the guardian, 2014-08-12: "The success of HBO's Game of Thrones has propelled George RR Martin's Song of Ice and Fire series into the stratosphere. But as he tells an Edinburgh international book festival audience, he is first and foremost a novelist who traces a literary lineage through Tolkien and Sir Walter Scott. In a selection of key quotes from his session, he talks about structure, character, and creating a world that is both different and the same as our own."
