Entertainment Magazine has named George R.R. Martin, the mastermind behind source marterial for HBO’s Game of Thrones, one of it’s Entertainers of the Year for 2011.
Here’s what they had to say about The American Tolkien:
“George R.R. Martin is such a great writer that it makes people angry. Fans can’t read his books fast enough, and even I find myself cursing the fact that I am already halfway through the 4,000-plus pages of the epic fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire. Mr. Martin is the best kind of fiction writer. He cares about what happens to his characters as much as we do. He writes about major themes in human ways and he isn’t afraid to go big. The scope and size of the world of Westeros is like nothing I have ever read, let alone dared to imagine. From Winterfell to the Wall, each location is strange and staggering and still feels familiar.
Martin’s books are filled with heroes looking for honor and villains searching for a sense of home. Leaders who worship different gods and mothers who worry about their children. He reminds us that the king and the beggar are afraid of the same thing. Just because you are a knight doesn’t mean you can’t have daddy issues.
Martin has characters to spare, with great names like Qhorin Halfhand and Daenerys Targaryen and Theon Greyjoy. And here is the cool part: Some of them die. Martin kills off characters in ways that make you gasp. When you read his books, you smell the horses and feel the cold and taste the wine and the whole time you know that someone will die! Trust me, it’s exciting. And let’s not forget the women…Sansa, Arya, Brienne, Cersei, Catelyn. If only the world were run by these women. All of them with various amounts of power, all suffering, all wiser than they are allowed to be. But just in case you think it’s all doom and gloom, I’d like to point out that Martin is funny. Tyrion the Imp has some of the best one-liners I have ever read from someone about to die. Did I mention a lot of people die? Never mind, I shall read on and enjoy the series while I can. Because if there is one thing George R.R. Martin teaches us, it’s that nothing lasts forever. And winter is coming.”
Congratulations, George! You’re finally getting the recognition you’ve always deserved. Now get back to work on book six post-haste!
Source: HBOWatch
Huzzah!
ReplyDeleteWell earned and little doubt he deserved it!
The man had 5 books in the NY Times Bestseller list almost all year and for a string of months in a row in he 5 in the Top 10! Add on Game of Thrones the series and he was a sho' in!
Being a third into Storm of Swords, I agree that he deserved it. Clash of Kings had many lull chapters but this 3rd book has action in nearly all. :)
ReplyDeletei'm at one quarter of Dance with Dragons...
ReplyDeleteand all i can say about it is: "Don't became too attached to one character. It could die."
And i'm so happy for George, he deserve this recognition!
Wow Nicely written! Okay you made me curious enough to want to read the books,Thank you! :)
ReplyDeleteGo GRRM!
ReplyDeleteI have never heard of Entertainment Magazine.
ReplyDeleteEvidently it's Entertainment Weekly. Today he won USA Today's Author of the Year and they mention him winning EW's Entertainer of the Year....
ReplyDeleteBit surprised HBO didn't fact check that since EW is well known and like you mentioned.. Entertainment Magazine is nonexistent! XD
This makes more sense. I was wondering why the HBO promotional machine would make a big deal about an accolade from a media outlet that no one has ever heard of.
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