in 1999, a year that also saw the Jets make the playoffs (a running theme in the NFL for decades has been the Jets being god-awful, even worse than the Giants, so this was a Big Deal). It would be five more years before the book was ready for publication, during which the Giants made a brief two-game appearance in the January 1994 playoffs and the Jets also made a rare playoffs appearance in the wild card round in ’91, so there was a lot of wind in Martin’s sails.Ī Clash of Kings was published in the U.S. Per a 2014 interview with Rolling Stone, Martin began writing what would become A Game of Thrones in 1991 - a year that started with the Giants winning the Super Bowl against the Buffalo Bills. And my data suggests that might not be a coincidence. You know what else doesn’t happen that often? The publication of a new A Song of Ice and Fire book. New York football playoff wins don’t happen that often. Thinking about Martin and football one day, as I am wont to do (and as is he the writer will frequently bring up football and A Song of Ice and Fire in the same blog post), I started to wonder: What if they are more related than we previously thought?Īt the time this is being written, the NFL playoffs are underway, and the New York Giants have made more than an appearance, winning last week’s wild card game against the Minnesota Vikings and moving on to face the top-ranked Philadelphia Eagles (go birds) in the divisional round. You could say he has a thing for lost causes. Specifically, he is a die-hard fan of New York’s teams, the Jets and the Giants. Martin loves three things: Seeing his work made into HBO shows like Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon, not finishing The Winds of Winter, and the National Football League.
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