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Message: <blockquote data-quote="RigaMortus2" data-source="post: 3367733" data-attributes="member: 11586">First off, let me say I am not a reader of novels, fantasy or otherwise.  I have certainly not read anything by George R. R. Martin, but my friends have, and they gave me the 411 on his books.  I basically only went to the spotlight because my friends wanted to go.With that said...  It was pretty good.  He confirmed his "deal" with HBO and the Song of Fire & Ice books.  Basically all he said was, it was "optioned" which in Hollywood terms doesn't mean much of anything.  The good news is, the way he explained it to us, was that the prime time networks (NBC, CBS, ABC) may option like 100 TV shows every year.  Out of those 100, maybe 10 will have pilot episodes made, and out of those 10 pilot episodes, maybe 3 will make it.With HBO, he said they don't throw money around like the other networks, so they may have 5 shows optioned, 3 pilots made, and 1 show makes it on the air.  Basically what he was getting at once, since HBO optioned it, there is a very good chance it will happen.  He also said that don't expect anything major to happen (such as a pilot episode) for at least a year.Other than that, he talked about something called Wild Cards, which (I think) was either a book or comic in the vein of Heroes.  In fact, while he is a fan of Heroes, he said that his book Wild Cards came first and if it ever catches on, people will naturally think he is biting off of Heroes.  I beleive he also said that one of his associates was in talks to get Wild Cards optioned for either a movie or TV show (I forget which).Someone had asked him how he views dragons in his Fire/Ice series (are the intelligent?  can they talk?  are they more beastial?).  He said they are slim and slender, like long serpents.  And if you can picture a tyradactle (sp), they have hindlegs and their arms are attached to their wings.  And he said not to expect one of his characters (whose name eludes me), to be striking up a conversation with dragons.  He said we'll find out more about them in his next book, Dance with Dragons.Someone also asked if he draws in inspiration on history or modern day events.  Basically he said he takes bits and peices of history as inspiration, and a little bit of originality and puts it together.Someone else asked if he plans it out ahead of time if certain characters will die or not, or does he just decide to kill them off at the time he is writing a scene.  He said most of the time, it is planned, but there are certain events (The Red Wedding) where he just needed people to die off, so that is what he did.Other than that, nothing else sticks out in my mind.  It was a good spotlight.  If I had read his books, I might have had more appreciation for it.  Although since I did go, I am seriously considering reading those books, just need to find the time <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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