It is arguably the most famous writer's block in modern fantasy history. For over a decade, fans of A Song of Ice and Fire have waited, pleaded, and memed, all for the seventh instalment, The Winds of Winter, to arrive. This simmering tension between the world-renowned author and his ravenous readership reached a satirical peak back in 2015, when George R.R. Martin himself was drafted into a television series to poke fun at his own notoriously protracted writing schedule.
The show was Z Nation, Syfy's deliciously dark and post-apocalyptic comedy-drama, and the cameo was pure, self-deprecating genius. In the second season, Martin appeared as a zombified version of himself — a creature driven by a single, mournful, and relentless urge: signing books.
