Every author including Martin himself read hundreds and hundreds of books before writing their own. Many writing styles, plot points, concepts like dragons, are drawn from things they read from other books. If chatgdp trains on data, it can simply use it like how we read books in school, or how English majors study famous works.
This book also actually passed the USSR censors and was officially published in 1962, unlike Archipelago which circulated in samizdat (illegal underground distribution) for many many years. It was the first book legally published in the USSR that described the horrors of the forced labor camps.
My all time favorite is Tolkien, books I've read several times. Some classic fantasy that he missed: E.R.Eddisons The Worm Ouroboros, Evangeline Waltons Mabinogion, Poul Andersons The Broken Sword and Three Hearts & Three Lions. 597 votes, 135 comments. 23M subscribers in the books community.
Bit of an odd question, but I've been hoping to put together a somewhat uniform collection of Martin's pre-ASOIAF books and so far I've found Tuf Voyaging and Windhaven, and just purchased copies of The Armageddon Rag and Dreamsongs Vol 1 all in the livery that basically seems to be in the same style as the Ice and Fire series.
George R.R. Martin isn't sure The Winds of Winter will be out by March of 2025 During the interview, which was excerpted on Reddit , Clare mentions that she has a book — The Ragpicker King
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