George R.R. Martin: I Write the ‘Game of Thrones’ Books on an Ancient MS-DOS Computer
‘Did you make this computer out of wood? Did you carve it?’
George R. R. Martin writes with a DOS word processor (CNET)
The next time someone makes fun of you for never updating Microsoft Word or for still typing on an old iMac, consider yourself on the cutting edge compared to George R.R. Martin.
The "Game of Thrones" author confessed to late-night talk-show host Conan O'Brien that he prefers to write his popular books on a DOS word processor instead of the latest laptop.
"I actually have two computers," Martin told Conan. "I have a computer I browse the Internet with and I get my email on, and I do my taxes on. And then I have my writing computer, which is a DOS machine, not connected to the Internet. I use WordStar 4.0 as my word processing system."
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