Fans of George R. R. Martin‘s A Song of Ice and Fire have been anticipating his next novel, The Winds of Winter, for a long time. The last book in the A Song of Ice and Fire series was released in 2011, more than a decade ago. Although he occasionally updates his admirers, many are irritated because he is taking too long to complete. Martin recently hinted once again that the Game of Thrones novel remains his first priority.
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George R. R. Martin hopes to finish all 7 books “soon”
In the recent Deadline FYC House + HBO Max Series which was held back in March, Martin hinted that he is still working on the Game of Thrones books while explaining how different Fire & Blood is. He said, “[They are] significantly different from the books that were the source for Game of Thrones. Those are five, soon to be seven, I hope, novels that are fully developed with characters, the dialogue, the scenes, it’s all there. Fire and Blood is an imaginary history book that has a few scenes where I zero in and give you a path page of a scene.”
George R.R. Martin praises House of the Dragon’s originality
Martin had high praises for Condal and the team’s work on the Game of Thrones prequel, “I give you some actual dialogue, but mostly it’s history. It’s an outline and you can’t present an outline in television, so it has to be filled in. And that’s where I think Ryan and his staff of writers … have done a marvelous job.”
“In Fire and Blood, for example, It is stated that Aemma Arryn dies in childbirth and her son dies the following day. There’s nothing about the most horrendous childbirth scene ever seen on television. [Looking at Condal] That was entirely the work of you and your writers. And it’s incredibly powerful scene that just my summary, one line would not have conveyed. There’s a lot of that in this show. It’s an adaptation, but it’s also a creation.”
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