Relationship With Fans
Martin is known for his regular attendance through the decades at science fiction conventions and comics conventions and his accessibility to fans. In early 1980s, critic and writer Thomas Disch identified Martin as a member of the "Labor Day Group", writers who regularly congregated at the annual Worldcon, usually held on or around the Labor Day weekend. Martin has participated at the smaller Bubonicon near his home in New Mexico since 1986 and will appear in 2012.
Martin's official fan club is the "Brotherhood Without Banners," who have a regular posting board at the Forum of the large website, westeros.org, which is focused on his Song of Ice and Fire fantasy series. At the annual World Science Fiction Convention every year, the BWB hosts a large, on-going hospitality suite that is open to all members of the Worldcon; their suite frequently wins by popular vote the convention's best party award.
Martin has been criticized by some readers for the delays between books in the Ice and Fire series, notably the six-year gap between the fourth volume, A Feast for Crows (2005), and the fifth volume, A Dance with Dragons (2011). In 2010, Martin responded to these concerns, saying he was unwilling to write his Ice and Fire series exclusively, saying that other writing and editing different projects has always been part of his working process.
Martin is strongly opposed to fan fiction, believing it to be copyright infringement and a bad exercise for aspiring writers.
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