Uploaded January 2012 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Amazon speaks with the hugely popular author of the epic fantasy series, "A Song of Ice and Fire" (including "Game of Thrones"). Martin was selected as one of Time magazine's "most influential people in the world." Time called him the "American Tolkien." He answers questions submitted by Amazon Books Facebook fans (back in the summer of 2011).