Friday, January 30, 2015

George R. R. Martin just ensured 'Game of Thrones' show will overtake books

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Longtime readers of "A Song of Ice and Fire" — the still-incomplete book cycle on which HBO's Game of Thrones is based — get ready to roll your eyes


Author George R. R. Martin's publisher, HarperCollins, confirmed that book six, The Winds of Winter, for which we've been waiting since 2011, will not be published in 2015. His publisher, Jane Johnson, tried to mollify fans by reminding them that a series of "prequel novellas" based in Martin's world of Westeros would arrive later this year. Nevertheless, she was adamant.


"These are increasingly complex books, and require immense amounts of concentration to write," Johnson told The Guardian . "Fans really ought to appreciate that the length of these monsters is equivalent to two or three novels by other writers.” Read more...


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