# I had utterly forgotten George R.R. Martin of "Game of Thrones" wrote the SF classic "Sandkings"

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**Created:** [November 8, 2013, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-utterly-forgotten-george-r-r-martin-of-game-of-thrones-wrote-the-sf-classic-sandkings/673385 "2013-11-08T07:43:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\
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Holy cow. I vividly remember reading _Sandkings_ in an anthology back in high school over 30 years ago. It completely creeped me out. :eek: I had no idea that George R.R. Martin wrote this. (As it happens, I just finished _A Clash of Kings_ and started on _A Storm of Swords_ this past weekend.)

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**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-utterly-forgotten-george-r-r-martin-of-game-of-thrones-wrote-the-sf-classic-sandkings/673385/42 "2013-11-12T12:18:30Z")

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> [@Loach](#):
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> He should stop with the meet and greets and finish the damn series.

As Neil Gaiman said:  
[George R.R. Martin is not your bitch!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4H0hRTGfVfA)

> [@epbrown01](#):
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> He’s also hairless, which D’Onofrio apparently can’t do

Have you seen _The Cell_?

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**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-utterly-forgotten-george-r-r-martin-of-game-of-thrones-wrote-the-sf-classic-sandkings/673385/43 "2013-11-12T12:32:44Z")

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> [@MrDibble](#):
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> As Neil Gaiman said:  
> [George R.R. Martin is not your bitch!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4H0hRTGfVfA)

He spent all those years perfecting the last book, only to produce a piece of shit. The man is in desperate need of an editor.

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-utterly-forgotten-george-r-r-martin-of-game-of-thrones-wrote-the-sf-classic-sandkings/673385/44 "2013-11-12T16:03:27Z")

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> [@Lynn\_Bodoni](#):
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> I haven’t seen Hill’s acting (we don’t have any premium cable channels) but he sure LOOKS like I’ve always pictured Tuf…

Here’s a sampling: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdQ6wnsh8wY](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdQ6wnsh8wY)

Come to think of it, Paul Giamatti could make a great Tuf, too…

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