![]() ![]() After seven highly acclaimed seasons, the TV series ended with the most disappointing final stretch since ABC’s Lost (unless you ask Esquire's Justin Kirkland). And with good reason-the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros might be the most fully realized and compelling fictional world since Tolkien’s Middle-earth.īut today, three years since the final episode of Game of Thrones and a whopping 11 years since the most recent book in the main series, the franchise’s cultural legacy is in an awkward place. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire owned the 2010s? While HBO's Game of Thrones racked up more Emmy awards than any drama series in history, Martin’s five-volume (so far) book series earned a massive display table at nearly every bookstore in America, spawning an Iron Fleet of podcasts and websites dedicated to unpacking Martin’s narrative labyrinth. Has anything ever dominated pop culture the way George R. ![]()
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