Praise for George R. R. Martin and His Body of Work A Song of Ice and Fire Series "Of those who work in the grand epic-fantasy tradition, Martin is by far the best. In fact...this is as good a time as any to proclaim him the American Tolkien." -Time "George R. R. Martin has created the unlikely genre of the realpolitik fantasy novel. Complete with warring kings, noble heroes and backroom dealings, it's addictive reading and reflects our current world a lot better than The Lord of the Rings." -Rolling Stone "Mainstream readers...have a great treat ahead of them in Martin....Emotionally complex, masterfully written." -Newsday "I always expect the best from George R. R. Martin, and he always delivers." -Robert Jordan. The Armageddon Rag "The best novel concerning the American pop music culture of the 60s I've ever read." -Stephen King "George R. R. Martin takes us on a wild, melodramatic, mystical hallucinatory voyage through the last two decades. Beautifully written. I couldn't put it down." -Timothy Leary Fevre Dream "A chilling vampire novel that will have those little hairs on the back of your neck standing at constant attention...a five-star beauty [and one of! the best two books of the season." -Boston News Digest "Spectacular, simply one of the best frighteners to appear in years...inventive, lucid and genuinely scary—I'd recommend this to anyone who scoffs at genre writing." -Time Out