![]() ![]() Like A Game of Thrones, Fevre Dream weaves historical fact with fantastical fiction in a sophisticated and delightful manner. Martin’s 1982 novel boasts steamboats, vampires, vampire hunters, and a heady mix of fresh blood and river water. Immediately, I was impressed with its potential for an HBO adaptation. In the heart of its geographic setting, I re-read Fevre Dream. Martin, who is best known for his A Song of Ice and Fire series and its subsequent HBO adaptation, penned a vampire novel entitled Fevre Dream long before A Game of Thrones hit the shelves. ![]() Similarly inspired by the terrifying potential of Iowa and its adjacent rivers, author George R.R. That summer was imbued with a sense of eerie powerlessness that is an often discounted but very present element of the American Midwest. Last summer, I watched the final episode of Game of Thrones in my humid Iowa apartment before quickly absconding to a family farm in rural Illinois where the flooding Mississippi river was ruthlessly rushing into towns and highways. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |