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Martin has stated that the first thing he wrote about when he put pen to paper was the image of Bran and company in the snow, around the dead direwolf -- which is quite an ominous portent in light of what happens in the series, and a somewhat fantastical one.
He has said that he had considered having _no_ overt fantasy elements whatever, but rejected this -- instead he chose to gradually increase the magic in the series. He wants to keep it rather mysterious, as in Tolkien, although it's clear that it is getting a bit more prevalent. Still, I doubt we'll ever see wizardly duels.
Not like BG did it first. Lords of the Realm and its sequel) had real-time battles that could be paused to give "orders" (not that they were anything more than movement orders for foot and shooting orders for archers), and that was back in 1994. I doubt it was the first to do it.
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Martin has stated that the first thing he wrote about when he put pen to paper was the image of Bran and company in the snow, around the dead direwolf -- which is quite an ominous portent in light of what happens in the series, and a somewhat fantastical one.
He has said that he had considered having _no_ overt fantasy elements whatever, but rejected this -- instead he chose to gradually increase the magic in the series. He wants to keep it rather mysterious, as in Tolkien, although it's clear that it is getting a bit more prevalent. Still, I doubt we'll ever see wizardly duels.
Not like BG did it first. Lords of the Realm and its sequel) had real-time battles that could be paused to give "orders" (not that they were anything more than movement orders for foot and shooting orders for archers), and that was back in 1994. I doubt it was the first to do it.
Actually, that'd be Isaac Asimov. He had a penchant for such funny little songs, something I can't recall RAH ever indulging in.