From Monty Python to Harry Potter and the Dallas Cowboys, George R.R.
How about the lost bet that led George R.R.
Martin to include a coded reference to an American Football victory inA Dance With Dragons?
Martin does, having named ithereas one of his top five favourite fantasy films.
The end result: Howl(and)s Moving Castle.
Unless youre a comics fan, that is, and so recognise George R.R.
Martins deliberate nods to the DC universe, (particularly to the Justice League).
Forum memberStarky Starkbelieves so.
Hes shouting and Nathalie Emmanuel [Missandei] is translating but shes not translating what hes saying.
Hes actually saying a Low Valyrian translation of the French guys insults inMonty Python And The Holy Grail.
That was [showrunner] Dan Weisss idea and it was so hilarious that I had to do it.
There are countless examples of these inA Song Of Ice And Fire, in which George R.R.
Martin has named a knight or ancestral house after another author, or in homage to their work.
Heres our pick of the geekiest.
House Jordaynes sigil is a quill and its official motto is Let it be written.
Rigney being Robert Jordans real name, the reference to hisWheel Of Timeseries is unmissable.
Is that homage or coincidence?
George Martin has made no secret of his admiration for J.R.R.
Or that an island in The Reach is named Oakenshield, a surname familiar to readers ofThe Hobbit?
Read more about them,here.
Finally, to that lost bet.
Regular readers of George R.R.
Poor Ser Patrek was killed by a giant, naturally.
Those are our favourites so far.
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