George R. R. Martin Releases 'Game of Thrones' Companion Guide
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'The World of Ice and Fire' tells 'the never-before-seen history of Westeros and the lands beyond.'

AceShowbiz - There's a lot more to explore from Westeros and it's apparently not enough to tell stories from the fantasy land on "Game of Thrones". Thus, George R. R. Martin released a new companion guide, "The World of Ice and Fire", on Tuesday, October 28.

The 300-page book, written by Martin and co-authors Elio M. Garcia Jr. and Linda Antonsson of go-to fan site Westeros.org, tells "the never-before-seen history of Westeros and the lands beyond." It also features original artwork to illustrate iconic places in "Game of Thrones" world as imagined by Martin.

"It was bigger than anticipated. I start these things that I think won't take much time and they grow and grow," Martin said about the 300-page guide, "I start these things that I think won't take much time and they grow and grow."

To promote the new book, Martin appeared at Manhattan's 92nd Street Y in New York on Sunday. In front of hundreds of fans at the panel, he revealed that he was inspired by Hadrian's Wall when imagining Castle Black at the Wall.

As for the Iron Throne, Martin said, "Nobody ever got it right. There were comic book versions, and there were versions in the card game and the board game, and there were versions on the cover [of books], and there were versions that were done for conventions. The very first.. there was a wooden one that I sat on in 1996.. but none of them were ever really right."

The Iron Throne in his vision "is huge." He added, "It towers over the room like a great beast. And it's ugly; it's asymmetric. It's put together by blacksmiths not by craftsmen and experts in furniture manufacture. And you have to walk the iron steps, and when a king sits on it he's like 10 feet above everybody else in the hall so he's in this raised position looking down on everyone."

Martin next plans to release what he and fans have dubbed "The GRRMarillion", which will go into even more detail than "The World of Ice and Fire". He also continues working on the sixth book in the "A Song of Ice and Fire" series.

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