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Tag Archives: George R. R. Martin

Religion in Fantasy

Stefon Mears — Official Website Posted on July 10, 2014 by StefonJuly 10, 2014

Over the weekend, my wife and I saw Deliver Us from Evil. As a horror film it’s well worth seeing, but today I want to focus on one element of it: the priest. In many horror films, a priest is … Continue reading →

Posted in Fantasy, Geek, Horror | Tagged A Song of Ice and Fire, ASoIaF, deliver us from evil, Fantasy, game of thrones, George R. R. Martin, horror, Religion, religion in fantasy, saladin ahmed, throne of the crescent moon | Leave a reply

Predictably Unpredictable — Flip the Trope

Stefon Mears — Official Website Posted on June 4, 2014 by StefonJune 4, 2014

This post will contain spoilers for the Game of Thrones episode “The Mountain and the Viper” and for the season one finale of Agents of SHIELD. If either of these would bother you, then you should probably stop reading. But … Continue reading →

Posted in Fantasy, Geek, television | Tagged A Song of Ice and Fire, Agents of SHIELD, ASoIaF, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Fantasy, game of thrones, George R. R. Martin, Joss Whedon, trope | Leave a reply

Geekdom and Sharing

Stefon Mears — Official Website Posted on June 8, 2013 by StefonJuly 24, 2013

Last summer, at a writer’s conference, I met a man who is writing a science fiction novel with an Indian basis instead of a Western basis. I asked if he’d read Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny. He hadn’t. He … Continue reading →

Posted in Geek | Tagged A Song of Ice and Fire, ASoIaF, game of thrones, George R. R. Martin, Lord of Light, Roger Zelazny | Leave a reply

Origins of the Dragon Age

Stefon Mears — Official Website Posted on June 2, 2013 by StefonJuly 24, 2013

  Much is made these days of the dragons on Game of Thrones. And this is proper. The special effects are amazing. And the special effects may be even better when Smaug appears on screen in The Hobbit. But long … Continue reading →

Posted in Fantasy, film, Geek | Tagged A Song of Ice and Fire, ASoIaF, Dragons, Dragonslayer, Fantasy, game of thrones, George R. R. Martin | Leave a reply

All Stories Must Die. All Stories Must Serve.

Stefon Mears — Official Website Posted on May 17, 2013 by StefonJuly 24, 2013

The other day I saw a post on Mythic Scribes that asks whether black and white fantasy is dead. As usual, I read the article and came away thinking along entirely different lines than the topic intended.* The essay examines … Continue reading →

Posted in Fantasy, Geek, Writing | Tagged A Song of Ice and Fire, ASoIaF, Fantasy, game of thrones, George R. R. Martin, The Princess Bride, Writing | 7 Replies

A Bitch by Any Other Name…

Stefon Mears — Official Website Posted on April 25, 2013 by StefonJuly 24, 2013

So, it’s Thursday and I’m still thinking about Sunday’s Game of Thrones episode. Without going into spoiler-level details, there’s a great scene with Daenerys Targaryen. How good is it? Well, I almost went online and bought a Targaryen house tee-shirt. … Continue reading →

Posted in Fantasy, Geek, television | Tagged A Song of Ice and Fire, ASoIaF, Fantasy, game of thrones, George R. R. Martin, Sopranos | Leave a reply

Zen and the Art of Adaptation

Stefon Mears — Official Website Posted on April 22, 2013 by StefonJuly 24, 2013

Most of the fans of HBO’s Game of Thrones fall into one of two categories: *          Fans of the novels. These are the people who have read all the books, possibly more than once. They range from those who really … Continue reading →

Posted in Fantasy, Geek | Tagged A Song of Ice and Fire, ASoIaF, Fantasy, game of thrones, George R. R. Martin, HBO | Leave a reply

What Could Follow Epic Fantasy?

Stefon Mears — Official Website Posted on April 2, 2013 by StefonJuly 24, 2013

Epic fantasy rules the entertainment world these days. Kicked off by the Lord of the Rings films, epic fantasy has spread from the pages of novels to the big and small screens. George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice … Continue reading →

Posted in Fantasy, film, Geek, SF, Star Wars, television | Tagged A Song of Ice and Fire, Amber, ASoIaF, Chronicles of Amber, Elric, Fantasy, George R. R. Martin, Harry Potter, J.R.R. Tolkien, Legend of the Seeker, lord of the rings, Michael Moorcock, Robert Jordan, Roger Zelazny, SF, Star Trek, Star Wars, Stormbringer, Sword of Truth, Terry Goodkind, The Hobbit, Twilight, Wheel of Time | 5 Replies

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