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JAMES HIBBERD GOES BEHIND THIS WEEK'S THR COVER STORY WITH GEORGE R.R. MARTIN: Here’s a lie all journalists tell: “We’re unbiased.” We’re not — nobody can be, really. What we actually mean by this is: We try our damn best to be unbiased. And for me, there’s no celebrity I find tougher to remain entirely unbiased about than George R.R. Martin. I’ve interviewed the Game of Thrones author nearly a dozen times since 2011. George generously wrote a blurb for my book, Fire Cannot Kill a Dragon, about the making of the HBO hit. He once texted me holiday wishes on Christmas morning (I was alone at the time, and very touched). Put simply, I like George and have a soft spot for him. This affection hopefully comes across a bit in this week’s cover story profile of the author, “Heavy is the Crown: Inside George R.R. Martin’s Triumphs and Torments.” The story is also, I think, rather candid about Martin’s struggles and stubbornness. It’s a story I’ve hoped to write for years and the fact no entertainment publication has previously granted Martin a solo cover story felt a real oversight given his massive contribution to the world of fantasy entertainment. While I suspect many outlets will jump on Martin’s spicy comments about his feud with House of the Dragon showrunner Ryan Condal (“[The relationship] is not just rocky, it’s abysmal,” he says), or our update about HBO’s development slate (an Arya Stark spin-off?), to me the fascinating part of our interview is Martin detailing his 14-year struggle to write The Winds of Winter (his anecdote about Dune author Frank Herbert, in particular, feels revealing). As I wrote: The success of Thrones was both the best thing that could have happened to Martin and the worst thing that could have happened to the greatest story he ever wrote — and the most popular fantasy series since The Lord of the Rings. https://view.email.hollywoodreporter.com/?qs=709c5eb10b998379f9686ed500afc7d2f8ca1e93b7a78d03be9129d891d6becb3f92be3d3ec8866afc279a7e5bb03f0b3436efce22f96a883980f355168be91c7a22606b21185eb5