Winterlord

Another minor one that I have not seen on this thread is Nymeria's wolf pack. Sounds an awful lot like the "Doomsday Pack," that Sara's character accidently founds and releases as a scourge of their gaming world in Knights of the Dinner Table. It was an entertaining and important story arc for the series. Considering the audience of that comic, it would be no surprise to me that GRRM was making at least some kind allusion to it.

I did not see this listed yet. I get a little smile every time I read,"Brienne, Maid of Tarth". Although the book is titled,Thuvia, Maid of Mars,she is often referred to in the story as,"Thuvia, Maid of Ptarth". Obviously she is a Cartesian heroine and has nothing much in common with Brienne. Except the huge pet lion... Since the blasted movie came out, (John Carter) I dug out my Edgar Rice Burroughs collection. I know I thought I spotted and oblique Tarzan reference in one of GRRM's books once. I'll have to keep an eye out while I reread Burroughs.