Fire Cannot Kill a Dragon, James Hibberd
Fire Cannot Kill a Dragon, James Hibberd
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Fire Cannot Kill a Dragon
Game of Thrones and the Official Untold Story of the Epic Series

Author: James Hibberd

Narrator: Fred Sanders

Unabridged: 14 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 10/06/2020

Synopsis

The official, definitive oral history of the blockbuster show from Entertainment Weekly’s James Hibberd, published with HBO’s official support. 

It was supposed to be impossible. George R.R. Martin was a frustrated television writer who created his bestselling A Song of Ice and Fire fantasy novels to be an unfilmable saga bound only by the limits of his vast imagination. Then a pair of first-time TV writers teamed with HBO to try and adapt Martin’s epic. We’ve all seen the eight seasons of the Emmy-winning fantasy series that came next. But there is one Game of Thrones tale that has yet to be told: the 13-year behind-the-scenes struggle to pull off this extraordinary phenomenon. 
 
In Fire Cannot Kill a Dragon, award-winning Entertainment Weekly writer James Hibberd chronicles the untold story of Game of Thrones, from the creative team’s first meetings to staging the series finale and all the on-camera battles and off-camera struggles in between. The audiobook draws from more than 50 revealing new interviews, rare and stunning photos, and unprecedented access to the producers, cast, and crew who took an impossible idea and made it into the biggest show in the world.

GAME OF THRONES and all related characters and elements © & TM Home Box Office, Inc.

About The Author

James Hibberd is an award-winning entertainment journalist who has written thousands of stories covering the business of Hollywood across nearly two decades. He's currently an editor at large at Entertainment Weekly and was previously the TV editor at The Hollywood Reporter. Prior to covering entertainment, Hibberd made headlines in 2001 as a staff writer at Phoenix New Times when he risked imprisonment amid a legal battle versus county and federal authorities in order to protect a confidential source (and won). His freelance work has appeared in The New York Times, Salon, Cosmopolitan, Details, and The Best American Sports Writing. He lives in Austin, Texas.

Reviews

Goodreads review by fatherofdragons113 on October 19, 2020

Wow. I gotta admit that I had a lot of negative feelings towards the final season of Game of Thrones. I actually had come to terms with Daenerys's ending (she's my ultimate favorite character ever created) and even can say that I liked it. I had other feelings about other aspects of the show (Bran b......more

Goodreads review by Pavel on October 28, 2020

Came here to learn more about dramatic structure, artistic choices and direction behind Game of Thrones show, first seasons of which I liked so much. What I've found is 90% of self-praise and narcissism. At some point it became disgusting.......more

Goodreads review by Adam on October 12, 2020

Game of Thrones is the most successful show in the history of HBO, rising from humble beginnings in 2011 to become the biggest TV drama on the planet. In 2019 the show wrapped after eight seasons and 73 episodes to deliver one of the most negatively-received final seasons in recent memory. Journalis......more

Goodreads review by Philip on April 22, 2024

I really enjoy these oral histories that walk you through the creation of some major movie or series, as described by the various projects' creators and actors - have read others on "Fury Road," "Purple Rain," and the "John Wick" films. And of course, half the fun is then - or simultaneously - rewat......more

Goodreads review by Invader on October 23, 2020

Didn't say anything we didn't already know. All cast, crew and especially D&D are under the delusion S8 will be considered "good" years from now. No.......more

Quotes

“James Hibberd covered Game of Thrones from start to finish and he knows where all the bodies are buried. It's all here, in his oral history of the series: how it began, how it ended, dragons and direwolves, what went on in front of the cameras and what went on behind the scenes, the triumphs and the stumbles, the tough decisions, the forks in the road, the reasons why. Actors, directors, showrunners, producers, executives, even me. . . . Fire Cannot Kill a Dragon has it all, everything you ever wanted to know. Game of Thrones was an amazing ride. Fire Cannot Kill a Dragon is an amazing read.”—George R. R. Martin

“A great read, informative and insightful . . . Hibberd’s impressive reach also helps; he speaks to just about every major player in the show’s orbit, from actors like Peter Dinklage, Emilia Clarke, and Kit Harington to directors like Neil Marshall and Miguel Sapochnik, the people responsible for some of the show’s most ambitious episodes.”—The A.V. Club

“After spending a decade religiously covering the HBO fantasy hit series, the Entertainment Weekly writer delivers all of the behind-the-scenes secrets of Westeros in a must-read for fans. With over fifty interviews to offer new insights and never-before-seen photos from the secretive set, Hibberd might just become King in the North (Pole) this holiday.”—E! News

“This book will change how you see Game of Thrones.”—Wired

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