Modern people’s interest in the middle ages and the great concern in its reality is influenced by J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings and his depiction of the middle earth. Elisa Scubla claims in CA. that many academics suggest that Tolkien was trying to bridge the missing gap left by early Medieval literatures while explaining the reason behind the loss of information.
Jane Ciabattari wrote in BBC.com/culture that contemporary fantasy writers can’t escape from Tolkien’s shadow, she argues that the fundamentals in The two series are similar. In each series the plot consists of a “ticking time bomb”, ‘The One Ring’ in The Lord of the Ring and ‘Winter is coming’ which is the line that introduces the action in Martin’s creation. Moreover, they both offer diversion through fantastical elements like dragons, elves and dire wolves while writing scenes that bring to mind Shakespearean history plays, intersecting sword fighting with sophisticated dialogue, false accusations of treachery and beheadings as both relied upon Britain’s brutal past, particularly medieval history and Anglo-Saxons literature. Even though Tolkien’s vision of good and evil is clearly presented as it is inspired by the world wars of the 20th century, Martin’s view is regarded as better suited to this period of overlapping and interconnecting struggles for the series induce more familiar strains in a phase when office politics and personal associations are sometimes spiteful and revenge causing.

About the books

George R.R. Martin series of A Song of Ice and Fire , famously known nowadays by the collective name Game of Thrones has become a worldly phenomenon selling more than 70 million copies all over the world as being translated into 47 languages according to the Guardian .The book collection consists of five novels starting with A Game of Thrones (1996), A Clash of Kings (1998), A Storm of Swords ( 2000),A Feast for Crows (2005), and A Dance with Dragons (2011) with two forthcoming novels entitled by The Winds of Winter and A Dream of Spring.
The books start with maps illustrating the regions where the fantasy takes place, then the prologue followed by chapters called by the names of the characters. Individual chapters are narrated from the character’s point of view. At the end of each book there is an explanation of the families’ histories along with detailed family trees and sigils.
The world of A Song of Ice and Fire is located in 2 fictional continents known as Westeros and Essos and as winter approaches which is being expected to be a very harsh one the realm of the seven kingdoms