Editing Known world (section)

==Behind the Scenes==
{{Quote|You will find a map of the "known world" in [[The Lands of Ice and Fire|THE LANDS OF ICE AND FIRE]]... one that includes lands and seas you have never seen on any of my maps before. [...] Even so, it's not a COMPLETE world map, no. The idea was to do something representing the lands and seas of which, say, a [[maester]] of the [[Citadel]] might be aware... and while the maesters know more about [[Asshai]] and the lands beyond than a medieval monk knew about [[w:Cathay|Cathay]], distance remains a factor, and past a certain point legends and myths will creep here. Here there be [[Winged Men|winged men]], and such. [...] These are very nice maps, I hope you will agree. Huge and beautiful, and while they DON'T show the whole world (sorry, no, you're not going to get the Westerosi equivalent of the Americas or Antarctica or Australia, assuming such places exist), you will get a glimpse of distant lands where my characters (and thus the novels) will likely never go.<ref name="notablog" />|[[George R.R. Martin]]}}

{{Quote|'''EW''': This may be a silly question, but: When you think of the world you’ve created, where seasons last for years, where is it? It is another planet?</br>
'''GRRM''': It’s what [[w:JRR Tolkien|Tolkien]] wrote was “the secondary world.” It’s not another planet. It’s Earth. But it’s not ''our'' Earth. If you wanted to do a science fiction approach, you could call it an alternate world, but that sounds too science fictional. [...] I have people constantly writing me with science fiction theories about the [[seasons]] — “It’s a double star system with a black dwarf and that would explain–” It’s fantasy, man, it’s magic.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110715101830/shelf-life.ew.com/2011/07/12/george-martin-talks-a-dance-with-dragons/ Entertainment Weekly: George R.R. Martin talks 'A Dance With Dragons']</ref>|[[George R.R. Martin]]}}