You’ve read the books. You’ve watched the hit series on HBO. Now acclaimed novelist Daniel Abraham and illustrator Tommy Patterson bring George R. R. Martin’s epic fantasy masterwork A Game of Thrones to majestic new life in the pages of this full-color graphic novel. Comprised of the initial six issues of the graphic series, this is the Martin says he expects his final two "Thrones" books to fill 3,000 manuscript pages. “It is hard to believe it is over, if truth be told,” George R.R. Martin wrote in a new blog post reacting How George R. R. Martin ignores the general rule of writing stories. Martin continued, “One of the things about names is that when you are a wee tiny little writer just starting out, one of the things they teach you, when you are writing a story, never give two characters in the story whose names begin with the same letter.”. SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO: George RR Martin, the mastermind behind the iconic book series, 'A Song of Ice and Fire', has stirred buzz among 'Game of Thrones' enthusiasts as he shared updates about LOibIP5.