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George rr martin not a blog5/13/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() So, Game of Thrones actually began with turtles.’ (This is probably our favourite of all the George R. I gave them all names, and since they were living in a toy castle, I decided they were all knights and kings … and I made up stories about how they killed each other and betrayed each other and fought for the kingdom. Martin says The Winds of Winter could be the longest book in A Song of Ice and Fire (ASOIAF) thus far. Martin explained in 2012, ‘I had an entire toy castle filled with dime-store turtles. Martin takes to his 'not a blog' to give yet another update on The Winds of Winter, saying the sixth book in ASOIAF will be the biggest. As the turtles kept dying in their toy castle, the young Martin imagined that they must be jostling for position, trying to kill of their rivals for the turtle-throne. ![]() Martin would dream up stories involving ‘sinister plots’ hatched by the turtles. Martin also wrote about his pet turtles – and this provided the germ of the central idea of A Song of Ice and Fire. Many of the stories would feature monsters, and the going rate was just one cent. As well as providing a copy of the story, the young Martin would also throw in a spine-chilling performance of the tale.ģ. Martin began his writing ‘career’ by penning short stories, which he’d sell to classmates and neighbouring children. ![]()
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