George RR Martin and Me

[robin_hobb]

Originally published at Robin Hobb. You can comment here or there.

When did you first encounter George RR Martin? I think that for most of the world, it may be when his extraordinary series of books, A Song of Ice and Fire became the HBO series A Game of Thrones.

But my first encounter with his work came long before that.

In 1991, Kat and I were

Comments

[weirman]

As it happens, George is responsible for my discovering your writing. I was at a Con where GRRM was guest of honor in 2002. I, like the legions of other fans there to meet with him, was anxiously waiting for the next chapter in ASoIaF.

I happened to have a quiet moment with him in between panels and I asked him if he had any suggestions for other writers I could read. Assassin's Apprentice was his recommendation. I went out and bought it the day after the Con and have been a fan of your writing ever since.

[maggies_lens]

...did you honestly really seriously raise a swear-to-god 100% wolf cub???? Because if so, we need to read about it.

[chazmccl]

I had just finished the last (at the time) published Wheel of Time book, and was lamenting to the owner if the small, sci fi and fantasy driven book store I loved, when the owner pointed out Game of Thrones to me and said, this just came in, and he is supposed to be like Robert Jordan, so I bought it, little knowing that I was lost in these books. Little since has approached the richness of these beloved novels, with the exception of Robin Hobb.