'Game Of Thrones' author George R.R. Martin is writing his next novel in self-isolation

'Some days, watching the news, I cannot help feeling as if we are all now living in a science fiction novel. Let us hope we all come through this safe and sound, ' says Martin. Photo: AFP

George R.R. Martin, the author of popular American novel A Game of Thrones, is currently spending more time in the fictional land of Westeros than in the real world.

"I am off by myself in a remote isolated location, writing every day. Things are pretty grim in the Seven Kingdoms... but maybe not as grim as they may become here," said the 71-year-old American writer about the Covid-19 pandemic in a recent blog post.