Anyone else likes listening to George Martin's interviews?

Two of my favorite authors. I never imagined I'd find an event with them speaking together!

Guests come on at 8:22

Here for Kim Stanley Robinson. His new book, The Ministry for the Future is outstanding! And like everyone else I’m eagerly waiting for the final Fire and Ice book(s?) from GRRM.

I like her laugh. It helps me distinguish this interview from others... they're all jumbled in together. Now I won't have to finish it to realize I've already watched it.

Love them both. Great storytellers we’re lucky enough to be alive with at the same time.

every time GRRM does a sit-down like this, he gets asked the same fuckin questions, year in and year out. Never any questions about the lore and history of the story, but instead always the same general questions, and I'm OVER IT.

I remember when I read GRRM was going to be in San Diego and not being able to go. I was hoping the talk would end up online and here it is! Thank you!

These interviews are priceless. Its like getting to interview everyone that have met and read in one interview.

Red Mars, Green Mars, Blue Mars Great trilogy just finished listening to Red Mars audiobook and have been watching GOT season 7 Love both authors work

I wish she didn't mess up A song of Ice and fire title :/ Thank you for posting this, it is inspiring.

The audio is driving me nuts.

Thank you for the upload

Janice's laugh alert at 10:50.....🤣🤣

Putting the mic in his beard ended up being a bad idea lmaoo

GRRM loves sitting in big comfy chairs

Did anyone else notice the lady presenter call GRRMs series "Song of FIRE and ice"?

Some books that I would like to see in TV or film format is David Brin's, especially Earth. I feel a Robert Heinlein adaptation might be difficult and not live up to his genius. I have over 500 science fiction books (collection), I wouldn't even know which one I would begin with, lol

'Armageddon Rag' rocks ! more urban Fantasy Please , Georgie boy ! :)

22:05 - That's some dirty talk right there.

Really annoying when interviewers don't do their research by watching some of the other interviews available online. She asked so many questions he's been asked multiple times.

interesting combo

interesting how he calls it game of thrones now instead of ice and fire

Imagine living with the interviewer and being a funny guy.

the laugh @14:10

Why can't she get the title of his series right???

Hmm G RR Martin has to understand that Science Fiction comes in many flavours. And while there is a big chunck of it for which it is true that it turns out to be more science fantasy there is also other science fiction like i.e. The Martian that puts a lot of effort in plausability. In fact many categorise Science Fiction into: Science Fiction and Science Fantasy. But that is not yet based on a claim of technical accuracy. That is based on what the narrative wants to achieve. Science Fantasy is basically what Martin is refereing here too, Fantasy just in space. Star Wars is a prime example for this one. Science Fiction has a different goal. The reader (or watcher) should get the notion that this could happen. That the extraordinary stuff happening there has become mudane for the people we follow through the stuff (just as if someone from the early 19th century would read about takeing an airplane). Science fiction is a different style to tell stories and has a different goal for what it wants it's audience to feel while reading (watching) it. And then there is "hard" science Fiction that only leaps a little bit in the future and tries to root everything in the tech we have or tech that is plausible form our current viewpoint. So I have to disagree Science Fiction can be quite different from Fantasy. At least from the Fantasy that is most common these days (epic Fantasy ala Tolkien). I give him that if you just define it in a broad sence and more or less say: Star Wars, Star Trek and The Martian are all Science Fiction he is more or less right but only because Star Wars is Science Fantasy and thus since his comparrision applies to that one and all are in the same group it still applies.

That dude that starts off XD *applause* "uh that's the usual reaction when I walk into a room, it's very familiar to me." Get out of here

Finish the book, George.

"song of fire and ice"?

His idea for game of thrones and myself are the same age. We both came into existence in 1991.

It actuall kind of surprises me that Martin would make fun of the guy who talked about "Star Trek isn't a science ficiton show, it's a people show." I mean, I can obviously see why Martin would feel like he was attacking science fiction and making distinctions that weren't there. But I also think that in what the person said there was something that Martin could agree with. If you rephrase what he said a bit, perhap the following sentence has a very similar meaning: "Star Trek isn't about high tech gadgets, it's a show about the human heart in conflict with itself."

how long will he finish the ice and fire

maybe in 20 years they will redo the show in 13 episodes per season 3D and VR :))))

GRRM will probably eliminate the next person asking him about his historical research

Came to comments to see if I was the only one to need to comment on that lady's laugh... Cut her mic audio guy...

This must be old, no?

I've always grouped Science Fiction and Sword&Sorcery in the same general grouping. It's not Grapes of Wrath. But it's fun. Futuristic Fantasy[1984, Clockwork Orange, Brave New World, etc.] can be very serious minded, though, with very big, thought inducing effects on the reader. David Brin is one of my favorite writers, easily, and I'm not reluctant to mention him when talking about "serious" literature. There can be life lessons weaved into unlikely places, if you look for them.

Go to 8:46 to skip the nobodies talking

GRRM at 8:41

Stan sounds like a male Siri when he talks.

This lady's laughter... :-/

I thought my fake laugh was bad..

I wanted to listen to this, until the guy introducing it ruined it for me...

I would love to know why he thinks Game of Thrones is a good adaptation. Sure maybe seasons 1-3 were a good adaptation but after that it went downhill.

Made the 666th like :)

That woman's laugh is so annoying.

one day I'll hear a fake interviewer laugh that's so bad it causes an aneurysm. This is close.

I'm not really liking the woman host. She laughs at everything and feels the need to tell the author that their book is their favourite book, or that she loves whatever book that they make. Feels untrue, feels dishonest, feels fake. On the other hand, maybe it's just nice to laugh at everything as common courtesy. At the end of the day; I found that the interview was an enjoyable watch. Only here for GRRM.

...but the producer wasn't entirely wrong...

08:33 George RR Martin appears 😍. I endured 8+ minutes of boredom so you don't have to. Like if you agree 👍

I've always assumed Kim Stanley Robinson was a woman! LOL

"Hu-u-u-u-u-u-u !" What is wrong with her ?! Does she think she'st a sheep ?!

im first to comment do i win anything

Interviewer is terrible

Hahahaha her laugh actually is annoying

OMG that laugh is really cringy

It always irritates me when these girls (or even grown up women) start screaming like l don't know what. "Eeeeeeeeh!" . It's just beyond me how anybody can be so ignorant and shameless. I mean what are the others present supposed to feel about their screaming?!- 'Oh hey, can somebody call the looney bin ? There's an escapee among us (or a whole bunch of them actually)! Hurry!' "Eeeeeeeeeeh!" -And there she goes again... Wth....