Capybaras are the largest of the rodent species. Weighing as much as a man, these oversized, pig-like animals are highly adapted to an aquatic lifestyle and even mate in the water. Capybaras are found over much of South America. Efficient grazers, they are able to crop even the short, dry grasses left at the end of the dry season.
Quick Answer. As of August 2014, there are five books in George R. R. Martin's A Song of Fire and Ice, the book series on which the Game of Thrones television series is based. Martin has said that he plans to write seven books in total.
For the TV series, see Game of Thrones. For derivative works of the same name, see A Game of Thrones (disambiguation) . A Game of Thrones is the first novel in A Song of Ice and Fire, a series of high fantasy novels by American author George R. R. Martin. It was first published on August 6, 1996.The novel won the 1997 Locus Award and was nominated for both the 1997 Nebula Award and the 1997 World Fantasy Award.t is also the basis for the first season of Game of Thrones, an HBO television series that premiered in April 2011. A March 2013 paperback TV tie-in re-edition was also titled Game of Thrones, excluding the indefinite article A. The title phrase surfaces at various points in the book and its sequels.