JOHN MCMURTRIE’S BOOKS PICK

“Game of Thrones” will end its long run on HBO when its eighth season airs in 2019. How will it all come to a close? Perhaps George R.R. Martin — the author of the phenomenally successful fantasy novels on which the series is based — has some insights.

The author is making a rare onstage appearance in the Bay Area, in conversation with artist John Picacio on Tuesday, Aug. 14. The venue is appropriately grand — it’s the venerable Fox Theatre in Redwood City — and the tickets aren’t cheap, ranging from $59 to $279. But it’s for a good cause: Proceeds will go toward the nonprofit Locus SF Foundation, which oversees the half-century-old Locus Magazine, the science fiction and fantasy journal.

Borderlands Books of San Francisco will sell books at the event, although Martin — give the guy a break, he could be there all night — won’t sign copies.

— John McMurtrie

More Information George R.R. Martin: In conversation with John Picacio. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 14. $59-$279. Fox Theatre, 2215 Broadway, Redwood City. www.locusmag.com