George R.R. Martin plays a zombie signing his new book on Syfy's 'Z Nation'

Nothing will stop George R.R. Martin from completing his Game of Thrones novels. But the author and fantasy/science fiction icon will show up in the eighth epsiode of Syfy's series 'Z Nation,' which returns to TV tonight, Friday September 11, at 10 p.m. In the episode where Martin appears, he has been imprisoned by a character known as Collector, who kidnaps celebrity zombies. Collector chains George to a desk for his own nefarious purposes, but evidently none of this gets in the way of George finishing the damn books everyone wants to read so badly.

Entertainment Weekly:

The bestselling author will have a cameo during the second season of Syfy's post-apocalyptic thriller Z Nation playing himself as a zombie, EW has exclusively learned. And as you can see from the photo above and the two others below, Martin is quite undead while signing his own books (and even tries to munch on one brainy copy). The title of Zombie Martin's book is a fun tease — "A Promise of Spring," which plays off A Dream of Spring — the expected title of his eventual seventh (and presumably conclusive) novel in his epic A Song of Ice and Fire saga. Currently Martin is working on Book 6, The Winds of Winter.

Declared Martin: "I just want to prove to my fans that even in the Zombie Apocalypse, the Song of Ice and Fire books will still come out!"

"George R.R. Martin to play a zombie signing his new book on Z Nation" [Entertainment Weekly, thanks Craig!]