Groznicavi san

by George R.R. Martin, Džordž R.R. Martin

Paperback

Published January 1, 2020

About the author

George Raymond Richard "R.R." Martin was born September 20, 1948, in Bayonne, New Jersey. His father was Raymond Collins Martin, a longshoreman, and his mother was Margaret Brady Martin. He has two sisters, Darleen Martin Lapinski and Janet Martin Patten.

Martin attended Mary Jane Donohoe School and Marist High School. He began writing very young, selling monster stories to other neighborhood children for pennies, dramatic readings included. Later he became a comic book fan and collector in high school, and began to write fiction for comic fanzines (amateur fan magazines). Martin's first professional sale was made in 1970 at age 21: The Hero, sold to Galaxy, published in February, 1971 issue. Other sales followed.

In 1970 Martin received a B.S. in Journalism from Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, graduating summa cum laude. He went on to complete a M.S. in Journalism in 1971, also from Northwestern.

As a conscientious objector, Martin did alternative service 1972-1974 with VISTA, attached to Cook County Legal Assistance Foundation. He also directed chess tournaments for the Continental Chess Association from 1973-1976, and was a Journalism instructor at Clarke College, Dubuque, Iowa, from 1976-1978. He wrote part-time throughout the 1970s while working as a VISTA Volunteer, chess director, and teacher.

In 1975 he married Gale Burnick. They divorced in 1979, with no children. Martin became a full-time writer in 1979. He was writer-in-residence at Clarke College from 1978-79.

Moving on to Hollywood, Martin signed on as a story editor for Twilight Zone at CBS Television in 1986. In 1987 Martin became an Executive Story Consultant for Beauty and the Beast at CBS. In 1988 he became a Producer for Beauty and the Beast, then in 1989 moved up to Co-Supervising Producer. He was Executive Producer for Doorways, a pilot which he wrote for Columbia Pictures Television, which was filmed during 1992-93.

Martin's present home is Santa Fe, New Mexico. He is a member of Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America (he was South-Central Regional Director 1977-1979, and Vice President 1996-1998), and of Writers' Guild of America, West.

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Reviews

[Огњен Томић · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sve preporuke za ovu knjigu! Miks fantastike, horora i trilera - vampirski roman smešten u 19. vek pruža sve ono što i obećava - jezu, napetost, a sve to uz vrlo lep pripovedački stil. Hajde da vidimo po kategorijama:
Ideja: 5/5: Ok, vampiri nisu najoriginalnija ideja. Ipak, ova knjiga dodaje neke originalne elemente u njihovoj mitologiji (da ne ulazim sad u detalje i spojlujem, čitajte knjigu). Osim toga, postavka, odnosno svet, je jako dobro urađen: Sliv Misisipija, St. Louis, Nju Orealns, 19. vek - parobrodi. Atmosferski i stilski taj spoj mi se jako svideo - pošto volim i brodove i plovidbu i vampire.
Stil 5/5 Martin jednostavno zna da piše. Iskreno, serijal Pesma Leda i Vatre sam čitao jako davno, i serija je vremenom nekako preuzela primat u sećanju na taj svet... Zaboravio sam koliko su knjige zapravo bile kvalitetne. A jedan od razloga za to je svakako i njegov stil - pripovedački, pitak, raskošan. Opisi su taman slikoviti i dugi koliko treba, dijalozi živi, prirodni.
5/5 likovi: Za razliku od Pesme Leda i Vatre, gde postoji ogroman broj likova iz čije se perspektive posmatra svet, Martin se ovde ograničio na samo dva: Abnera Marša i Zloćudnog Bilija Tiptona. Osim njih, jedina dva značajnija lika su, naravno, Džošua Jork i Dejmon Džulijan. Ipak, rekao bih da je to sasvim dovoljno. Ova četiri lika su vrlo upečatljiva i dobro napisana, i svaki predstavlja jednu stranu ljudske(vampirske) prirode. Sporednih likova ima puno - ali mnogo njih je takođe zapamtljivo i dobro napisano. Kroz likove se isto prilično dobro oslikava atmosfera američkog 19. veka i područja Misisipija.
Fabula 5/5: Na početku sam mislio da će radnja biti predvidiva - to bi mi isto bilo ok, s obzirom na pripovedački stil, likove i kvalitetan worldbuilding, knjiga bi i u tom slučaju bila sasvim dobra. Ipak, nije tako - radnja je složenija nego što deluje na prvi pogled, sa određenim brojem neočekivanih zapleta i obrta, što čini da se knjiga čita brzo(iako bi po stilu mogla biti i "slowburn" knjiga.

Ako nemate šta da čitate za leto, a voleli biste malo kvalitetnog vampirskog horora,"Grozničavi san" je pravi izbor :)

[Veca Pereca · Rating 3 out of 5]

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