“I really took that to heart”: The One ‘Lord of the Rings’ Plot Element George R.R. Martin Admits Copying Must Return in The Winds of Winter

“I really took that to heart”: The One ‘Lord of the Rings’ Plot Element George R.R. Martin Admits Copying Must Return in The Winds of Winter

George R.R. Martin has been a fan of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings since he was a teenager, admitting in an archived interview on YouTube (via Wikipedia) that the most striking element in the Middle-earth novel series was its use of subtle magic, which he also incorporated in A Song of Ice and Fire: If you look at The Lord of the Rings, what strikes you, it certainly struck me, is that although the world is infused with this great sens…