-Lapinsky and Janet Martin-Patten.

He attended primary school Mary Jane Donahue and high school Merist High School in Beyonne. From childhood he was fond of reading, wrote and sold scary stories to neighboring children. In high school, he became a fan and collector of comics , and also began to write for amateur fanzines .

At Northwestern University in Evanston ( Illinois ) received his bachelor's degree (1970) and master's degree (1971) in journalism . At the same time, he wrote and published in his February 1971 issue of Galaxy Science Fiction magazine his first story, The Hero.

In 1972-1974, for basic reasons, he served an alternative civilian service under the AmeriCorps VISTA program with Cook County Legal Aid. In 1973-1976 he was engaged in conducting chess tournaments for the Continental Chess Association. In 1976-1978 he taught journalism at Clark College (now Clark University) in Dubuque ( Iowa ).

In the eighties he moved to Hollywood , where he worked for a long time as a screenwriter (for example, in the series Beauty and the Beast ), editor (series Twilight Zone ), producer (series Doorways).

For a long time, Martin considered modern fantasy to be frivolous literature, although he spoke positively of The Lord of the Rings by John Tolkien . His prejudice collapsed thanks to the books of two writers: Ted Williams (namely, his series “ Memory, Sorrow and Turn ”) and Jack Vance ^[7] . After that, George decided to take on a new genre and achieved significant success in it. The series “ Song of Ice and Fire ” brought him worldwide fame.

Lives in Santa Fe ( New Mexico ).

In 2014, in an interview, the writer said that he writes his books using the editor WordStar 4.0 - an application released in 1987 ^[8] .

In 2015, he starred in the role of himself in the television movie Shark Tornado 3 .

Family

• Father - Raymond Collins Martin, passed away.
• Mother is Margaret Brady Martin.
• Two sisters - Darlene Martin Lipinski and Janet Martin Patten.

Personal life

In the years 1973-1974, Martin met with the writer Lisa Tatl ^[9] , in collaboration with whom he wrote the story “Storm in the Harbor of the Winds” (1975), later reworked in the novel “Harbor of the Winds” (1981). In 1974, Martin married Gale Burnick ( born Gale Burnick ), whom he divorced in 1979. During this period, he led a rather stormy life and enjoyed the attention of science fiction fans: according to his recollections, he met his future second wife Paris McBride in 1975, when she appeared at a party in the women's sauna with the participation of Martin and his friends ^[10] . George Martin lived with Paris McBride in an unregistered marriage for more than thirty years. On February 15, 2011, Martin became engaged to Paris at a home ceremony at their home in Santa Fe. In August of that year, they held another, larger in scale and number of invited ceremony at the Worldcon festival in Reno ^[11] . No kids.

While living in New Jersey in the 1970s, George Martin and his apartment neighbors kept cats. One of these cats, Dax ( Dax ), was bred in the Tafa Travel series as the protagonist’s cat ^[9] . George and Paris provide financial support for the Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary in New Mexico. ^[12] In 2013, Martin purchased the Santa Cocteau Cinema in Santa Fe, which had been closed since 2006, and restored it at his own expense; the cinema reopened on August 9, 2013 ^[13] . He also supported the local art group Meow Wolf, donating $ 2.7 million in January 2015 for the architectural project The House of Eternal Return ^{[14] [15]} . Martin is a fan of American football and baseball : he is a fan of the New York Jets ^[16] and New York Mets ^[17] . Martin was baptized in the Catholic faith and considers himself a non-practicing Catholic, although he answered the question of religious views that he proposed to consider himself an atheist or agnostic ^[18] .

George Martin advocates feminism and gender equality. ^[19] “For me, being a feminist means treating men and women alike. I perceive men and women as people. Yes, with some differences. But many of the differences are created by the culture in which we all live, medieval or western, of this century, ”he says.

• A Song for Lya / Song of Leah , 1976 (storybook)
• Songs of Stars and Shadows , 1977 (storybook)
• Dying of the Light / 1977
• The Way of Cross and Dragon / 1979
• Sandkings / Sand Kings (Desert Kings), 1981 (storybook)
• Windhaven / " Harbor of the Winds ", 1981 (with Lisa Tatl)
• Fevre Dream / " Dreams of February ", 1982
• The Armageddon Rag , 1983
• Songs the Dead Men Sing , 1983 (storybook)
• Nightflyers / Flying Through the Night, 1985 (storybook). The title story was filmed in 1987, and in 2018 the series of the same name was shot in the collection of the year.
• Tuf Voyaging / Tafa Travels , 1986 (storybook)
• Portraits of His Children , 1987 (storybook)
• The Skin Trade / Six Silver Bullets, 1988 (short story)
• Dead Man's Hand , 1990 (with John J. Miller)
• The Pear-Shaped Man , 1991
• The Plague star, 1993 (novels and novels)
• The cycle "A Song of Ice and Fire" / " Song of Ice and Fire ":
  • "A Game of Thrones" / " Game of Thrones ", 1996
  • “A Clash of Kings” / “ Battle of the Kings ”, 1998
  • "A Storm of Swords" / " Storm of Swords ", 2000
  • "A Feast for Crows" / " Vulture Feast ", 2005
  • “A Dance with Dragons” / “ Dance with Dragons ”, 2011
  • “The Winds of Winter”, 2020 ^[20] (edited)
  • “A Dream of Spring” / “ Dreams of Spring ”, not earlier than 2020 ^{[21] [22]} (under development)
• Separately published chapters of the cycle “Song of Ice and Fire”:
  • the story "Blood of the Dragon" / "Dragon's Blood" [fragment of the novel "Game of Thrones"], 1996
  • the story "Path of the Dragon" / "Way of the Dragon" [fragment of the novel "Storm of Swords"], 2000
  • the story “The Arms of the Kraken” / “The Kraken Weapon” [fragment of the novel “Feast for the Raven”], 2003
  • chapter of the novel: “The Captain of Guards” / “Captain of the Guard” [fragment of the novel “Feast of the Vultures”], 2005
  • chapter of the novel: "Daenerys" / "Daenerys" [fragment of the novel "Feast of the Vultures"], 2005
  • part of the novel: "Reek" / "Stinky" [fragment of the novel "Dance with the Dragons"], 2008
  • excerpt: “Theon” / “Theon” [fragment of the novel “Winds of Winter”], 2011
  • excerpt: “Arianne” / “Arianna” [fragment of the novel “Winds of Winter”], 2013
• The prequel of the cycle “Song of Ice and Fire”:
  • Fire & Blood / Flame and Blood , 2018
  • The cycle "Tales of Dunk and Egg" / " Tales of Dunk and Egg ":
    • the story "The Hedge Knight" / " Land Knight ", a collection of Legends / "Legends", 1998
    • the story "The Sworn Sword" / " Sworn Knight " ("Faithful Sword"), a collection of Legends 2 / "Legends II", 2003
    • the story "The Mystery Knight" / " The Mysterious Knight ", a collection of "Warriors", 2010
• Quartet , 2001 (collection of short stories)
• GRRM: A RRetrospective / Retrospective I: Tower of Ashes and Retrospective II: Glass Flower, 2003
  • “ ” / “Tower from the Ashes” and “Glass Flower”, 2006 (reissue of the retrospective compilation)

• New voices
  • New Voices 1: The Campbell Award Nominees, 1977 (aka New Voices in Science Fiction) ;
  • New Voices 2: The Campbell Award Nominees, 1979 ;
  • New Voices 3: The Campbell Award Nominees, 1980 ;
  • New Voices 4: The John W. Campbell Award Nominees, 1981 ;
  • New Voices 5 (aka John W. Campbell Awards Volume 5), 1984 ;
  • New Voices 6 (aka John W. Campbell Awards Volume 6), 1987
• The Science Fiction Weight-Loss Book, 1983 (co-edited w / Isaac Asimov & Martin Harry Greenberg);
• Night vision
  • Night Visions 1: The Hellbound Heart, 1987 (editor, author) ;
  • Night Visions 3, 1986 (editor) ;
  • Night Visions 5, 1987 (aka The Skin Trade) (author)
• Wild cards
  • Wild Cards 1: Wild Cards, 1987;
  • Wild Cards 2: Aces High, 1987;
  • Wild Cards 3: Jokers Wild, 1987;
  • Wild Cards 4: Aces Abroad, 1988;
  • Wild Cards 5: Down and Dirty, 1988;
  • Wild Cards 6: Ace in the Hole, 1990;
  • Wild Cards 7: Dead Man's Hand, 1990 (with John J. Miller);
  • Wild Cards 8: One-Eyed Jacks, 1991;
  • Wild Cards 9: Jokertown Shuffle, 1991;
  • Wild Cards 10: Double Solitaire, 1992;
  • Wild Cards 11: Dealer's Choice, 1992;
  • Wild Cards 12: Turn of the Cards, 1993;
  • Wild Cards Mosaic: New Cycle
    • Card Sharks (Wild Cards 13), 1993 ( Wild Cards New Cycle 1 );
    • Marked Cards (Wild Cards 14), 1994 ( Wild Cards New Cycle 2 );
    • Black Trumps (Wild Cards 15), 1995 ( Wild Cards New Cycle 3 );
  • Wild Cards 16: Deuces Down, 2002;
  • Wild Cards 17: Death Draws Five, 2006 (with John J. Miller);
  • Wild Cards: The Next Generation
    • Insight Straight (Wild Cards 18), 2008;
    • Busted Flush (Wild Cards 19), 2008;
    • Suicide Kings (Wild Cards 20), 2009 ^[23] ;
    • Fort Freak (Wild Cards 21), 2011
    • Lowball (Wild Cards 22), 2014

• Episodes of the Twilight Zone
  • “The Last Defender of Camelot”, 1986 (based on the novel by Roger Zhelyazny , nominated for the WGA Award for Best Television Script / Anthology, 1986).
  • “The King of the Past and the Future” (“The Once and Future King”), 1986 (based on the story of Bryce Maritano)
  • “Lost and Found” (1986) (based on the tale of Phyllis Eisenstein)
  • "The Toys of Caliban", 1986 (based on the story of Terry Matz)
  • “The Road Nobody Travels On” (“The Road Less Travelled”), 1986 (original script)
• Episodes of “Beauty and the Beast” (Beauty and the Beast)
  • Terrible Savior (1987)
  • Masques (1987)
  • Shades of Gray (1988) with David Peckinpah.
  • Promises of Someday (1988)
  • Ozymandias (1988)
  • Dead of Winter (1988)
  • Brothers (1989)
  • “When the Blue Bird Sings” (1989) with Robert John Guttke
  • "A Kingdom by the Sea" (1989)
  • Ceremony of Innocence (1989)
  • "Snow" (1989)
  • Beggar's Comet (1990)
  • Invictus (1990)
• Pilot issues
  • “Doorways” is a trial release for the ABC network, Columbia Pictures, written in 1991, filmed in 1992, and released on video in 1993.

Television shows (not removed)

• “Xmas” is the original television show, Max Hadrum, 1987. Preparing for the production when the series was canceled.
• Black Cluster is a pilot television series for ABC , Columbia Pictures, 1990. Not produced.
• “The Survivors” is a two-hour pilot release for CBS , Trilogy Entertainment, 1992. Unreleased.
• “Deep in the Heart” is a backup script for “Doorways”, 1992.
• Starport is a two-hour pilot for Fox, Columbia Pictures Television, 1994. Not filmed.

Scenarios (not filmed)

• Fadeout - Feature Film, Wildstreet Pictures, 1990.
• Wild Cards is a full-length script, co-written with Melinda M. Snodgrass, based on the anthology and mosaic novel Wild Cards, Hollywood Pictures / Disney Studio, 1993-1995.
• A Princess of Mars is a full-length script, written in collaboration with Melinda M. Snodgrass, based on the story of Burroughs , Hollywood Pictures / Disney Studio, 1993-94.

Stories adapted for film and television

• Remembering Melody is an episode from The Hitchhiker, HBO , November 1984.
• “ Night Flight ” - feature film, Vista Films 1987, script by Robert Jaffe, directed by Robert Collector.
• Sand Kings is a two-hour television movie for the series Beyond the Possible , Showtime , 1995, script by Melinda M. Snodgrass.
• Flying Through the Night - television series, Syfy , 2018.

Video Game Script

• " Elden Ring" (from the Swedish . "Ring of Fire") - a script for a video game, from FromSoftware .

* -Worthy of note was presented to George Martin and Lisa Tuttle

J.R. R. Martin is the author of the fantasy cycle "Song of Ice and Fire." Of the planned seven saga novels, five were written and published for September 2011. All five books have been published in Russia: Game of Thrones , Battle of the Kings , Storm of Swords , Vulture Feast, and Dance with the Dragons . The fifth book of the cycle - “Dance with Dragons” ( Eng. A Dance With Dragons ) was published on July 12, 2011 in the United States and Great Britain, in Russia it was published in the summer of 2012, being divided into two volumes.

The action of the novels takes place in the pseudo-historical world closest to medieval Europe of the 15th century (“ The War of the Scarlet and White Rose ”). The main scene is the mainland Westeros.

In addition, Martin has authored three stories written for different anthologies, which also take place in the world of Song, but a century before the events of the main series. Their heroes are the wandering knight Duncan and his squire Eg. Two of them, “Land Knight” and “Sworn Knight” , were published in Russian. The third - The Mystery Knight ("The Mysterious Knight") - was released in March 2010.

In January 2007, HBO bought the rights to the film version of the song "Song of Ice and Fire." The first season of Game of Thrones was aired in the spring of 2011, gathering mostly positive reviews from critics; Then the series was extended for the second season. Some key roles in the series are played by movie stars: Sean Bean played the role of Eddard Stark in the first season, Peter Dinklage - Tirion Lannister ^[41] . The second season of the series was released in April 2012. Almost immediately, the series was extended for the third season, and in 2014 the fourth season of the series was released. The show of the fifth season started in the spring of 2015. In 2016, the sixth season of the series was released, and before its premiere, the series was extended for the seventh season, which was released in 2017. After the premiere of the sixth season, the series was extended to the final eighth season, which was released in the spring of 2019 ^[42] .

George Martin is an ardent admirer of Maurice Druon and his novels from the Cursed Kings series. In 2009, in a note for The Guardian, he expressed regret that during Druon’s lifetime he never found time to meet with him and shake his hand ^[43] . Мартин считает Дрюона величайшим французским автором исторических романов, после Александра Дюма-отца (который тоже оказал на него влияние — нетрудно заметить перекличку между финалом «Королевы Марго», где внезапно погибает герой, который ни при каких обстоятельствах не должен погибнуть, и финалом «Игры престолов», где вопреки всем ожиданиям читателей погибает Нед Старк). «Проклятые короли» стали одним из главных источников вдохновения при создании «Песни льда и огня». В 2013 году издательство HarperCollins (то же, которое публикует романы из цикла «Песнь льда и огня») переиздало на английском романы Дрюона с вынесенным на обложку отзывом Мартина: «Это — оригинальная игра престолов!»