The Winter Winds: George R.R. Martin Says Write About the Next GoT Book "Going Very Well Lately"

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Fans of A Song of Ice and Fire, the book series on which HBO's popular Game of Thrones television series is based, was waiting for the next book in the series – The Winds of Winter – since the publication of the latest book, A Dance with Dragons. Back in 2011, as the final season of the series approaches, fans are eagerly awaiting news of the upcoming book.

Fortunately, there is good, albeit vague, news on this topic: author George RR Martin said in a recent interview

As his author has already stated to Many times, he has already given up trying to guess when he will finish writing because fans tend to take it when he provides dates that come and go without a new version. "It will be done when it will be done," Martin said characteristically to ET on the red carpet for the first of the show 's Series 8. Then he added, "It's been very good lately, so let's hit some wood."

AND, one of the sister sites of GameSpot, launched the interview clip in the first episode of its weekly show, Theories and Thrones, hosted by Leanne Aguilera of ET and myself . You can watch the full episode, including Martin's interview, below.

The winter winds were not the only topic of discussion. Lady Stoneheart misses him especially, said Martin, about all the abandoned intrigues in the series. A feeling shared by many fans since the vengeful character was excluded from Game of Thrones Season 4. But Martin said that he understood why

"Even with a mainstream novel, when you adapt it to television and film, it's usually about cutting and simplifying, and my books do not are not ordinary length books, "he said. "If we had everything included in the books, we would still be in season 1. That would have been an eight year season 1. It's sometimes hard to make choices, but that's the case" .

Finally, he dodged the "I do not want to mess up my books or the series, look at both and read the book, and you decide," said the author. 19659003] There is still no release date for The Winds of Winter, but with the show finally ending, fans can hope that Martin will be able to focus on writing and writing. do it. After that, it will only be left to him to write another book to conclude the series as originally planned. Sigh.

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