Using the case of Game of Thrones, Iain Robert Smith considers what happens to fidelity criticism when a show goes beyond the published material and starts to “adapt” material that has been planned but not yet written by the original author.
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Game of Thrones: Adaptation and Fidelity in an Age of Convergence
A Song of Ice and Trading Cards: Licensing HBO’s Game of Thrones
The licensing process for the HBO series highlights the challenge of balancing a level of control over the quality of products related to the series with efforts to both monetize and expand its audience.
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