Martin is a member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America ( SFWA ) ; he served as the organization 's Southwest Regional Director from 1977 to 1979 , and as its vice-president from 1996 to 1998 . In 1976 , for Kansas City 's MidAmeriCon , the 34th World Science Fiction Convention ( Worldcon ) , Martin and his friend and fellow writer-editor Gardner Dozois conceived of and organized the first Hugo Losers ' Party for the benefit of all past and present Hugo-losing writers on the evening following the convention 's Hugo Awards ceremony . Martin was nominated for two Hugos that year but lost both awards , for the novelette " ... and Seven Times Never Kill Man " and the novella '' The Storms of Windhaven '' , co-written with Lisa Tuttle . Although Martin often writes fantasy or horror , a number of his earlier works are science fiction tales occurring in a loosely defined future history , known informally as " The Thousand Worlds " or " The Manrealm "
34th World Science Fiction Convention
34th World Science Fiction Convention
George R. R. Martin