a song of ice and fire author george r.r. Martin says the final books in the series are moving “more and more” away from the Game of Thrones TV show.
martin’s latest update (opens in a new tab) on The Winds of Winter and A Song of Ice and Fire in general, addresses one of the biggest concerns of fans of the books: that they will end more or less the same way than HBO’s Game of Thrones and so it won’t be much of a surprise. Of course, book readers will know that there are already big deviations in plot and character trajectories, but if those plots come to the same conclusion that played out on television over three years ago, well, that ends with great part of the excitement in reading a book.
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Until today’s update, we had to assume that this would generally be the case. ‘so-and-so’ people would die, ‘this person’ would become the leader of westeros, and so on, just as we saw in the controversial final season of game of thrones. But now, Martin says that he can expect some major changes in how the books play out compared to the show, even going so far as to confirm that characters who survived the show will die in the books, and vice versa.
Still, Martin says his fluid writing style, which doesn’t require him to adhere to a predetermined outline of events, makes it difficult to predict exactly where the plot will go, and thus how much it will deviate from the plot. game of thrones tv show events.
“Another question I get a lot, especially since the end of game of thrones on hbo, is if a song of ice and fire will end the same way,” says martin. “An architect could give a short, concise and simple answer to that, but I’m much more of a gardener. My stories grow, evolve and change as I write them.”
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“Usually I know where I’m going for sure… the final destinations, the big stages, have been in my head for years… for decades, in the case of a song of ice and fire. there are many however, the details are diabolical, and sometimes the ground shifts under my feet as the words pour out.”
martin continues to provide something of a non-update on the progress of The Winds of Winter, once again assuring fans that he is working on the penultimate installment in the Song of Ice and Fire series. he doesn’t provide any updates on its release timing or plot details, but he does provide an interesting perspective on how it’s evolving to be even more different from the TV show than it originally had been.
“what i’ve been noticing more and more lately, though, is that my gardening is taking me further and further away from the tv show. yeah, some of the stuff you saw on hbo in game of thrones you’ll also see on the winds of winter (although perhaps not in the same way)…but much of the rest will be quite different.”
“and really, when you think about it, this was inevitable. the novels are much bigger and much more complex than the series. certain things that happened on hbo won’t happen in the books. and vice versa.”
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it’s true that martin’s novels go much deeper into the world of westeros than the tv show, and even include major characters and story arcs that weren’t even mentioned in the tv show: lady stoneheart, young griff, and jeyne pool. , just to name a few. still, it is generally understood that the endings of the books will be similar.
In that sense, Martin just jokes that “some things will be the same” and “many things won’t”.
of course, martin is also working with hbo to adapt his fire & blood novel in the upcoming house of the dragon series, which will premiere on August 21. And if that’s not enough, there’s also the Game of Thrones sequel series starring Kit Harrington as Jon Snow, which may or may not make it to the finale. screens.
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