From: "Rich Gauszka" 

Wow!!!   never expected this. Martin's books are definately adult fantasy
with flawed characters.  The books are also damn good!!!!

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117957532.html?categoryid=1236&cs=1&p=0
HBO has acquired the rights to turn George R.R. Martin's bestselling
fantasy series "A Song of Fire & Ice" into a dramatic series
to be written and exec produced by David Benioff and D.B. Weiss.
"Fire" is the first TV project for Benioff ("Troy") and
Weiss ("Halo") and will shoot in Europe or New Zealand. Benioff
and Weiss will write every episode of each season together save one, which
the author (a former TV writer) will script.

The series will begin with the 1996 first book, "A Game of
Thrones," and the intention is for each novel (they average 1,000
pages each) to fuel a season's worth of episodes. Martin has nearly
finished the fifth installment, but won't complete the seven-book cycle
until 2011.

The author will co-exec produce the series along with Management 360's
Guymon Casady and Created By's Vince Gerardis.

Martin's series has drawn comparisons to J.R.R. Tolkien, because both are
period epics set in imagined lands. But Martin has eschewed Tolkien's
good-vs.-evil theme in favor of flawed characters from seven noble
families.

The book has a decidedly adult bent, with sex and violence comparable to
series like "Rome" and "Deadwood."

"They tried for 50 years to make 'Lord of the Rings' as one movie
before Peter Jackson found success making three," Martin said.
"My books are bigger and more complicated, and would require 18
movies. Otherwise, you'd have to choose one or two characters."

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