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George R.R. Martin

Bio: George R.R. Martin was born September 20, 1948 in Bayonne, New Jersey. His father was Raymond Collins Martin, a longshoreman, and his mother was Margaret Brady Martin. He has two sisters, Darleen Martin Lapinski and Janet Martin Patten. Martin attended Mary Jane Donohoe School and Marist High School. He began writing very young, selling monster stories to other neighborhood children for pennies, dramatic readings included. Later he became a comic book fan and collector in high school, and began to write fiction for comic fanzines (amateur fan magazines). Martin's first professional sale was made in 1970 at age 21: "The Hero," sold to Galaxy, published in February, 1971 issue. Other sales followed.

In 1970 Martin received a B.S. in Journalism from Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, graduating summa cum laude. He went on to complete a M.S. in Journalism in 1971, also from Northwestern.

As a conscientious objector, Martin did alternative service 1972-1974 with VISTA, attached to Cook County Legal Assistance Foundation. He also directed chess tournaments for the Continental Chess Association from 1973-1976, and was a Journalism instructor at Clarke College, Dubuque, Iowa, from 1976-1978. He wrote part-time throughout the 1970s while working as a VISTA Volunteer, chess director, and teacher. In 1975 he married Gale Burnick. They divorced in 1979, with no children. Martin became a full-time writer in 1979. He was writer-in-residence at Clarke College from 1978-79.

Moving on to Hollywood, Martin signed on as a story editor for Twilight Zone at CBS Television in 1986.

In 1987 Martin became an Executive Story Consultant for Beauty and the Beast at CBS. In 1988 he became a Producer for Beauty and the Beast, then in 1989 moved up to Co-Supervising Producer. He was Executive Producer for Doorways, a pilot which he wrote for Columbia Pictures Television, which was filmed during 1992-93.

Martin's present home is Santa Fe, New Mexico. He is a member of Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America (he was South-Central Regional Director 1977-1979, and Vice President 1996-1998), and of Writers' Guild of America, West.


1. A Storm of Swords [A Song of Ice and Fire #3] by George R.R. Martin [Fantasy/Mainstream]
2. A Feast for Crows [A Song of Fire and Ice #4] by George R.R. Martin [Fantasy/Mainstream]
3. Short [15471 words]Sandkings by George R.R. Martin [Science Fiction]
4. A Clash of Kings [A Song of Ice and Fire #2] by George R.R. Martin [Fantasy/Mainstream]
5. A Game of Thrones [A Song of Ice and Fire #1] by George R.R. Martin [Fantasy/Mainstream]
6. Short [20567 words]In the House of the Worm by George R.R. Martin [Science Fiction/Horror]
7. Mid-Length [31761 words]Lightspeed Magazine, July 2010 by John Joseph Adams & Carol Emshwiller & George R.R. Martin [Science Fiction]
8. Windhaven by George R.R. Martin & Lisa Tuttle [Fantasy/Science Fiction]
9. Short [13560 words]The Stone City by George R.R. Martin [Science Fiction]
10. Short [7719 words]The Ice Dragon by George R.R. Martin [Fantasy]
  1. A Storm of Swords [A Song of Ice and Fire #3] by George R.R. Martin [Fantasy/Mainstream]
2. Dreamsongs: Volume I by George R.R. Martin [Fantasy]
3. A Game of Thrones [A Song of Ice and Fire #1] by George R.R. Martin [Fantasy/Mainstream]
4. A Feast for Crows [A Song of Fire and Ice #4] by George R.R. Martin [Fantasy/Mainstream]
5. A Clash of Kings [A Song of Ice and Fire #2] by George R.R. Martin [Fantasy/Mainstream]
6. Fevre Dream by George R.R. Martin [Science Fiction/Science Fiction]
7. Short [15471 words]Sandkings by George R.R. Martin [Science Fiction]
8. The Armageddon Rag by George R.R. Martin [Science Fiction]
9. Long [78321 words]Howard Who? by Howard Waldrop & George R.R. Martin [Science Fiction/Fantasy]
10. Short [7250 words]The Lonely Songs of Laren Dorr by George R.R. Martin [Fantasy]

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1 A Feast for Crows [A Song of Fire and Ice #4] [Secure eReader (recommended)/Microsoft Reader/Adobe PDF]
by George R.R. Martin
  Few books have captivated the imagination and won the devotion and praise of readers and critics everywhere as has George R. R. Martin's monumental epic cycle of high fantasy. Now, in A Feast for Crows, Martin delivers the long-awaited fourth book of his landmark series, as a kingdom torn asunder finds itself at last on the brink of peace ... only to be launched on an even more terrifying course of destruction. A Feast for Crows It seems too good to be true. After centuries of bitter strife and ... more info>>
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2 A Storm of Swords [A Song of Ice and Fire #3] [Secure eReader (recommended)/Microsoft Reader/Adobe PDF]
by George R.R. Martin
  Here is the third volume in George R. R. Martin's magnificent cycle of novels that includes A Game of Thrones and A Clash of Kings. As a whole, this series comprises a genuine masterpiece of modern fantasy, bringing together the best the genre has to offer. Magic, mystery, intrigue, romance, and adventure fill these pages and transport us to a world unlike any we have ever experienced. Already hailed as a classic, George R. R. Martin's stunning series is destined to stand as one of the great ach... more info>> (Published: 2003)
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3 Sandkings [MultiFormat]
by George R.R. Martin
  When Simon Kress returned to his home planet of Baldur from an offworld business trip, he was amused to find that his tank of Earth piranhas had cannibalized themselves into extinction, and of the two exotic animals that roamed his estate, only one remained. Now, in search of some new pets to satisfy his cruel pursuit of amusement, Simon finds a new shop in the city where he is intrigued by a new lifeform he has never heard of before ... a collection of multi-colored sandkings. The curator expla... more info>> (Published: 1979) Hugo Award Winner, Locus Poll Award Winner, Nebula Award(R) Winner

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4 A Clash of Kings [A Song of Ice and Fire #2] [Secure eReader (recommended)/Microsoft Reader/Adobe PDF]
by George R.R. Martin
  Here is the second volume in George R. R. Martin's magnificent cycle of novels that includes A Game of Thrones and A Storm of Swords. As a whole, this series comprises a genuine masterpiece of modern fantasy, bringing together the best the genre has to offer. Magic, mystery, intrigue, romance, and adventure fill these pages and transport us to a world unlike any we have ever experienced. Already hailed as a classic, George R. R. Martin's stunning series is destined to stand as one of the great a... more info>> (Published: 2003)
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5 A Game of Thrones [A Song of Ice and Fire #1] [Secure Adobe PDF]
by George R.R. Martin
  Here is the first volume in George R. R. Martin's magnificent cycle of novels that includes A Clash of Kings and A Storm of Swords. As a whole, this series comprises a genuine masterpiece of modern fantasy, bringing together the best the genre has to offer. Magic, mystery, intrigue, romance, and adventure fill these pages and transport us to a world unlike any we have ever experienced. Already hailed as a classic, George R. R. Martin's stunning series is destined to stand as one of the great ach... more info>> (Published: 2003)
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6 In the House of the Worm [MultiFormat]
by George R.R. Martin
  In a crumbling underground city on a dying planet, young Annelyn has lived a life of privilege. When he is humilated at the hands of the crafty groun hunter they call the Meatbringer, he and his high-born friends plot revenge. But Annelyn's plan goes desperately awry, leading him deep into the city's ruins--and to the ugly truth about his forebears' reverence for the mythic White Worm. (Published: 1976)

Words: 20567 - Reading Time: 58-82 min.
Category: Science Fiction/Horror
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7 Lightspeed Magazine, July 2010 [MultiFormat]
by John Joseph Adams, Carol Emshwiller, George R.R. Martin
  Lightspeed Magazine features all types of sf, from near-future, sociological soft sf, to far-future, star-spanning hard sf, and anything and everything in between . . . and in its July 2010 issue, Lightspeed contains two all-new, never-before-published stories: In Carol Emshwiller's "No Time Like the Present," the residents of a small, economically-disadvantaged town are surprised by the sudden influx of oddly tall, oddly rich, oddly speaking people who appear out of nowhere and buy up all the p... more info>> (Published: 2010)

Words: 31761 - Reading Time: 90-127 min.
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8 Windhaven [Secure eReader (recommended)/Microsoft Reader/Adobe PDF]
by George R.R. Martin, Lisa Tuttle
  The planet of Windhaven was not originally a home to humans, but it became one following the crash of a colony starship. It is a world of small islands, harsh weather, and monster-infested seas. Communication among the scattered settlements was virtually imposible until the discovery that, thanks to light gravity and a dense atmosphere, humans were able to fly with the aid of metal wings made of bits of the cannibalized spaceship. Many generations later, among the scattered islands that make up ... more info>> (Published: 2003)
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9 A Song for Lya [MultiFormat]
by George R.R. Martin
  Two telepaths investigate the newly discovered world of Shkea, where every native inhabitant, and an increasing number of human colonists, worships a mysterious and deadly parasite. Winner of the 1975 Hugo Award for Best Novella. (Published: 1974) Hugo Award Winner

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10 Fevre Dream [Secure eReader (recommended)/Microsoft Reader/Adobe PDF]
by George R.R. Martin
  When struggling riverboat captain Abner Marsh receives an offer of partnership from a wealthy aristocrat, he suspects something's amiss. But when he meets the hauntingly pale, steely-eyed Joshua York, he is certain. For York doesn't care that the icy winter of 1857 has wiped out all but one of Marsh's dilapidated fleet. Nor does he care that he won't earn back his investment in a decade. York has his own reasons for wanting to traverse the powerful Mississippi. And they are to be none of Marsh's... more info>>
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11 Howard Who? [MultiFormat]
by Howard Waldrop, George R.R. Martin
  A twentieth-anniversary celebration edition of Howard Waldrop's erudite, gonzo, wistful, funny, and beautifully written debut collection of short stories. Waldrop has a capacious, encyclopedic knowledge of superheroes, baseball players, Mexican wrestlers, world wars, long-dead film stars, oddball television shows, pulp serials, radio plays, fairy tales, scientific expeditions, extinct species, and knock-knock jokes. What if the dodo wasn't extinct after all? What if sumo wrestlers could defeat t... more info>> (Published: 2006) World Fantasy Award Winner, Nebula Award(R) Winner

Words: 78321 - Reading Time: 223-313 min.
Category: Science Fiction/Fantasy
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12 Portraits of His Children [MultiFormat]
by George R.R. Martin
  Richard Cantling didn't regret the sacrifices he had made for his work, but he had expected his daughter to forgive and forget. When the painting arrives, it seems a gesture of reconciliation--until he's brought face to face with another of his offspring, one he never planned to meet... (Published: 1985) Nebula Award(R) Winner

Words: 15258 - Reading Time: 43-61 min.
Category: Fantasy
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13 The Ice Dragon [MultiFormat]
by George R.R. Martin
  A young girl's strange affection for coldness is rewarded by secret winter flights on the legendary Ice Dragon, who comes to visit her isolated playground in the frozen fields near her family's farm. When her uncle, a dragonrider for the king's army, warns them they must soon flee south to escape the advancing enemy, she runs away to find her icy friend and fly to the land of always-winter. But as enemy dragons descend on her farm, and she must decide to risk her precious Ice Dragon to save her ... more info>> (Published: 1980)

Words: 7719 - Reading Time: 22-30 min.
Category: Fantasy
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14 The Stone City [MultiFormat]
by George R.R. Martin
  The human crew of the faster-than-light ship Pegasus are on an exploratory mission to the galactic core when they are stranded at the edge of the manrealm, their ship confiscated by the fox-like Dun'lai ... one of the many bizarre alien species dwelling on the desert planet Grayrest. The desolate world is the rumored home of an ancient alien civilization, their legacy being an immense abandoned city of stone. After a year of hardship and tragedy, only two members of the Pegasus crew have not giv... more info>> (Published: 1977)

Words: 13560 - Reading Time: 38-54 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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15 A Peripheral Affair [MultiFormat]
by George R.R. Martin
  Earth's galactic empire extends its reach deep into the galaxy and out to the Periphery, where a truce with the border rival KwanDellan BrotherWorlds has been in effect for a hundred years. When a Terran scout ship on a routine patrol through the Periphery suddenly disappears, a battle-hungry admiral prepares to renew the border war while a level-headed ship captain tries to find out what really happened. (Published: 1973)

Words: 7962 - Reading Time: 22-31 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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16 Dreamsongs: Volume I [Secure eReader (recommended)/Microsoft Reader/Adobe PDF]
by George R.R. Martin
  Dubbed 'the American Tolkien' by Time magazine, #1 New York Times bestselling author George R.R. Martin is a giant in the field of fantasy literature and one of the most exciting storytellers of our time. Now he delivers a rare treat for readers: a compendium of his shorter works, collected into two stunning volumes, that offer fascinating insight into his journey from young writer to award-winning master. Gathered here, in Volume I, are the very best of George R.R. Martin's early works, includi... more info>>
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17 Dreamsongs: Volume II [Secure eReader (recommended)/Microsoft Reader/Adobe PDF]
by George R.R. Martin
  Dubbed "the American Tolkien" by Time magazine, #1 New York Times bestselling author George R.R. Martin is a giant in the field of fantasy literature and one of the most exciting storytellers of our time. Now he delivers a rare treat for readers: a compendium of his shorter works, all collected into two stunning volumes, that offer fascinating insight into his journey from young writer to award-winning master. Whether writing about werewolves, wizards, or outer space, George R.R. Martin is renow... more info>>
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18 Dying of the Light [Secure eReader (recommended)/Microsoft Reader/Adobe PDF]
by George R.R. Martin
  A whisperjewel summoned him to Worlorn, and a love he thought he'd lost. But Worlorn isn't the world Dirk t?Larien imagined, and Gwen Delvano is no longer the woman he once knew. She is bound to another man, and to a dying planet that is trapped in twilight, forever falling toward night. Amid this bleak landscape is a violent clash of cultures in which there is no code of honor--and the hunter and the hunted are often interchangeable. Caught up in a dangerous triangle, Gwen is in need of Dirk's ... more info>>
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19 The Armageddon Rag [Secure eReader (recommended)/Microsoft Reader/Adobe PDF]
by George R.R. Martin
  Onetime underground journalist Sandy Blair has traveled far from his radical roots in the 60s until the bizarre and brutal murder of a millionaire rock promoter draws him back. As Sandy sets out to investigate the crime, he finds himself on a magical mystery tour of the pent-up passions of his generation. For a new messiah has resurrected the once legendary rock band Nazgul but with an apocalyptic new beat that is a requiem of demonism, mind control, and death only Sandy may be able to change in... more info>>
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20 The Glass Flower [MultiFormat]
by George R.R. Martin
  It's been a lifetime and more since Cyrain has been challenged in the game of mind. When the cyborg arrives, she senses a worthy and dangerous opponent--one that's been dead for 800 years... (Published: 1986)

Words: 16208 - Reading Time: 46-64 min.
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21 The Lonely Songs of Laren Dorr [MultiFormat]
by George R.R. Martin
  Tired and bloody from her battle with the Seven, Sharra stumbles through the gate onto a pristine planet, the kingdom and prison of a solitary singer doomed to await Sharra's arrival... (Published: 1976)

Words: 7250 - Reading Time: 20-29 min.
Category: Fantasy
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22 The Pear-Shaped Man [MultiFormat]
by George R.R. Martin
  Everyone knows a Pear-Shaped Man. Jessie meets hers when she and her friend Angela move into their new apartment--he lives in the rotten-smelling basement apartment--wet lips, whiny voice, eating Cheez Doodles with warm Coke. He's always waiting for her, inviting her down to his apartment ... he has 'things' to show her. When Jessie's obsession with this repulsive man turns to paranoia, it takes over more than just her life. (Published: 1987) Locus Poll Award Nominee, World Fantasy Award Nominee, Bram Stoker Award Winner

Words: 11741 - Reading Time: 33-46 min.
Category: Fantasy/Horror
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