Fantasy fiction

The Traveling Burito King is a novel split into two narratives that work to
compare the virtual to the real world and push against the politic climate created by
anonymity It is a novel centered around the development of Denver and his avatar
Dovim The novel demonstrates a confrontation with the fantasy of change and how that
culminates in little more than a shift and an impossibility to turn back time

Song of Ice and Fire is unarguably one of the most popular fantasy series of all time. Notwithstanding its success, the series has only recently begun to be analyzed critically. George R.R. Martin’s books are often celebrated for breaking many of the tropes common in fantasy literature. Despite this, the series is nonetheless a product of a genre that has been shaped by white, male authors. Using such prominent postcolonial scholars as Edward Said, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Homi Bhabha, and Albert Memmi, I analyze the five published books of Martin’s series. I argue that although Martin seems to be aware of the theoretical background of postcolonial studies and attempts to present a story sensitive to issues of colonization, the book series fails to present a Western representation of the East outside of orientalist stereotypes and narratives that reinforce imperialism.