%0 Journal Article
%T “Game of Thrones” and its Literary Predecessor “A Song of Ice and Fire” as the Keystones for the Transmedia Narrative
%A Całek, Agnieszka
%J Media Research Issues
%V 2016
%R 10.4467/2299-6362PZ.16.005.5182
%N Volume 59, Issue 1 (225)
%P 64-80
%K fantasy tv series, transmedia story, literature, adaptation, narrative, convergence
%@ 0555-0025
%D 2016
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/zeszyty-prasoznawcze/article/serial-gra-o-tron-i-jego-literacki-pierwowzor-piesn-lodu-i-ognia-jako-filary-opowiadania-transmedialnego
%X 
	“Game of Thrones” and its Literary Predecessor – “A Song of Ice and Fire”
	as the Keystones for the Transmedia Narrative

	
	“Game of Thrones” is a TV series made by HBO TV. Since 2011 this production has been watched by billions of people all around the world. The series and its literary prototype, “A Song of Ice and Fire” saga written by George R.R. Martin are the basic parts of transmedia story of the land called Westeros. “Game of Thrones” is being analyzed here as the cultural product facilitating the creation of the mature transmedia narrative. Furthermore the article includes analysis of relationship between Martin’s saga and its tv adaptation.