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The ''A Song of Ice and Fire'' fandom is an international and informal community of people drawn together by George R. R. Martin's ''A Song of Ice and Fire'' book series, the HBO television series ''Game of Thrones'', and the related merchandise. ==History== During his years in television, Martin's novels slowly earned him a reputation in fiction circles,〔 although he said to only receive a few fans letters a year in the pre-internet days.〔 The publication of ''A Game of Thrones'' caused Martin's following to grow, with fan sites springing up and a Trekkie-like society of followers evolving that meet regularly.〔 By 2005, Martin received tons of fan e-mails and was about 2000 letters behind that may go unanswered for years.〔 ==Westeros.org== Sweden-based fans Elio M. García Jr. and Linda Antonsson run one of the main ''Ice and Fire'' fansites, Westeros.org, which they established in 1999. The site had about 17 thousand registered members in 2012. Martin himself has checked with García (whom ''The New Yorker'' dubbed a "superfan" with encyclopedic knowledge of Martin's works) to confirm details of his own series, and has referred HBO researchers to García as well.〔 Though his work at Westeros.org is voluntary, García has been a paid consultant for licensed tie-in merchandise.〔 García and Antonsson are Martin's coauthors of a companion book to the series, ''The World of Ice & Fire'' (2014).〔 Martin had approached the pair about the project in 2008.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「A Song of Ice and Fire fandom」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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