Electronic/World Wide Web>Internet Article: Anders, Charlie Jane (2014-03-18), Two Reasons That Explain Why We're All Obsessed with Game of Thrones, io9, Retrieved on 2014-04-21Source Material [io9.com]
Folksonomies: fiction Memes
21 APR 2014
Realism in "A Song of Ice and Fire"
Game of Thrones takes place in a land that feels somewhat post-apocalyptic — there are occasional glimmers of hints that something really bad might have happened to Westeros long ago, and that's the reason for the irregular and attenuated seasons. But even more than that, we know Westeros is on the brink of a zombie apocalypse from the very first moment of the story. And part of the genius of Martin's slow-as-soil-erosion storytelling is that the zombie threat never quite arrives, but we ke...The engaging storytelling is the result of its connection to how the world works with gray characters and glacial problems.