Robin Hobb isn't as famous as George RR Martin, but her Farseer Trilogy and all the following trilogies are fantastic and my favorite books ever. She is especially amazing at creating complicated villains and heroes and in-between characters

Robin Hobb doesn't get nearly enough respect on her name. she's such a brilliant author

If you haven't read Robin Hobb, it is a must.

Robin is the queen of fantasy. I just finished the last book and cried for over 40 minutes, full blown sobbing. no characters in tv/movies/books have stuck with me more then Fitz, beloved and nighteyes. I see them as old friends.

The third person on stage is Jane Johnson, and she's a novelist in her own right, as well as editing RH and GRRM's books.

Robin Hobb is so adorable. I'm going to buy her books.

The works of Robin Hobb changed the way I see the world, and the people who live in it.

What they said at 27:00 really struck a chord. Robin Hobb's Tawny Man trilogy did that for me, it was such a personal experience. When I finished the books I was pretty much going through the stages of grief but nobody around me could understand, even if they'd read the books, because their experience had not been the same as mine. It's a beautiful thing! But can be frustrating too.

Two of the greatest- yet every single time I watch something like this, I feel a pang of sadness that Robert Jordan couldn't be up there with them.

Just finished the third Farseer trilogy ("Fool's Fate" final volume) and Robin Hobb now stands head and shoulders above any fantasy storyteller I've read. These characters are etched in my mind forever, and in terms of deep human portraits, insights into human nature, vast and convincing world building, and sheer beauty of prose Robin Hobb leaves Tolkien and CS Lewis in the dust, IMO.

Only just started reading Robin Hobb (I know I'm very late to the party), but she is just incredible! Very quickly becoming one of my favorite authors ever.

I'd suggest the farseer trilogy/fitz and the fool trilogy to anyone. Robin Hobb is definitely one of my favourite authors. The Rainwild Chronicles are also pretty awesome.

Martin: "If you get stuck, have someone come through the door with a gun. of course that would be really weird in westeros if someone came through the door with a gun." *tywin lannister looks up from the privy as tyrion comes through the door with a crossbow*

As soon as they mentioned Nighteyes....even years later. *sniff* I'm not crying, you're crying!

I heard so much about Robin Hobb but never had read her work...so many books to read.I simply love the fantasy genre :)

George literally talking about how he could never finish any of his writing is a great omen

Two absolute legends, love listening to them speak.

I love how George is arguably the more popular author what with his books being adapted to mainstream tv on HBO and all the comments are singing the praises of Robin Hobb (it defiantly helps that she actually finished her story)

I started tearing up just reading all the comments!! The absolute love I have for Robin Hobb is shocking. I’ve always been a reader of Classics. But I wanted to change it up just a bit BUT- It’s 2024. I started the Realm of the Elderlings a month ago and I’m on book 6. The Ship of Destiny. I’m so stuck in!! Gobsmacked at how beautiful her writing is!! I’ve already bought all 19 books, plus Piebald Prince. All on my bookshelf except SoD. Of course. lol😍 Each of them are in phenomenal company. Mad respect for them both and Jane of course too!! ❤

I just finished the entire Elderlings series and came here. I am beyond words. To have been with Fitz, to meet all this wonderful characters, and to say goodbye. They will always be with me, specially in sunny days were one may lay with their belly facing up, or starry nights of game

Robin Hobb is my hero....

Robin HOBB / Megan is one of my favourite authors. Love her!

That was such a great applause at the end. You could tell during this entire interview all the people in the audience were so engaged and intrigued with what George and Robin had to say

i love that GRRM sits in that throne chair like he's the king, you know or a god ;)

King and Queen of the world

These authors are worthy of respect and admiration.

I want to adopt George as my grandpa. How do...how do I make that happen?

I think the appeal of being a writer is that you get to lock yourself away and more or less write what you want to write. I think of writing in an isolated cabin next to a fireplace. To a certain degree writers are professionally trained daydreamers. At the end of the day whether you get paid or not you still have your book. Most jobs give you nothing but money. There is perhaps no greater combination of solitude and imagination than in writing fiction.

Both of these authors are the reason for a huge amount of my anguish over waiting for a book to be finished. I love their work from the bottom of my heart, but especially with Hobb I feel I will never get to read the finished Death Scent story arc.

I always learn something new about writing or storytelling from George whenever he gives a long-form interview so this was great as ever. It was also interesting to hear from Robin Hobb, an author I'm not familiar with but would like to learn more about through her work - she had some great advice too!

I’m really enjoying Robin Hobb’s Assassin’s Apprentice I just started it I can’t wait to read a book that’s been acclaimed by GRRM.

I absolutely loved this interview. It's always a bit encouraging to see that even the ultimate fantasy duo has a hard time with first drafts. I love when GRRM says: "I made myself actually start finishing these stories no matter how much I hated, loathed, and despised them."

Robin Hobb’s writing is so beautiful and unique. Her Realm of the Elderlings books are the most wonderful books I ever had the good fortune to stumble across. If you enjoy nature, magic, wolves, dragons, fairytales and character driven stories these books are a must. I consider myself a slow reader but without effort I read all 16 books in her RotE series in 2 months because they were so compelling and the need to know what happened to the characters was beyond anything else I have read before. I only wish I had found this series sooner.

Fools Assassin, Amazing book, broke my heart and wish the book didn't end as it did but just makes me look forward the the next installment even more.

How they can come up these vast worlds is just so amazing. They breath such life.

Fantasitic talk -- I will definitely check out Hobbs's books, she's unknown to me, thought won't be for long.

its interesting George's stance on him being a celebrity. I watch his interviews, and like this one, it's like his emotional response to the questions is "why does anyone care about my answer to this?" or like "I've answered this a million times"

Mr. George is just as articulate and humorous in person🤓📑 whereas Marge-alias-Robin is more of an introverted genius.🧐

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Would love to see a series on Robin hobb’s books currently on Assassins quest about 150 pages from the end and still loving the series looking forward to liveship traders next follow by tawny man (however it’s spelt),rain wild chronicles & fitz and the fool trilogies etc

To those who put this together, thank you so much. Wonderful insight into the minds of two amazing authors.

ASOIAF is interesting, but The Royal Assassin makes my heart beat faster, to see what one person can go through, not just suffering but also purpose and accomplishment. ASOIAF has just too many deaths, whereas deaths in TRA are heartbreaking, they're all beautifully written and when they happen you don't just think "what will this cause ?" but "how will people feel now ?".

Brilliant to see this. Thanks for uploading.

Ahh. There they are. The creators of Joffrey and Regal. I have only read 2 books in the Farseer trilogy. Please don’t spoil me.

Fantastic! Thanks so much!

Thanks for posting the video.

I'm putting in a good word for Robin Hobb's earlier work, published under her real name of Megan Lindholm. They're clever and inventive. Did you know weather magic is inevitably political? Check out her Windsinger books. Also, if you're tired of the usual excuses for a main character to get into trouble, those books have a teamster who hauls things for money. It's just that the things might be a living wizard divided into several boxes. Cloven Hooves has a satyr-- a member of a species of parthenogenic males with the ability to generate custom pheromones. The book is depressing as all hell, but smart and unforgettable. Wizard of the Pigeons is about a vet living on the streets with an interesting mix of powers and restrictions.

How kind you can tell that hat was important to him he really did go everywhere with that hat

I think that woman (hostess) says in one of the documentaries on the Lord of the Rings DVDs that the scene with Boromir in the Misty Mountains that reflects on the thematic significance of the Ring "is never done in the books". However, that scene was directly transplanted from Amon Hen. Gotcha!

Thanks !

The GOATS

Loved it!

I can actually relate to a lot of this as a musician and not a writer, I guess there are some universal truths there

I was sad that George hadn't read the rainwild chronicles, or else he would know that there ARE true dragons in Robin's world.

My wolves are bigger 😂 GRRM

"My wolves are bigger though." 😂

Loved this!

Nighteyes approves of this.

21:00 Similar thing good ol' Christopher Hitchens always used to say!

I hope George will live a long time.

1:18:32 The sweetest voice ever

Farseer Trilogy ended somewhat disappointedly for me but Royal Assassin is a 11/10 book!

I agree with George that if you are thinking of being a writer then you should ask yourself if you would still do it knowing you will never be noticed. Personally I take one trip to a larger size library and think, "Does the world really need another book?"

great video. Two authors worth reading try and explain how they do what they do.

1:11:33 - Thomas Pynchon

"They were all beginnings.." lmao

George from the hood. Hell ya

The first time i cried reading a book was when i read the fitz and fool 1

Robin looks like if Ronda Rousey changed from martial arts to literary arts.

4:35 "Some cosplayers look more like me than I do." => Added to the list of my favorite quotes.

no es posible encontrar una version subtitulada?

... Alright I'll say it. Wear a Santa hat.

I’ve always found GRRM great to listen to.

Kennit.. the 'best' villain!

Add Sanderson sitting next to them and you have the Golden Trio of modern epic fantasy

This is great! Robin Hobb is also one of my most favorite writers!! I love The Farseer group of books! In the first book (which came out before GRRM's first Got book) she had some characters, who had the ability to bond with an animal and could then communicate/talk with them, in a telepathic way. These people could also, leave their own body, enter their bond animal's mind and exist together within the animal's mind/body. If a person stayed too long inside their animal, they would eventually lose their "human-ness" and become one with their animal's mind, essentially becoming that type of animal. Then, eventually they would become unable to return to their human body. (what GRRM calls "worging" in his book) I had wondered if GRRM, had gotten that idea from Robin's book series or just somehow came up with that same idea, unaware that she already had characters in her books, that could do exactly that.

Subtitulada!

Such a weird question from that audience member who considers Tyrion to be an 'underdog' and didn't have 'the best start in life.' Tyrion's the son of the richest man in the seven kingdoms! Here's the dude who walks into an inn with no vacancy, and buys someone else's room with gold! How is he even remotely considered an underdog? Sure, he can't reach the top shelves, but in terms of socio-economic class he's insanely well off. He's the 1% of Westeros.

If you’re into George then you will most likely love Robin Hobb. I’m far more attached to the characters in her books than I am his. The GOT books never moved me so much that I cried but the Realm of the Elderlings got me a few times. I’ve read the series twice and am listening to the audiobooks currently for the second time. Ugh....it’s SO good! You know how it is when you recommend books to friends and you’re jealous that they are gonna get to experience it for the first time? Well that’s how I feel about her books🥰

these thrones suit them)

$629.70 is what GRRM's $94 would be in today's money.

@1:22:29 Holy fuck that scared the shit out of me.

GRRM is so right about the English (and later British) Kings, sure they've broadened from Henry and Edward (and the occasional Richard) but just look at the current line of succession Charles -> William -> George, all names that had already been used by multiple previous Monarchs.

did grrm include william faulkner nobel's speech reference? I am not watching it without that!

George ist erlich und schlau

Cool. I was 'like' #1000!

Finish the book, George.

6:52 The woman is right though.

I never read or seen Game of Thrones because I didn't want it to influence my own work. Its success intimidated me and I came to dislike Martin (for no real reason). But as soon as I started watching his interviews this year, I found my inspiration and motivation to keep creating and world building. So what I allowed to be my biggest deterrent became my biggest motivation. So thanks George.

in case ur wondering, its about 420 dollars now

48:50 that's interesting.. but i need subtitles. Robet Highline "Have Space Suit - Will Travel " ..and?

5:29 Robin is just like wtf kind of a question is that???????????

what if this guy is a double of a real George Martin who actually stayed anonymous?

Louis Theroux at 1:10:28 lol

Maybe GRRM is more famous (particularly because of TV) but for sure he is not better in any means than Robin Hobb. And by now we know… we know.. she at least finishes her books. Yes, it had to be said.

I’d never finished any of my early stories... THATS NOT A GOOD SIGN 😂 George knows he’s wrecked in that moment

Having read both of authors here. I much prefer Robin Hobb as the superior of the two.

I really enjoyed this. Thank you very much. It was fun, informative and interesting. Definitely will check out Robin who is new to me. Excellent interviewer too.

George apparently forgot about rule #2

No one is gonna talk about how Farseer Trilogy appeared before GOT books, and in GOT you can see a lot of things that are almost identical with the first books Robin Hobb wrote? No? Ok..