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While G.R.R. Martin Is In Self-Isolation, He’s Dropping Hints At Finishing GoT Books

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It’s no secret that HBO’s Game of Thrones had a historically terrible finish, with the final season being the most hated one out of all 8. The finale of such a successful show was so ill-received that it prompted fans to start a petition to rewrite and reshoot the season and replace the showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss. Unfortunately, despite the fans’ uproar and tanking ratings, HBO decided to leave the series as it was, instead, turning their heads to new projects like the upcoming House of the Dragon series that focuses on the past and history of House Targaryen. However, fans of the show had one final solace to turn to and it was the original novels the show was based on, A Song of Ice and Fire series, penned by George R. R. Martin.

Since the books, unlike the show, are still incomplete, fans across the world hoped that the storyline would be different from what Benioff and Weiss concocted and to people’s joy, Martin himself implied a different ending.

Following the success of the Game of Thrones series, the author of the books received plenty of attention that led him to different artistic endeavors like an upcoming action role-playing game, Elden Ring. Despite his busy schedule, Martin maintains a blog titled Not a Blog where he keeps his fans updated on his life.

On March 17, George R. R. Martin posted an update on his blog, detailing his reaction to the Coronavirus outbreak

While G.R.R. Martin Is In Self-Isolation, He's Dropping Hints At Finishing GoT Books

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In his blog, Martin detailed how his local community was affected by the Coronavirus outbreak. He updated his fans on the measures they took to ensure people’s safety as well as reassured everyone about his personal health.
In one paragraph, he revealed that he’s currently self-isolating and “spending more time in Westeros than in the real world,” suggesting that the author is working on the last remaining two books in the Ice and Fire series.
Albeit the reason for his return to writing might not be optimal, it’s understandable why fans would be excited about potentially seeing the release of Wind of Winter, considering that the previous chapter of the series, A Dance with Dragons came out all the way back in 2011.

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While G.R.R. Martin Is In Self-Isolation, He's Dropping Hints At Finishing GoT Books

While G.R.R. Martin Is In Self-Isolation, He's Dropping Hints At Finishing GoT Books

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While G.R.R. Martin Is In Self-Isolation, He's Dropping Hints At Finishing GoT Books

While G.R.R. Martin Is In Self-Isolation, He's Dropping Hints At Finishing GoT Books

Image credits: HBO

While G.R.R. Martin Is In Self-Isolation, He's Dropping Hints At Finishing GoT Books

While G.R.R. Martin Is In Self-Isolation, He's Dropping Hints At Finishing GoT Books

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While G.R.R. Martin Is In Self-Isolation, He's Dropping Hints At Finishing GoT Books

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While G.R.R. Martin Is In Self-Isolation, He's Dropping Hints At Finishing GoT Books

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While G.R.R. Martin Is In Self-Isolation, He's Dropping Hints At Finishing GoT Books

While G.R.R. Martin Is In Self-Isolation, He's Dropping Hints At Finishing GoT Books

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While G.R.R. Martin Is In Self-Isolation, He's Dropping Hints At Finishing GoT Books

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While G.R.R. Martin Is In Self-Isolation, He's Dropping Hints At Finishing GoT Books

While G.R.R. Martin Is In Self-Isolation, He's Dropping Hints At Finishing GoT Books

While G.R.R. Martin Is In Self-Isolation, He's Dropping Hints At Finishing GoT Books

While G.R.R. Martin Is In Self-Isolation, He's Dropping Hints At Finishing GoT Books

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While G.R.R. Martin Is In Self-Isolation, He's Dropping Hints At Finishing GoT Books

While G.R.R. Martin Is In Self-Isolation, He's Dropping Hints At Finishing GoT Books

While G.R.R. Martin Is In Self-Isolation, He's Dropping Hints At Finishing GoT Books

While G.R.R. Martin Is In Self-Isolation, He's Dropping Hints At Finishing GoT Books

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As a writer and image editor for Bored Panda, Giedrė crafts posts on many different topics to push them to their potential. She's also glad that her Bachelor’s degree in English Philology didn’t go to waste (although collecting dust in the attic could also be considered an achievement of aesthetic value!) Giedrė is an avid fan of cats, photography, and mysteries, and a keen observer of the Internet culture which is what she is most excited to write about. Since she's embarked on her journalistic endeavor, Giedrė has over 600 articles under her belt and hopes for twice as much (fingers crossed - half of them are about cats).

What do you think ?

The Original Foxxy Has Herpes 4 years ago

George got that pedophile look going on.

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Jerry Mathers 4 years ago

I'm not too pleased with Mr. Martin. When you do a saga like this you owe it to your readers to see it completed. His last book came out in something like 2007. I understand writers block but 13 years is nonsense. Here is a tip. Read your own books. Get back the sense of the story and characters, then write the dang thing. Your HBO series would never have been made if it wasn't for the readers, so please do your part and finish it.

1point

Random Panda 4 years ago

ADWD came out in 2011, so 9 years actually. It's still a lot and at this point I don't think he has any right to be cross with fans who are getting impatient. People have been waiting for a conclusion since '95. I think his inspiration expired when GoT caught up with the books, since it gave out some massive twists that GRRM must have been looking forward to writing. And if his book ending is similar to the show's that must also give him pause, because it was so poorly received. He'd surely write it better, but I hope there are significant differences, because otherwise it would feel like I wasted 17 years waiting for a bad ending (Dany dying I'm ok with, Dany being a villain - nah). And I only hopped on to the bandwagon sometime after book 3 was published. Back then he was saying the series would be complete in two more books. Ha!

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Xi Jinping 4 years ago

他看起来像恋童癖船长

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The Original Foxxy Has Herpes 4 years ago

George got that pedophile look going on.

1point

Jerry Mathers 4 years ago

I'm not too pleased with Mr. Martin. When you do a saga like this you owe it to your readers to see it completed. His last book came out in something like 2007. I understand writers block but 13 years is nonsense. Here is a tip. Read your own books. Get back the sense of the story and characters, then write the dang thing. Your HBO series would never have been made if it wasn't for the readers, so please do your part and finish it.

1point

Random Panda 4 years ago

ADWD came out in 2011, so 9 years actually. It's still a lot and at this point I don't think he has any right to be cross with fans who are getting impatient. People have been waiting for a conclusion since '95. I think his inspiration expired when GoT caught up with the books, since it gave out some massive twists that GRRM must have been looking forward to writing. And if his book ending is similar to the show's that must also give him pause, because it was so poorly received. He'd surely write it better, but I hope there are significant differences, because otherwise it would feel like I wasted 17 years waiting for a bad ending (Dany dying I'm ok with, Dany being a villain - nah). And I only hopped on to the bandwagon sometime after book 3 was published. Back then he was saying the series would be complete in two more books. Ha!

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Xi Jinping 4 years ago

他看起来像恋童癖船长

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