A Tormenta de Espadas by George R.R. Martin

The story line can be slow at times, but that is what fantasy authors just tend to do, so get over it (LOTR, anyone?). The character development is fantastic and I almost feel as if I've known these characters all my life. Sure, a happy moment every now and then would be nice, but the harsh realities in the world George Martin has created is a breath of fresh air. It tells me that the author is serious and that shit is going to get real. My biggest pet peeve in books is feeling that characters are safe. My response is: if you want a quick, happy clappy mushy book, you need to get yourself to the romance section. I'm seeing a lot of negative reviews about this book: people complaining about a slow story line and a ridiculously cruel world where anyone can be killed off without a second thought. 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. Martin's present home is Santa Fe, New Mexico. He was Executive Producer for Doorways, a pilot which he wrote for Columbia Pictures Television, which was filmed during 1992-93. In 1988 he became a Producer for Beauty and the Beast, then in 1989 moved up to Co-Supervising Producer. In 1987 Martin became an Executive Story Consultant for Beauty and the Beast at CBS. Moving on to Hollywood, Martin signed on as a story editor for Twilight Zone at CBS Television in 1986. He was writer-in-residence at Clarke College from 1978-79. Martin became a full-time writer in 1979. He wrote part-time throughout the 1970s while working as a VISTA Volunteer, chess director, and teacher. 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.

in Journalism in 1971, also from Northwestern.Īs a conscientious objector, Martin did alternative service 1972-1974 with VISTA, attached to Cook County Legal Assistance Foundation. in Journalism from Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, graduating summa cum laude. Martin's first professional sale was made in 1970 at age 21: The Hero, sold to Galaxy, published in February, 1971 issue. Later he became a comic book fan and collector in high school, and began to write fiction for comic fanzines (amateur fan magazines). He began writing very young, selling monster stories to other neighborhood children for pennies, dramatic readings included. Martin attended Mary Jane Donohoe School and Marist High School. He has two sisters, Darleen Martin Lapinski and Janet Martin Patten. His father was Raymond Collins Martin, a longshoreman, and his mother was Margaret Brady Martin. George Raymond Richard 'R.R.' Martin was born September 20, 1948, in Bayonne, New Jersey.

A Tormenta de Espadas by George R.R. Martin