
Martin called the depiction of the throne in his 2014 A Song of Ice and Fire companion book The World of Ice & Fire "absolutely right".


Martin said in 2013, "Say ' Game of Thrones ', and people think of the HBO Iron Throne." The success of the HBO television adaptation Game of Thrones has made the show's version of the royal seat an icon of the entire media franchise. The Iron Throne is a metonym for the fictional monarchy of Westeros as well as the physical throne of its monarch in the A Song of Ice and Fire series of fantasy novels by George R. Monarchy and the physical royal throne of Westeros
