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05.10.2022 - 01:55 / justjared.com
Fans are not happy with George R. R. Martin‘s upcoming book.
While the subject matter is something most a definitely interested in, who he wrote the new book with is where the problems lie.
Here’s what happened: while promoting the upcoming release of “The Rise of the Dragon: An Illustrated History of the Targaryen Dynasty, Volume One”, George‘s social media posts were met by backlash over the co-authors on the project: Linda Antonsson and Elio M. García Jr.
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Linda and Elio, who are married, created a Game of Thrones online forum, Westeros.org in 1999, and shortly after, George had recruited them as fact-checkers for his book “A Feast for Crows.”
Then, just a handful of years later, they were co-authors on “The World of Ice & Fire,” which is an illustrated companion book for the series of novels.
Here’s what fans are taking issue with: some of Linda‘s previous posts, that have been written more than a decade ago, expressed concern over casting actors or color portraying roles that George had written as white.
Just recently, Linda also wrote that House of The Dragon‘s Corlys, portrayed by Steve Toussaint, was miscast.
“There are no Black Valyrians and there should not be any in the show,” she said of the common ancestors of Velaryons and Targaryens.
Speaking to Variety, Linda argued her stance.
She says that upset fans are criticizing “cherry-picked statements stripped of context” and that it bothers her to be “labeled a racist, when my focus has been solely on the world building.”
Linda added that she has no issue with inclusive casting, but she strongly believes that “diversity should not trump story.”
“If George had indeed made the Valyrians Black instead of white, as he mused on his ‘Not a
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