Ok, ok so what does it look like? Well according to the author it looks exactly like THIS painting by Marc Simonetti. This is the giant, lumbering throne Martin always imagined.

The author, who worked with artist Marc Simonetti to sketch the Iron Throne as he sees it, wrote a blog post last year explaining why the HBO version is not right.

The Iron Throne is one of the most iconic images in Game of Thrones, and yet it’s always been a bit, well, lackluster. Now, someone’s taken it upon themselves to make a throne worthy of the ...

Instead, says Martin, the above image painted by artist Marc Simonetti for the upcoming The World of Ice and Fire concordance, is the closest he's seen to the Iron Throne of his own imagination ...

Here's how the real Iron Throne should look like, according to "Game of Thrones" author George R.R. Martin. This painting by French artist Marc Simonetti appears in "The World of Ice and Fire ...

Martin worked with artist Marc Simonetti to pain the Iron Throne as it exists in his head and as described in the books, and the result is included in The Untold History of Westeros and the Game ...

An artist named Marc Simonetti drew an illustration of the Iron Throne that was used in Martin's book "A World of Ice and Fire," as well as featured in a themed calendar.

None He then attaches a picture by artist Marc Simonetti that was commissioned for the upcoming concordance The World of Ice & Fire.

French artist Marc Simonetti was apparently the closest anyone ever came to matching Martin's vision for the Iron Throne, with his painting ultimately appearing in The World of Ice and Fire.

Specifically, it's more like artist Marc Simonetti's depiction of the throne, which Martin calls the best out there. (Though, to be production-friendly, it's not as tall as it should be.) ...