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Джордж Ре́ймонд Ри́чард Ма́ртин — современный американский писатель-фантаст, сценарист, продюсер и редактор, лауреат многих литературных премий. В 1970—1980-е годы получил известность благодаря рассказам и повестям в жанре научной фантастики, литературы ужасов и фэнтези. Наибольшую славу ему принес выходящий с 1996 года фэнтезийный цикл «Песнь Льда и Огня», позднее экранизированный компанией HBO в виде популярного телесериала «Игра престолов». Эти книги дали основания литературным критикам называть Мартина «американским Толкином». В 2011 году журнал Time включил Джорджа Мартина в свой список самых влиятельных людей в мире. Wikipedia  

✵ 20. Сентябрь 1948

Произведение

Буря мечей
Буря мечей
Джордж Мартин
Пир стервятников
Джордж Мартин
Танец с драконами
Джордж Мартин
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„Лучшее фэнтези написано на языке мечты. Оно такое же живое, как мечта, реальнее, чем сама реальность… по крайней мере, на миг, долгий волшебный миг перед тем, как мы проснёмся. Фэнтези — серебро и багрянец, индиго и лазурь, обсидиан с прожилками золота и лазурита. А реальность — это фанера и пластик, окрашенные в грязно-коричневые и желтовато-зелёные тона. Фэнтези имеет вкус хабанеры и мёда, корицы и гвоздики, превосходного красного мяса и вина, сладкого, словно лето. Реальность — это бобы и тофу, а в конечном итоге — прах; это бесконечные магазины Бербанка, дымовые трубы Кливленда, парковки Ньюарка. А фэнтези сравнимы с башнями Минас Тирита, древними камнями Горменгаста, залами Камелота. Фэнтези летает на крыльях Икара, а реальность пользуется Юго-Западными авиалиниями. Почему наши мечты оказываются такими маленькими и скромными, когда исполняются?
По-моему, мы читаем фэнтези, чтобы вернуть утраченные краски, ощутить вкус пряностей и услышать песню сирен. Есть нечто древнее и истинное в фэнтези, затрагивающее глубокие струны в наших душах. Фэнтези обращается к спрятанному глубоко в нас ребёнку, который мечтает, что будет охотиться в лесах ночи, пировать у подножия гор, и найдёт любовь, которая будет длиться вечно где-то к югу от Оз и северу от Шангри-Ла.
Пусть оставят себе свой рай. Когда я умру, то лучше отправлюсь в Средиземье.“

„Я старался сделать так, чтобы каждый из моих персонажей был похож на человека. Настоящего, живого. В моем первом романе семь героев, от лица которых ведется повествование, в каждом следующем добавлялось еще несколько. Вы видите мир их глазами, а я пробираюсь в голову каждого, чтобы сжиться с ним. Я хотел, чтобы они были разными. Одни благородны и справедливы, другие эгоистичны. Одни умны, другие не очень или даже глупы. Однако все они люди. Я всегда мечтал создать великих персонажей, а они не бывают черными или белыми. В фэнтези довольно часто описывается столкновение добра со злом, и иногда это работает. Однако я в это не верю. Не верю в то, что на поле брани встречаются хорошие и плохие — и хорошие в белом, а злодеи в черном, а еще они уродливые и питаются человеческой плотью…“

Интервью с кинокритиком «Медузы» Антоном Долиным. Август, 2017 год.

„Толкин совершил ошибку, когда возродил Гэндальфа. К чёрту Гэндальфа! У него была отличная смерть, и герои должны были идти дальше без него.“

Интерьвью на Odyssey Con в апреле 2008 года
Tolkien made the wrong choice when he brought Gandalf back. Screw Gandalf. He had a great death and the characters should have had to go on without him
Источник: 10 самых ярких высказываний Джорджа Мартина http://7kingdoms.ru/2010/10-samyx-yarkix-vyskazyvanij-dzhordzha-rr-martina-chast-1/

Джордж Мартин Цитаты о мужчинах

„В искусстве нет демократии. Люди не могут проголосовать за нравящуюся им концовку“

интервью GamePro magazine, 8 апреля 2003 года
Art is not a democracy. People don't get to vote on how it ends

Эта цитата ждет обзора.

„Я считаю, что разница между научной фантастикой, фэнтези и даже ужастиками довольно поверхностная. Да, есть люди, особенно в научной фантастике, которые полагают, что разница весьма существенна, но я с подобной точкой зрения не согласен. Для меня это всё — вопрос меблировки готовой комнаты. И эльф, и пришелец могут выполнять в романе, по большому счёту, одну и ту же функцию. Это, по сути, вопрос вкуса и цвета. Мороженое может быть шоколадным или земляничным, но оно остается мороженым. На мой взгляд, существенная разница есть лишь между романтической литературой, к которой относятся все вышеперечисленные жанры, и литературой подражательной, или натуралистической.“

Интервью Weird Tales, 2008
I think that for science fiction, fantasy, and even horror to some extent, the differences are skin-deep. I know there are elements in the field, particularly in science fiction, who feel that the differences are very profound, but I do not agree with that analysis. I think for me it is a matter of the furnishings. An elf or an alien may in some ways fulfill the same function, as a literary trope. It’s almost a matter of flavor. The ice cream can be chocolate or it can be strawberry, but it’s still ice cream. The real difference, to my mind, is between romantic fiction, which all these genres are a part of, and mimetic fiction, or naturalistic fiction.
Источник: George R.R. Martin on magic vs. science https://web.archive.org/web/20130302174312/http://weirdtales.net/wordpress/2007/05/24/george-rr-martin-on-magic-vs-science/ // Weird Tales

„Какой персонаж больше всего похож на вас? На какого вы хотели бы быть похожим? И каким из них вы бы ни за что не хотели стать?
— Мне легче и приятнее всего писать от лица Тириона. Я бы хотел сказать, что похож на него, несмотря на все его недостатки. Но, увы, я не Тирион. Он невероятно остроумен, а я нет. Он острит постоянно, а я иногда неделями ломаю голову, чтобы придумать эти остроты. В реальной жизни я тот самый человек, который постоянно сетует про себя: «Черт, вот как мне надо было тогда сказать, почему же я не додумался три недели назад». Боюсь, на самом деле я больше похож на Сэмвелла Тарли. Добрый старина Сэм. Ну, а хотел бы я быть, естественно, Джоном Сноу — байроническим и романтическим героем, в которого влюблены все девушки. А боюсь я стать Теоном Грейджоем. Парень, который тоже хочет быть Джоном Сноу, но его собственные эгоистические импульсы оказываются сильнее. Он постоянно борется сам с собой за то, чтобы стать героем. Он и Джон — оба были воспитаны Эддардом Старком в его семье, оба были в этой семье чужими, оба аутсайдеры, но Джону удается с этим справиться, а Теону — нет: его съедают зависть и жалость к себе.“

Интервью с кинокритиком «Медузы» Антоном Долиным. Август, 2017 год.

Джордж Мартин Цитаты о книгах

Эта цитата ждет обзора.

Джордж Мартин цитаты

„На протяжении всей своей карьеры я убивал персонажей. Не знаю, возможно, я всего лишь кровожадный ублюдок. Но когда мой персонаж в опасности, я хочу, чтобы вам было страшно перевернуть страницу, а для этого нужно показать с самого начала, что игра идет всерьез.“

интервью Geekson, 8 апреля 2006 года
I've been killing characters my entire career, maybe I'm just a bloody minded bastard, I don't know, [but] when my characters are in danger, I want you to be afraid to turn the page (and to do that) you need to show right from the beginning that you're playing for keeps.

Эта цитата ждет обзора.

„В настоящей жизни самое сложное в сражении между добром и злом — понять, где что“

интервью Infinity Plus (февраль 2001)
In real life, the hardest aspect of the battle between good and evil is determining which is which.
Вариант: В настоящей жизни самое сложное в сражении между добром и злом — понять, где что.

„Что бы я ни писал, в истории всегда найдется пример столь же отвратительный или даже хуже.“

Мартин говорит о своей книге "Буря мечей", и в частности о "Красной Свадьбе".

Джордж Мартин: Цитаты на английском языке

“It is the people who speak to me, the men and women who once lived and loved and dreamed and grieved, just as we do.”

infinity plus interview (2001)
Контексте: Historical processes have never much interested me, but history is full of stories, full of triumph and tragedy and battles won and lost. It is the people who speak to me, the men and women who once lived and loved and dreamed and grieved, just as we do. Though some may have had crowns on their heads or blood on their hands, in the end they were not so different from you and me, and therein lies their fascination. I suppose I am still a believer in the now unfashionable "heroic" school, which says that history is shaped by individual men and women and the choices that they make, by deeds glorious and terrible.

“The real difference, to my mind, is between romantic fiction, which all these genres are a part of, and mimetic fiction, or naturalistic fiction.”

Interview with Weird Tales (24 May 2007) http://weirdtales.net/wordpress/2007/05/24/george-rr-martin-on-magic-vs-science/
Контексте: I think that for science fiction, fantasy, and even horror to some extent, the differences are skin-deep. I know there are elements in the field, particularly in science fiction, who feel that the differences are very profound, but I do not agree with that analysis. I think for me it is a matter of the furnishings. An elf or an alien may in some ways fulfill the same function, as a literary trope. It’s almost a matter of flavor. The ice cream can be chocolate or it can be strawberry, but it’s still ice cream. The real difference, to my mind, is between romantic fiction, which all these genres are a part of, and mimetic fiction, or naturalistic fiction.

“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, the man who never reads lives only one.”

George Raymond Richard Martin книга Танец с драконами

Источник: A Dance with Dragons. Jojen

“In real life, the hardest aspect of the battle between good and evil is determining which is which.”

infinity plus interview (2001)
Вариант: In real life, the hardest aspect of the battle between good and evil is determining which is which.
Контексте: The battle between good and evil is a legitimate theme for a Fantasy (or for any work of fiction, for that matter), but in real life that battle is fought chiefly in the individual human heart. Too many contemporary Fantasies take the easy way out by externalizing the struggle, so the heroic protagonists need only smite the evil minions of the dark power to win the day. And you can tell the evil minions, because they're inevitably ugly and they all wear black.
I wanted to stand much of that on its head.
In real life, the hardest aspect of the battle between good and evil is determining which is which.

“It doesn't seem to matter what gods you pray to. We all die, in the real world and in fantasy worlds, and if there was some religion where you did not die I suspect that would be, that god would become very popular.”

Discussing the influence of real-life faiths on his work and its religious systems, Authors@Google (August 2011)
Контексте: I think worship of death is an interesting basis for religion, because after all death is the one universal. It doesn't seem to matter what gods you pray to. We all die, in the real world and in fantasy worlds, and if there was some religion where you did not die I suspect that would be, that god would become very popular. They all promise us eternal life, but whatever.

“The battle between good and evil is a legitimate theme for a Fantasy (or for any work of fiction, for that matter), but in real life that battle is fought chiefly in the individual human heart.”

infinity plus interview (2001)
Контексте: The battle between good and evil is a legitimate theme for a Fantasy (or for any work of fiction, for that matter), but in real life that battle is fought chiefly in the individual human heart. Too many contemporary Fantasies take the easy way out by externalizing the struggle, so the heroic protagonists need only smite the evil minions of the dark power to win the day. And you can tell the evil minions, because they're inevitably ugly and they all wear black.
I wanted to stand much of that on its head.
In real life, the hardest aspect of the battle between good and evil is determining which is which.

“They may get invited to the premiere and they come out of the premiere looking like all of their children had just been gassed, with a stunned look on their face because everything has been changed.”

On his background in Hollywood and the risks of adaptioning one's work for the screen, at Authors@Google (August 2011) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTTW8M_etko
Контексте: Sometimes I think some of my fellow novelists who have not worked in television and film are very naive about this process. They get an offer and there's the dump truck full of money and they sign it, they cash the check and then they're not involved in the series. They may get invited to the premiere and they come out of the premiere looking like all of their children had just been gassed, with a stunned look on their face because everything has been changed.

“My own heroes are the dreamers, those men and women who tried to make the world a better place than when they found it, whether in small ways or great ones. Some succeeded, some failed, most had mixed results… but it is the effort that's heroic, as I see it. Win or lose, I admire those who fight the good fight.”

Talking about Busted Flush the Wild Cards novel, Interview on Pat's Fantasy Hotlist http://fantasyhotlist.blogspot.com/2008/12/interview-with-george-r-r-martin-and.html (December 2008)
Контексте: With great power comes great responsibility, Stan Lee once wrote. Spidey's credo articulates the basic premise of every superhero universe, including ours. But Lord Acton wrote that power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. The tension between those two truths is where the drama comes in. My own heroes are the dreamers, those men and women who tried to make the world a better place than when they found it, whether in small ways or great ones. Some succeeded, some failed, most had mixed results... but it is the effort that's heroic, as I see it. Win or lose, I admire those who fight the good fight.

“I think that for science fiction, fantasy, and even horror to some extent, the differences are skin-deep.”

Interview with Weird Tales (24 May 2007) http://weirdtales.net/wordpress/2007/05/24/george-rr-martin-on-magic-vs-science/
Контексте: I think that for science fiction, fantasy, and even horror to some extent, the differences are skin-deep. I know there are elements in the field, particularly in science fiction, who feel that the differences are very profound, but I do not agree with that analysis. I think for me it is a matter of the furnishings. An elf or an alien may in some ways fulfill the same function, as a literary trope. It’s almost a matter of flavor. The ice cream can be chocolate or it can be strawberry, but it’s still ice cream. The real difference, to my mind, is between romantic fiction, which all these genres are a part of, and mimetic fiction, or naturalistic fiction.

“I am much more a gardener than an architect.”

Audio Interview http://www.geekson.com/archives/archiveepisodes/2006/episode080406.htm with Geekson http://www.geekson.com in Episode 54, (4 August 2006)
Контексте: There are many different kinds of writers, I like to use the analogy of architects and gardeners. There are some writers who are architects, and they plan everything, they blueprint everything, and they know before the drive the first nail into the first board what the house is going to look like and where all the closets are going to be, where the plumbing is going to run, and everything is figured out on the blueprints before they actually begin any work whatsoever. And then there are gardeners who dig a little hole and drop a seed in and water it with their blood and see what comes up, and sort of shape it. They sort of know what seed they've planted — whether it's an oak or an elm, or a horror story or a science fiction story, but they don't how big it's going to be, or what shape it's going to take. I am much more a gardener than an architect.

“I suppose I am still a believer in the now unfashionable "heroic" school, which says that history is shaped by individual men and women and the choices that they make, by deeds glorious and terrible.”

infinity plus interview (2001)
Контексте: Historical processes have never much interested me, but history is full of stories, full of triumph and tragedy and battles won and lost. It is the people who speak to me, the men and women who once lived and loved and dreamed and grieved, just as we do. Though some may have had crowns on their heads or blood on their hands, in the end they were not so different from you and me, and therein lies their fascination. I suppose I am still a believer in the now unfashionable "heroic" school, which says that history is shaped by individual men and women and the choices that they make, by deeds glorious and terrible.

“There are many different kinds of writers, I like to use the analogy of architects and gardeners.”

Audio Interview http://www.geekson.com/archives/archiveepisodes/2006/episode080406.htm with Geekson http://www.geekson.com in Episode 54, (4 August 2006)
Контексте: There are many different kinds of writers, I like to use the analogy of architects and gardeners. There are some writers who are architects, and they plan everything, they blueprint everything, and they know before the drive the first nail into the first board what the house is going to look like and where all the closets are going to be, where the plumbing is going to run, and everything is figured out on the blueprints before they actually begin any work whatsoever. And then there are gardeners who dig a little hole and drop a seed in and water it with their blood and see what comes up, and sort of shape it. They sort of know what seed they've planted — whether it's an oak or an elm, or a horror story or a science fiction story, but they don't how big it's going to be, or what shape it's going to take. I am much more a gardener than an architect.

“I was always intensely Romantic, even when I was too young to understand what that meant.”

infinity plus interview (2001)
Контексте: I was always intensely Romantic, even when I was too young to understand what that meant. But Romanticism has its dark side, as any Romantic soon discovers... which is where the melancholy comes in, I suppose. I don't know if this is a matter of artistic influences so much as it is of temperament. But there's always been something in a twilight that moves me, and a sunset speaks to me in a way that no sunrise ever has.

“Sure. Some of the reviews have been very flattering, but the series is not finished yet. The end needs to be as strong as the beginning.”

George Raymond Richard Martin A Song of Ice and Fire

Talking about his magnum opus, A Song of Ice and Fire, in an interview with Patrick St-Denis on Pat's Fantasy Hotlist http://fantasyhotlist.blogspot.com/2006/05/finally-much-anticipated-george-r-r.html (1 May 2006)

“Believe me, no one wants to finish this book more than me.”

Progress update on A Dance with Dragons via his website (2008)

“Much as I admire Tolkien, and I do admire Tolkien — he’s been a huge influence on me, and his Lord of the Rings is the mountain that leans over every other fantasy written since and shaped all of modern fantasy — there are things about it, the whole concept of the Dark Lord, and good guys battling bad guys, Good versus Evil, while brilliantly handled in Tolkien, in the hands of many Tolkien successors, it has become kind of a cartoon. We don’t need any more Dark Lords, we don’t need any more, ‘Here are the good guys, they’re in white, there are the bad guys, they’re in black. And also, they’re really ugly, the bad guys. It is certainly a genuine, legitimate topic as the core of fantasy, but I think the battle between Good and Evil is waged within the individual human hearts. We all have good in us and we all have evil in us, and we may do a wonderful good act on Tuesday and a horrible, selfish, bad act on Wednesday, and to me, that’s the great human drama of fiction. I believe in gray characters, as I’ve said before. We all have good and evil in us and there are very few pure paragons and there are very few orcs. A villain is a hero of the other side, as someone said once, and I think there’s a great deal of truth to that, and that’s the interesting thing. In the case of war, that kind of situation, so I think some of that is definitely what I’m aiming at.”

AssignmentX interview (June 2011) http://www.assignmentx.com/2011/interview-game-of-thrones-creator-george-r-r-martin-on-the-future-of-the-franchise-part-2/

“Nobody is a villain in their own story. We're all the heroes of our own stories.”

"George R. R. Martin Interview GAME OF THRONES" http://collider.com/george-r-r-martin-interview-game-of-thrones/ by Christina Radish, Collider (17 April 2011)

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