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The Ice Dragon

by George R.R. Martin, Yvonne Gilbert (Illustrator)

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The ice dragon was a creature of legend and fear, for no man had ever tamed one. When it flew overhead, it left in its wake desolate cold and frozen land. But Adara was not afraid. For Adara was a winter child, born during the worst freeze that anyone, even the Old Ones, could remember.

Adara could not remember the first time she had seen the ice dragon. It seemed that it h...more

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Published October 2nd 2007 by Starscape (first published 1980)

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Dec 26, 2011 Stephen rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, ya, dragons, 2006-2010, childrens, darker-than-you-think, unique-magic, kings-and-queens

Stop.....the.....presses! A thoughtful, intelligent children's book?...Yeppers, it's true...behold...

...The Ice Dragon.

That wascally wabbit, George R. R. Martin, has done it yet again! He's written an elegant, pulchritudinous children’s/YA novella that spins a captivating tale that has the added virtue of respecting the brain matter of its readers. Well done, Ser Martin, well done...

...okay, you've been dipped in glory and praisified...now get yon self back to thy scribing of the next SOIAF vol...more

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Nov 12, 2012 Grace rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2012-reads

I was shocked to see that most reviews on here of The Ice Dragon sing its praises. It makes me wonder if anyone actually comprehended the story at all. I wouldn't even give it one star on here, but of course, zero stars isn't an option.
I picked up the book because the cover art intrigued me, and I thought a story about a little blonde girl who rides a dragon would be cool.
When I started reading it, I immediately could see what was coming. I just knew. This would not be the mystical, uplifting,...more

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Apr 21, 2013 Ellie Mendez rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I've spent the last year and a half immersed in the Game of Thrones books and now I'm finally reading other stories written by George R.R. Martin. This is a nice story about a little girl, Adara, who has winter inside of her. She is a weird little child, sullen and too fond of the cold and ice. She doesn't feel connected to the world, or her family.

The world Adara lives in, is the fantastical world full of dragons, Kings and never ending wars. To her little village, war is in the back of everyon...more

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Mar 01, 2013 Christina rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Chronicles of Narnia Fans

Shelves: 2013, chapter-books, fantasy

George R.R. Martin is known for captivating adventures set in dangerous worlds. His attempt to draw young readers into his imaginative world however, may not work. Much of the early part of the story is spent building his world of knights, dragons,and a violent war between kingdoms. The book is deceptive. It has only 8 chapters and is illustrated, so one might think it is for a younger audience. However the story is quite descriptive, at times violent, and dependent on language:

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Feb 13, 2012 Bridgette Redman rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

In a phrase association game, the list of nouns would go for pages before you get from George R.R. Martin and his Song of Ice and Fire to anything remotely resembling a children’s chapter book.

The Song of Ice and Fire is the name of the epic fantasy series currently being written by George R.R. Martin. It’s a sprawling story crossing continents and a cast of characters numbering in the hundreds. It’s a richly detailed, highly populated world rich in intrigue, politics, and lore. It’s also fille...more In a phrase association game, the list of nouns would go for pages before you get from George R.R. Martin and his Song of Ice and Fire to anything remotely resembling a children’s chapter book.

The Song of Ice and Fire is the name of the epic fantasy series currently being written by George R.R. Martin. It’s a sprawling story crossing continents and a cast of characters numbering in the hundreds. It’s a richly detailed, highly populated world rich in intrigue, politics, and lore. It’s also filled with violence, incest, and torture. In later books (there are four so far) it seems to compete with itself in an effort to make each chapter gorier than the one that came before.

So no one should be surprised if fans of the series raise an eyebrow at The Ice Dragon and do a double-take to see it placed on the shelves that it is. A children’s novel? Set in the same world as the Song of Ice and Fire? Is it even possible.

Well, yes, it is. Martin is a highly talented writer who has already proven his versatility. Don’t expect, though, that he has suddenly gone soft or gentle just because his audience is younger. His world is a rough one and The Ice Dragon has many of the same qualities of the adult novels—just not the sex or torture.

In fact, when it was originally written as a novella in the 80s, it had a significant degree more gore. Now, though, the tale has been shortened and made far more symbolic, a story told in a lyrical fashion rich in symbolism that may be lost on many of its youngest readers but which help to give it an almost poetic flavor.

It is the story of Adara, the youngest daughter of a hard-working farmer. Her mother died at her birth, victim of a vicious cold that had gripped the land. It was a cold that marked her as well, for while summers made her listless and sad, she came alive during the winter, eagerly awaiting its yearly, cold embrace. She romped with ice lizards that anyone else killed with their body heat. She also develops an unusual relationship with a mythical ice dragon, a dragon that leaves the land barren where it lies and brings with it a bitter cold.

Eventually, the seven-year-old Adara must make some difficult choices about where and with whom she belongs. There is no heavy-handed lecturing in this book, but it does speak to duty, to perseverance, and to courage. It is a somber book that includes some violent and unsettling scenes.

As a chapter book, it is shorter and a quicker read than a Lemony Snicket book, but longer than Mary Pope Osborne’s Magic Treehouse books. My son was instantly engrossed in it, though once he put it down, he was slow to return to it. I can't say that I was particularly moved one way or another by the story. I appreciated its style and some of the ideas expressed, but it wasn't one that I found nearly as compelling as the adult novels. However, I am not the book's audience.

The story is beautifully illustrated with pencil drawings by Yvonne Gilbert. The pictures manage to capture the somber tone and help to further bring Adara and her family to life.

Given the plethora of dragons present in the novel, this is a story that takes place either many years before the Song of Ice and Fire series or long after where the story currently is. It's not something that matters much as it isn't a story of kings or great battles. It is the story of a small girl and of a family that is determined to live on the land to which it belongs.

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Jan 04, 2012 Jason (FNORDinc) rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: read-but-unowned, reviewed, reviewed-on-fnordinc

The Ice Dragon is a nice companion story to the standard Song of Ice and Fire world. First published as a short story in a compendium titled Dragons of Light, this 1980′s tale was given a new treatment in the 2006 Tor rerelease.

Featuring illustrations by Yvonne Gilbert, The Ice Dragon is the story of a young girl born in the winter of the cold north. She is emotionless and awkward. Her skin is as cold as her personality. She is very reminiscent of a wight from the core series, but alive and obvi...more

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Jul 12, 2011 Lisa Wolf rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: children-s, science-fiction-fantasy, young-adult

My son and I greatly enjoyed this children's book by George R. R. Martin. As an avid fan of Martin's A Song of Ice & Fire series, I was intrigued to hear that he'd written a story for young readers. Many of his familiar elements are present in The Ice Dragon. The story is set in a land that seems to match the description of Westeros, in a time when armies still rode upon the backs of dragons. The main character, Adara, is a small girl who lives with her family on a farm in the north of the l...more

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Jun 05, 2011 Hannah rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

i love it! it's my all-time favorite book!i seriously just love it! it's awesome! i just Adara's name and mythologic
dragons and mythology and dragons!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And i just love that they live on a farm. i've always wanted to live on a farm! and i can't help once in a while to just think that Adara's dad is drunk!!!!!!!!!!!
OMG! i just love that book! the ice dragon is so cool! i just want some directors to just read the book and make it a movie! here's a little letter to george r. r. mart...more

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Jun 14, 2012 Harold Ogle rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: short-stories, fantasy, low-fantasy

Reading this little volume was interesting, as I couldn't shake the feeling that I was re-reading it. I know I've never read this book before, but it's possible that GRRM has published it separately as a short story elsewhere, because the entire book was as if I'd read it previously.

Others have praised this as a "non-pandering" children's book, but to me it seemed pretty pedestrian. It's a fairy tale in the tradition of Hans Christian Andersen (not to mention Martin himself), in that there is a...more Reading this little volume was interesting, as I couldn't shake the feeling that I was re-reading it. I know I've never read this book before, but it's possible that GRRM has published it separately as a short story elsewhere, because the entire book was as if I'd read it previously.

Others have praised this as a "non-pandering" children's book, but to me it seemed pretty pedestrian. It's a fairy tale in the tradition of Hans Christian Andersen (not to mention Martin himself), in that there is a lot of cruelty, tragedy and bloodshed. As in so many children's books and stories, the protagonist Adara has no mother - she died giving birth to Adara during a long winter. The publisher and various web sites claim that the story is set in the same world as A Song of Ice and Fire, but if it is, it is ancient history to those books: dragons are commonplace on both sides of a war being fought. No place names are provided, and any connection with the larger cycle is unimportant.

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The illustrations for the book are strangely ethereal, an effect of their being rough pencil sketches that have then been scanned for printing. I enjoyed this story, but I would not recommend this book for children to read on their own, as it is so intense and bloody; like "The Little Mermaid" or "The Little Match Girl" this would probably be better read to kids aloud, if at all. But it works very well as an adult fairy tale. (less)

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Feb 10, 2012 Seak (Bryce L.) rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2012, fantasy

I always have high expectations when reading George R.R. Martin. He really did it to himself, have you read A Game of Thrones? So going into The Ice Dragon, GRRM's children's tale, I still had nothing but the highest and happiest of attitudes until I was completely disappointed...in nothing at all. :D

Okay, I've learned from the cases I've been reading in law school that in order to have a successful argument, all you have to do is act like you're going to decide one way, but then go the exact op...more I always have high expectations when reading George R.R. Martin. He really did it to himself, have you read A Game of Thrones? So going into The Ice Dragon, GRRM's children's tale, I still had nothing but the highest and happiest of attitudes until I was completely disappointed...in nothing at all. :D

Okay, I've learned from the cases I've been reading in law school that in order to have a successful argument, all you have to do is act like you're going to decide one way, but then go the exact opposite. Did it work? (No, I'm not simplifying it at all, why would you say that?)

The plot is simple, yet extremely subtle as we've come to expect from Martin. Adara is a winter child who's not only physically cold, but distant from her family as well. She was not only born in winter, but was the reason for her mother's death and her father has had a difficult time with that.

Adara loves the winter and counts the days until it comes back. She stays out longer than anyone else and can even hold the ice lizards for long periods of time without hurting them like other children end up doing.

Soon the eponymous Ice Dragon enters the picture, visiting Adara at times during the winter, even letting her ride. You see, ice dragons are not only rare, but it is known that ice dragons never let anyone ride them. Other, smaller dragons are used by people, especially for war as we see in this story.

Without going into too much more detail, the land is filled with war and it is creeping toward Adara and her family, but her father belongs with the land as is important for many in the medieval-type society.

While we follow Adara closely, the land and the environment were probably my favorite part of the story. It's filled with hard-working farmers and dragons are commonplace. I would really love to read more of this world Martin's created, possibly outside of a children's tale.

But on that note, I would read more children's tales as well at this caliber. Although, I don't quite know if I'd categorize The Ice Dragon as a children's tale. About 99% was for children, but there was a section about split-heads and relatively gruesome scenes for children.

In the end, I highly enjoyed The Ice Dragon and would recommend it, especially at this time of year...or maybe not, GRRM does such a good job with atmosphere I was actually colder while reading it. Maybe wait till summer. Then again, you're probably hot enough. And you wonder how I get all the ladies. :)

4 out of 5 Stars (Loved it)

Note on the eBook: This is an illustrated novel and I can't say they're done justice on the Kindle Touch at least (or anything with eInk). Mostly you can see them fine, but there are still quite a few that are hard to make out and all of them are at least somewhat difficult to view.
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Nov 06, 2011 El Templo de las Mil Puertas added it · review of another edition

Shelves: 23-eltemplo, que-no-leerás-en-español

Adara es una niña distinta. A diferencia del resto de personas de su aldea, ella espera con ansia el invierno. Cuenta los días para su cumpleaños, que siempre coincide con la noche más fría del año y la aparición de un ser muy especial: el dragón de hielo.
Sus hermanos, por el contrario, desean siempre que llegue el verano. Y es que es entonces cuando pueden contar con la visita del tío Hal, que llega siempre a lomos de su dragón del ejército imperial y cargado de regalos. Para Adara, sin embarg...more

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Feb 07, 2013 Wouter rated it 2 of 5 stars

I expected more from this book. It's geared towards children, but the quite graphically described violence, the deaths and the writing style itself (loooong sentences) don't really make it a children's book.
It also seems to send a message that if your daddy loves you but doesn't smile at you like he does at his other kids, it's a good idea to be more like other children.

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Jun 10, 2011 Nicole Shelby rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: children

I cannot write a better review than this excellent one written by my daughter:

"i love it! it's my all-time favorite book!i seriously just love it! it's awesome! i just Adara's name and mythologic
dragons and mythology and dragons!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And i just love that they live on a farm. i've always wanted to live on a farm! and i can't help once in a while to just think that Adara's dad is drunk!!!!!!!!!!!
OMG! i just love that book! the ice dragon is so cool! i just want some directors to jus...more

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May 19, 2013 Loredana Gasparri rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

George R.R.Martin is the worldwide famous author of Games of Thrones, which is so popular, now. Everybody is talking about that, many start being critical about this success of his.
The Ice Dragon is a sort of fairy tale. Adara, the small girl main character, is a very weird and special human being. She's the daughter of winter. She loves winter, as she was born in the coldest winter of all, and loves winter creatures. She loves with all her heart a powerful and mysterious ice dragon, visiting he...more

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Mar 03, 2012 Rob rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: random-comments-review

...I think I am going to have to reread the original version to work out which of the two I like better. Martin reworked into an interesting children's tale however. A story that I think shows some of this strengths as a writer. It is a story that takes readers of any age seriously and that hides a lot of complexity under Adara's limited view of events. Given the different ways in which adults and children can enjoy this story, it strikes me as a book that is very suitable to be read together. I...more

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Jul 29, 2011 Liz rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

The Ice Dragon -George R. R. Martin

So, I first came across this book from a recommendation list on visual bookshelf. George R R Martin is one of my favorite
authors of all time and I hoped to read all his novels. However I did not know he wrote novels for children. So I was
pleasantly surprised when looking at my libraries information portal online that the book was in the children's local
library.
The book itself was very short, but rather sweetly written and a charming little story to read to...more

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Mar 15, 2011 Paige rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

What a strange book. It is a very quick read--only 107 pages of large font and pictures. It claims to be a YA book but I'm not sure. This dark tale of Adara would be lost on most of the YA audience.
This story is about a 7 year old girl whose mother died giving birth to her. We learn that she is a distant child who prefers to be alone. She loves the cold.
The story is very minimal but we learn of her fondness of an ice dragon. This fondness continues year after year as the dragon returns and giv...more

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Jun 25, 2012 Nevena rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

It's a short story and a very fast read, it took me about 30 minutes to finish it.
This is suppose to be a children's book, even though some of the themes are very adult.

It's a beautiful book, where the main character is a special one, and the other children who stand out could easily relate to Adara. In the end, even though she was always cold and emotionless, she was just a child of flesh, blood, and tears, no different from you and I.

I don't know why, but it surprised me that the dragon from t...more

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Dec 06, 2008 Serena rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

It was just like a terrible dream. I hated it!

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Apr 02, 2013 Sabrina rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, own

This is the first book by George R.R. Martin that I’ve read. I haven’t gotten around to read Game of Thrones yet, even though I would love to! As the page number indicates, it’s not nearly as long as GoT, and it didn’t take me more than a couple of hours to get through.
I really like Martins writing style, it flows nice and easy without getting too transparent. Or too describing for that matter.
The story is really sweet, a children’s book. But not a book for the youngest of young audience. Maybe...more

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Jun 23, 2010 Shivering William rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: children-s-books

I was wondering how Martin was going to keep from being wickedly gruesome for his children's book. The answer? He didn't. Burned flesh still falls off of skulls, plenty of loved ones die, and yet, innocence is retained.

I love how the cover says "From the bestselling author of Feast for Crows," like that means anything to the ten years olds or librarians who are reading this.

Two things didn't sit well with me. One was: "She ran and cried like one who is seven." Because, you know, she's seven. Two...more

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Jan 17, 2013 Matthew added it · review of another edition

This is my first experience with author George R. R. Martin. I read this to my younger kids, although it seems a bit mature in some places (describing the after-effects of war) and therefore I read with discernment, changing the words as needed so as not to put unnecessary fear in hearts. The story is about a unique girl who has a friendship with the ice dragon and the sacrifices that are made in order to save her family.

Not sure if I have the time to read other Martin novels, but at least I'm f...more

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Sep 21, 2012 Ryan rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

The Ice Dragon
George R.R. Martin
Read it in paperback, at 112 pages w/ illustrations and large font.

Everyone is familiar with Martin at this point as his series 'A Song of Ice and Fire' seems to be all the buzz. The first book in that series was published in 1996 while this little inception was written in the 1980's with a re-release in the 2006 time frame, undoubtedly due in part because of the success of his primary works. I didn't really know what to expect, I had heard from others that this i...more

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Jan 16, 2013 Leenchen rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy

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Adara wusste nicht mehr, wann sie ihn zum ersten Mal gesehen hatte. Ihr schien, dass er schon immer ein Teil ihres Lebens gewesen war, ein Traum im tiefsten Winter, der auf durchscheinenden blauen Flügeln über den kalten Himmel schwebte. Eisdrachen waren selten, selbst in jenen Zeiten ...

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Adara ist ein Winterkind. In der kältesten Nacht wurde sie geboren, ihre Haut war eiskalt und kein Weinen erklang von ihr, ihre Augen waren glasklar und ihr Haar fast weiß. In jener Nacht starb...more

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Sep 27, 2011 George rated it 2 of 5 stars

This was a cute little story, but nothing in comparison to even a single chapter of any of the ASoIaF books. Granted, this was geared more toward kids, but it wasn't very engaging. I think my son was bored with it after the first few chapters (which was really fine since I read it to him until he fell asleep each night). The first two thirds of the book are really character development. But because the book was geared toward children and the main character was also a child the development was ve...more

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Feb 06, 2009 Robert Beveridge rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2008-goal-list, search-ohio, finished

George R. R. Martin, The Ice Dragon (Starscape, 1980)

Martin's early kidlit story is an interesting introduction to the genre for young readers, and the recent popularity of his A Song of Ice and Fire series has brought it back into the public eye, with Starscape doing a recent reprint of it in book form. If you missed it the first time, and most of us did, this is a good chance to catch yourself up.

Adara has always been a quiet girl, something of an outcast in her village, and she feels as if th...more

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Apr 13, 2013 R rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

The Ice Dragon in an excellent (older)childern's story. I, probably her outcast status, felt a connection to the main character Adara that many children would. I like that the hero of this tale is unacknowledged by her peers.
I would have given this book a higher rating, however I haven't read many children's books so I'm not sure where this piece ranks. As I read more of these types of book, to see if they are appropriate gifts for growing nieces and nephews, I'll adjust this rating.
Over all...more

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Dec 29, 2012 Jeffrey rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: try-these

A wonderful little book by George R.R. Martin. It is called a children's a book, although anyone can enjoy it. It's target audience age-range is that gap when you begin to stop reading bedtimes stories to children, and when they begin to read on their own accord. There is violence in it, although nowhere near the level of detail or gore in the Ice and Fire series. Wounded soldiers are seen, and there is 'dragon devestation'.

The setting could easily be within the Seven Kingdoms, the setting of M...more

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Feb 10, 2012 Dylan Armes rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

One hundred twelve pages. That is all the length George R.R. Martin needed to weave a tale of a nearly silent protagonist, a tale that had my STRUGGLING not to openly weep in front of my seven year old niece. No one wants to be the uncle who cries reading "children's books."

There's not much I can say about The Ice Dragon without spoiling the story, but I can say that much like GRRM's other books (A Song of Ice and Fire, Fevre Dream, etc.) as well as his short stories, he takes a genre that is we...more

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Nov 13, 2012 Xyra rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Dragon lovers

Recommended to Xyra by: Firefly Bookstore

This was a very interesting children's story; however, upon reaching the last page my reaction was, "Huh?" I didn't quite grasp what had happened to Adara.

The rest of the the story was quite understandable. Love, friendship, family, misunderstanding, war, loss, etc. All prevalent themes throughout a well written and illustrated story.

It is definitely a story that leaves you pondering the overall picture that is and was Adara.

I plan to pass this along to my cousin who is a Martin fan. :)

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About George R.R. Martin

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,...more 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.

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