I think 15-20 hours is reasonable. 30 hours is too much though.

You have to remember some characters will be further ahead of others--Bran, Sansa, even Dany will be done after season 5, which makes me think that George is trying to wrap up TWoW so the show doesn't pass him up. And some fans will say "but there's 2-3 seasons more of material"--for characters like Jon, Stannis, and Reek, 2 seasons of material for sure but 3 is pushing it. But at the same time other arcs are starting to run out of material with less than 1 season. Martin wouldn't be outpaced with every character but he definitely would be with several of them.

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Posted by SoGaFan

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Posted on 7/28/14 at 7:12 pm to ladytiger118

I think that Winds of Winter will be on in 2015. No reason, other than just a hunch. So, yes, I think the show will likely go into season 7 still sl. behind/with the books. Now, I would guess that the show will wrap in season 8 likely without the last book out, but I guess GRRM could surprise us all by having that one out about the same time. I doubt it, especially, if he is already talking about an 8th book.

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Posted by BluegrassBelle

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Posted on 7/28/14 at 7:26 pm to ladytiger118

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You have to remember some characters will be further ahead of others

That's pretty much the rub. We've already gotten into some aDwD material with some characters.

Now they could very well balance that out with expanding some characters (i.e. The Hound off-the-page journey to become The Gravedigger would be a good one). So it's possible they stretch it for two seasons. I definitely don't think they get everyone caught up to speed in one season, but as you said could very well surpass the storylines of some of the characters.

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