{"id":17465,"date":"2015-08-23T13:29:55","date_gmt":"2015-08-23T08:29:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thenerdmag.com\/?p=17465"},"modified":"2019-12-27T06:49:33","modified_gmt":"2019-12-27T01:49:33","slug":"george-r-r-martin-hbo-got","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/george-r-r-martin-hbo-got\/","title":{"rendered":"A Tale of George R. R. Martin, HBO, and Game of Thrones"},"content":{"rendered":"

All the diehard fans of Game of Thrones<\/em>, George R. R. Martin has come to bust your bubble once again (like all the times he killed a Stark in the books). He has foreseen a possibility that HBO might kill off Game of Thrones<\/em> before he finishes the last book of the series. Now that is some next level acquisition but here are all the proofs to back up this theory.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnything is possible\u201d, George R. R. Martin told GeekWire<\/a> at the Sasquan science-fiction convention in Spokane, Washington.<\/p>\n

George R. R. Martin read a chapter from the upcoming sixth book \u201cThe Winds of Winter\u201d in the \u201cA Song of Ice and Fire\u201d novels on which Game of Thrones<\/em> is primarily based on. The novels are expected to end with the seventh book. Although there are some rumors that it will end with an eighth book (later with this).<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, HBO\u2019s highest-ranking programming executive said that the network plans for the series to end after its eighth season. Already HBO has outpaced the books in its fifth season. No spoilers ahead, I give you my word.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe show is moving forward like a locomotive, or sometimes a jet locomotive,\u201d George R. r. Martin said. \u201cThey\u2019re writing 60-page scripts, I\u2019m writing 1,500-page novels. So who the hell knows?\u201d<\/p>\n

You do the math.<\/p>\n

Martin has accepted the possibility that the series will beat the books, this thought bothered him and had come across his mind several times.<\/p>\n

“Worrying about it isn\u2019t going to change it one way or another,” he said. “I still sit down at the typewriter, and I have to write the next scene and the next sentence \u2026 I\u2019m just going to tell my story, and they\u2019re telling their story and adapting my books, and we shall see.\u201d<\/p>\n

While \u201cThe Winds of Winter\u201d doesn\u2019t have a publish date yet, the next season of Game of Thrones<\/em> has a most likely chance of April 2016 as a return date with shooting already in motion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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