By Dan Selcke | Sep 22, 2023. This week, we learned that A Song of Ice and Fire author George R.R. Martin was teaming up with several other prominent authors to sue OpenAI, the company behind George R.R. Martin, sometimes referred to as GRRM, was born George Raymond Richard Martin on 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. He is an American writer and editor best known for his ongoing epic A Song of Ice and Fire 12 years on, George RR Martin is still writing 'Winds of Winter'. George RR Martin's popular series 'A Song of Ice and Fire' is adapted into the hit TV show 'Game of Thrones', which many people are a fan of across the world. But it is noted that the author is yet to finish writing the last two books in his series, titled 'Winds of Winter' and 4.14 avg rating — 95 ratings. New Voices in Science Fiction (6 books) by. George R.R. Martin. 3.37 avg rating — 59 ratings. « previous 1 2 3 next ». George R.R. Martin has 1465 books on Goodreads with 11859444 ratings. George R.R. Martin's most popular series is The Tales of Dunk and Egg. A Song Of Ice And Fire by George R.R. Martin Credit: Bantam Game Of Thrones quickly became one of the most popular TV shows of all time when HBO’s adaptation of Martin’s books captured the Game of Thrones got a lot of flack for scenes of extreme violence, like Theon getting tortured for episodes on end. But author George R.R. Martin says there's a reason why he included stuff like Martin began plotting out his hit A Song of Ice and Fire book series, the basis of Game of Thrones, just a few years after Beauty and the Beast ended. George R.R. Martin (Kevin Winter/Getty Images) Now, I will say this - most of his characters are solid. The plot is solid but overcomplicated and with a few too many POVs. Character introspection/inner monologue is solid at best, boring at worst. But these positives, IMO, don't make him a writer that should be held in such high regard. Excellent screenwriter, sure, but a poor novel writer. SGkbQZ.