content: 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. R. Martin. 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. Martin said in 2013,  "Say ''Game of Thrones'', and people think of the HBO Iron Throne."
  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". He has noted repeatedly that none of the previous media representations of the throne—including books, games and the TV series—closely resemble what he had in mind when writing his novels.