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'''George R. R. Martin''', born September 20, 1948 in Bayonne, [[New Jersey]], is a novelist and short story writer in the genres of fantasy, horror stories and science fiction.  In addition, he is a screenwriter and television producer.  Martin is best known for ''A Song of Ice and Fire'' which is his bestselling series of epic fantasy novels that [[HBO]] (Home Box Office) used a basis for its dramatic series ''[[Game of Thrones]]''. The series is loosely based on the [[Wars of the Roses]], a feud in 15th century [[England]] for the throne.

'''George R. R. Martin''', born September 20, 1948, in Bayonne, [[New Jersey]], is a novelist and short story writer in the genres of fantasy, horror stories and science fiction.  In addition, he is a screenwriter and television producer.  Martin is best known for ''A Song of Ice and Fire'' which is his bestselling series of epic fantasy novels that [[HBO]] (Home Box Office) used a basis for its dramatic series ''[[Game of Thrones]]''. The series is loosely based on the [[Wars of the Roses]], a feud in 15th century [[England]] for the throne.

== Religious views ==

== Religious views ==

''See also:'' [[Atheism and obesity]] and [[Atheism and death]]

''See also:'' [[Atheism and obesity]] and [[Atheism and death]]

Martin is [[obesity|obese]] (see: [[Atheism and obesity]]). In 2014, Martin became angry about some of his fans speculating about his health and the time of his future death.  The fans were concerned that he would not finish his lengthy fantasy series before he dies.<ref>[https://sites.google.com/site/martin938393/ George RR Martin gives impatient readers the finger] by  Alison Flood, The Guardian, Thursday 10 July 2014 07.18 EDT</ref> In response,  on July 10, 2014 Martin published a picture in ''The Guardian'' which featured him giving those fans a profane gesture using his middle finger (see also: [[Atheism and profanity]]).<ref>''George RR Martin gives impatient readers the finger'' by  Alison Flood, ''The Guardian'', Thursday 10 July 2014 07.18 EDT</ref> He also did the same thing on a German news interview, where he also verbally stated "[Censored] you, to those people!" while claiming their concern about his health and possible death was offensive to him.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTOrBNCeF1Y</ref>

Martin is [[obesity|obese]] (see: [[Atheism and obesity]]). In 2014, Martin became angry about some of his fans speculating about his health and the time of his future death.  The fans were concerned that he would not finish his lengthy fantasy series before he dies.<ref>[https://sites.google.com/site/martin938393/ George RR Martin gives impatient readers the finger] by  Alison Flood, The Guardian, Thursday 10 July 2014 07.18 EDT</ref> In response,  on July 10, 2014, Martin published a picture in ''The Guardian'' which featured him giving those fans a profane gesture using his middle finger (see also: [[Atheism and profanity]]).<ref>''George RR Martin gives impatient readers the finger'' by  Alison Flood, ''The Guardian'', Thursday 10 July 2014 07.18 EDT</ref> He also did the same thing on a German news interview, where he also verbally stated "[Censored] you, to those people!" while claiming their concern about his health and possible death was offensive to him.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTOrBNCeF1Y</ref>

==References==

==References==