Game of Thrones is a phenomenon. As Carolyne Larrington reveals in this essential companion to George R R Martin”s fantasy novels and the HBO mega-hit series based on them the show is the epitome of water-cooler TV. It is the subject of intense debate in national newspapers; by Ph D students asking why Westeros has yet to see an industrial revolution, or whether astronomy explains the continent”s climatic problems and unpredictable solstices (”winter is coming”); and by bloggers and cultural commentators contesting the series” startling portrayals of power, sex and gender. Yet no book has divulged how George R R Martin constructed his remarkable universe out of the Middle Ages. Discussing novels and TV series alike, Larrington explores among other topics: sigils, giants, dragons and direwolves in medieval texts; ravens, old gods and the Weirwood in Norse myth; and a gothic, exotic orient in the eastern continent, Essos. From the White Walkers to the Red Woman, from Casterly Rock to the Shivering Sea, this is an indispensable guide to the twenty-first century”s most important fantasy creation.
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