Power behind the 'Thrones'; Lunch with the FT: George RR Martin, writer of the bestselling fantasy novels behind the hit TV series 'Game of Thrones', tells Isabel Berwick how his saga was inspired by turtles and Tolkien - and why her chicken dish reminds him of a fantasy kingdom

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  • Author(s): By:Berwick, Isabel
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    Financial Times (London, England), June 2, 2012 FT WEEKEND SUPPLEMENT - LIFE & ARTS London Ed1, p. 03 8pp
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    • Abstract:
      Halfway through lunch at the Delaunay, a fashionable European-style brasserie in London, George RR Martin compares the giant slab of breaded chicken on my plate to a map of a fantasy kingdom. The fact that he is one of the world's biggest selling fantasy writers, and creator of the books on which the hit television series Game of Thrones is based, makes this a little less surprising than it might otherwise be...