Works based on A Song of Ice and Fire

A Song of Ice and Fire, the series of fantasy novels by George R. R. Martin, has formed the basis of several works in different media.

Novellas

Dunk and Egg

Martin wrote three separate novellas set ninety years before the events of the novels. These novellas are known as the Tales of Dunk and Egg after the main protagonists, Ser Duncan the Tall and his squire "Egg", the later King Aegon V Targaryen. The stories have no direct connection to the plot of A Song of Ice and Fire, although both characters are mentioned in A Storm of Swords and A Feast For Crows, respectively.

The novellas were published in short story anthologies:

• Legends
  (1998)
• Legends II
  (2003)
• The Mystery Knight in Warriors (2010)

The unfinished series of novellas is to continue to be published in a series of collections entitled A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms. The first of these, comprising the first three novellas, was published – with illustrations by Gary Gianni – in October 2015, and in unillustrated translations earlier.^[1]

Film or TV adaptations of the novellas are being discussed, according to Martin in 2014. He wrote that because HBO owns the TV rights to the setting of Westeros (if not to the characters of the novellas), it would be preferable to have HBO adopt the novellas also.^[1]

The first and second novellas were, in addition, adapted as graphic novels:

• Martin, George R.R.; Avery, Ben; Miller, Mike S.; Crowell, Mike (2005). The Hedge Knight (2. ed.). Dabel Bros.
  ISBN 978-0-9764011-0-0
  .
• Martin, George R.R.; Avery, Ben; Miller, Mike S. (2008). Sworn Sword. Marvel.
  ISBN 978-0-7851-2650-8
  .

The Princess and the Queen, published in Dangerous Women (2013),^[2] details the civil war called the "Dance of the Dragons" between Aegon and Rhaenyra Targaryen about the succession to the Iron Throne.

A fifth novella, The Rogue Prince, or, a King's Brother, was published in the 2014 anthology Rogues. It is a prequel to The Princess and the Queen and concerns the life of Prince Daemon Targaryen, Rhaenyra's second husband.

Most recently, The Sons of the Dragon was published in the 2017 anthology The Book of Swords, and chronicles the lives of Aenys I and Maegor I Targaryen (later known as "Maegor the Cruel"), who were the second and third kings to sit the Iron Throne, respectively.^[3]

Television series

Game of Thrones (2011–19)

In March 2010,

The series has itself given rise to several derived works, including soundtrack albums and a wide range of merchandise.

House of the Dragon (2022–present)

House of the Dragon is an American fantasy drama television series created by

Further spin-offs

In May 2017, after years of speculation about possible successor series, HBO commissioned Max Borenstein, Jane Goldman, Brian Helgeland, Carly Wray and Bryan Cogman^[9] to develop individual Game of Thrones successor series; all of the writers were to be working individually with George R. R. Martin, who also co-wrote two of the scripts.^[10] On June 8, 2018, HBO commissioned a pilot to a Game of Thrones prequel series from Goldman as showrunner and Martin as co-creator.^[11] S. J. Clarkson will direct and executive produce the pilot, which is scheduled to begin filming in mid-2019 in Northern Ireland and other locations.^[12]

Comic book series

The first issue of the comic book adaptation of the first novel, A Game of Thrones, by fantasy author Daniel Abraham and artist Tommy Patterson, was published by Dynamite Entertainment in September 2011. The series is set to run for 24 issues and is intended to follow the story of the novel closely.

The first six issues were published as a trade paperback in March 2012:

• Abraham, Daniel; Martin, George R.R. (2012). A Game of Thrones: The Graphic Novel: Volume One.
  ISBN 978-0-440-42321-8
  .

• Washington, George R.R.; Goldsher, Alan (2012). A Game of Groans: A Sonnet of Slush and Soot. St. Martin's Griffin.
  ISBN 978-1-250-01126-8
  .

In 2012, The Bad Dog Theatre Company adapted the novels as a four-hour improv comedy show in Toronto, titled Throne of Games.^[14]

The fall 2012

In 2013, Game of Thrones was notably parodied on the cover of Mad on April 30,^[18] as well as by a web series, School of Thrones, which set the story in a high school whose students vie for the title of prom king and queen.^[19] The "One World Symphony" company announced, in 2014, a musical production based on television series including Game of Thrones.^[20] In 2015, the Under the Gun Theater of Chicago premiered Swarm of Spoilers, a parody show recapitulating the first four seasons of the TV series.^[21]

In 2013, the animated comedy series South Park aired a three-part episode ("Black Friday", "A Song of Ass and Fire" and "Titties and Dragons") satirizing the U.S. custom of Black Friday in the form of a parody of Game of Thrones.^[22]

Two

A parody titled Game of Thrones: The Musical, written by Basil Considine and developed by Really Spicy Opera, appeared at the Minnesota Fringe Festival in August 2016 and the 2017 Oahu and Maui Fringe Festivals^[27] and was rated a must-see by the St. Paul Pioneer Press.^[28]

Companion publications

Reader guides

The World of Ice & Fire

The World of Ice & Fire, an illustrated companion book for A Song of Ice and Fire written by Martin, Elio M. García Jr. and Linda Antonsson, was published by

In November 2012, Random House published George R. R. Martin's A World of Ice and Fire – A Game of Thrones Guide, an iOS application that provides the biographies of 540 characters, descriptions of 380 places, and interactive maps. The app's "anti-spoiler functionality" hides information not yet revealed at the point up to which the user has read the novels.^[31]

Applications for mobile devices

Several other reader's companion apps for mobile electronic devices have been published, generally without the endorsement of Martin or his publisher. They include Game of Thrones Companion, similar in approach to the above-mentioned Guide, and Westeros Map for Game of Thrones, which contains maps of Essos and its cities. Other A Song of Ice and Fire- or Game of Thrones-themed apps include a trivia game, a study guide, and a weather app from HBO.^[32]

Compilation

The popularity of the

• Lowder, James, ed. (2012). Beyond the Wall: Exploring George R. R. Martin's a Song of Ice and Fire, from a Game of Thrones to a Dance With Dragons. Benbella Books.
  R.A. Salvatore, Brent Hartinger, Ned Vizzini, Gary Westfahl and Daniel Abraham, addresses themes such as the nature of magic or the role of the prequels in Martin's work.^[37]
• Game of Thrones and Philosophy: Logic Cuts Deeper than Swords. John Wiley & Sons Inc. March 13, 2012.
  ISBN 978-1-118-16199-9.
  This entry in Blackwell's Pop Culture and Philosophy series, edited by Henry Jacoby and William Irwin, aims to highlight and discuss philosophical issues raised by the novels and its TV adaptation.^[38]

• Wood, Brian; Patricia Meredith, eds. (2005). The Art of George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire (Rev. ed.).
  ISBN 978-1-58994-218-9
  .
• Meredith, Patricia, ed. (2010). The Art of George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice & Fire: Volume 2 (Rev. ed.). Fantasy Flight Games.
  ISBN 978-1-58994-967-6
  .

Two blogs, Inn at the Crossroads and Cooking Ice and Fire, are dedicated to recreating the dishes described in the novels.[39] Cooking Ice and Fire went defunct in early 2012.

There are also two cookbooks with recipes based on the novels:

• Monroe-Cassel, Chelsea; Lehrer, Sariann (2012). A Feast of Ice and Fire: The Official Game of Thrones Companion Cookbook. Bantam.
  ISBN 978-0-345-53449-1. Based on the blog Inn at the Crossroads.^[40]
• Kistler, Alan (2012). The Unofficial Game of Thrones Cookbook: From Direwolf Ale to Auroch Stew – More Than 150 Recipes from Westeros and Beyond. Adams Media Corp.
  ISBN 978-1-4405-3872-8
  .