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04.26.2022
As we await the release of the prequel “House of the Dragon”, scheduled for this coming autumn, here are the answers to three questions that you might not have thought to ask about the cult television series “Game of Thrones”. What glacial period does “Winter is coming” refer to? Have giant wolves ever actually existed? And are author George R. R. Martin’s dragons biologically plausible? Jean-Sébastien Steyer, head editor of the book “Le Trône de Fer et les Sciences” (“Game of Thrones and the Sciences”), offers his insights.
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