His fantasy novel series A Song of Ice and Fire may have sold 90m copies and been translated into 47 languages, propelling George RR Martin to literary superstardom – but that wasn’t enough to prevent the Game of Thrones writer being frozen out of a sci-fi conference being held in Glasgow next month.
A visitor to Worldcon – the largest annual gathering of science fiction creators and their fans – can expect discussions, workshops and talks from some of the best-known figures in the genre. But despite his keenness to be involved, attenders probably won’t be hearing from Martin unless they have the good fortune to bump into him at the bar.
