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GRRM already walking back on his comments regarding the show's ending (CNN article)
Posted on 5/21/19 at 10:47 am
Posted on 5/21/19 at 10:47 am
George RR Martin (sort of) reveals whether the end of his 'Game of Thrones' book will match the show
We knew this was coming.![](https://images.tigerdroppings.com/Images/Icons/Iconbanghead.gif)
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George RR Martin has spoken. And like everyone else who loves "Game of Thrones," the author of the "A Song of Ice and Fire" books is in his feelings about the show ending. But he also has lots of news to share!
In a post on his personal blog, Martin updated fans on when he thinks he will finish the highly anticipated next novel in the ASOIAF series (on which "Game of Thrones" was based).
Well, kind of.
'Game of Thrones' actor addresses disgruntled fans 01:10
"Winter is coming, I told you, long ago... and so it is," Martin wrote. "THE WINDS OF WINTER is very late, I know, I know, but it will be done. I won't say when, I've tried that before, only to burn you all and jinx myself... but I will finish it, and then will come A DREAM OF SPRING."
For the record, the show long eclipsed the books around season four or five, which of course begs the question: Will the ending to the books, the urtext of "Game of Thrones," be different than the show?
Martin's answer is just as cryptic.
"How will it all end? I hear people asking. The same ending as the show? Different? Well... yes. And no. And yes. And no. And yes. And no. And yes."
Martin goes on to point out that books, especially his lengthy 500-plus-page tomes, are a very different medium than TV, and there are plenty of characters between his pages that never made it on to screen.
"[I]f nothing else, the readers will learn what happened to Jeyne Poole, Lady Stoneheart, Penny and her pig, Skahaz Shavepate, Arianne Martell, Darkstar, Victarion Greyjoy, Ser Garlan the Gallant, Aegon VI, and a myriad of other characters both great and small that viewers of the show never had the chance to meet," he wrote.
Book readers have been waiting faithfully for "The Winds of Winter," which will be the sixth installment of a planned seven books. The fifth book, "A Dance with Dragons," was released in 2011.
We knew this was coming.
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Posted on 5/21/19 at 10:49 am to TideSaint
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his lengthy 500-plus-page tomes
sweet summer child
Posted on 5/21/19 at 10:49 am to TideSaint
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More smoke indicating this mofo has the books essentially done and is going back to edit out the stuff people didn't like in the show.
Posted on 5/21/19 at 10:58 am to TideSaint
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"[I]f nothing else, the readers will learn what happened to Jeyne Poole, Lady Stoneheart, Penny and her pig, Skahaz Shavepate, Arianne Martell, Darkstar, Victarion Greyjoy, Ser Garlan the Gallant, Aegon VI, and a myriad of other characters both great and small that viewers of the show never had the chance to meet," he wrote.
So basically, it’s gonna be exactly the same, except with more characters who were never on the show
Posted on 5/21/19 at 11:04 am to TideSaint
Like I said a couple weeks ago. This is GRRM after reading the reviews of this seasons episodes.
Zero doubt he's now editing hoping to make people a little more happy. Assuming he even releases the next book.
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Zero doubt he's now editing hoping to make people a little more happy. Assuming he even releases the next book.
Posted on 5/21/19 at 11:58 am to TideSaint
So basically he says the ending will be similar but because many characters from the books died early on in the show or just don't exist in the show it will still be different in a way.
Not hard to get what he's saying
Not hard to get what he's saying
Posted on 5/21/19 at 12:04 pm to TideSaint
Nothing new. Same b.s. every time just worded different.
Posted on 5/21/19 at 12:25 pm to TideSaint
The best thing for him to do now is end book 6 where the HBO show ended and continue on from there with brand new content in book 7 like conflicts in Bran The Broken's kingdom, John Snow's adventures in the north, as well as Aria discovering a new world to the west.
Posted on 5/21/19 at 2:23 pm to TideSaint
The ending isn't the issue..
Edt: I'm also not a character lover in stories. I get engaged with the world I'm brought into, not the characters.
Edt: I'm also not a character lover in stories. I get engaged with the world I'm brought into, not the characters.
This post was edited on 5/21/19 at 2:25 pm
Posted on 5/21/19 at 9:30 pm to TideSaint
He better not make that POS bran ruler again. God I almost turned off the TV when I saw that crap
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