Critics have sometimes quoted passages spoken by characters in Ice and Fire as representations of Dworkin's own views. cf. Dworkin, however, wrote "My fiction is not autobiography.
Kritiker har ibland citerat stycken som sägs av personer i Ice and Fire som uttryck för Dworkins egna åsikter. cf. Dworkin skrev dock "Min skönlitteratur är inte självbiografisk.