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   A Game of Thrones features a map of the fictional continent Westeros, which Martin modeled loosely on a rotated Great Britain.

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   Published in 1996, A Game of Thrones is the first book in Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series, which is planned to span seven novels.

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   Across 8 seasons, A Game of Thrones aired 73 episodes totaling approximately 60 hours of television content from 2011 to 2019.

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   The HBO adaptation of A Game of Thrones required 73 days of filming for the pilot episode in 2010 before airing in 2011.

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   George R. R. Martin began writing A Game of Thrones in 1991, publishing the first novel in 1996 after five years of development.

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