Our hopes for Queen Sansa remain alive (unless she doesn’t make it to the final chapter).
Fans still fuming over theGame of Thronesfinale: You may get a literary do-over.
“But much of the rest will be quite different.”
George R.R. Martin.Amanda Edwards/Getty
But the series quickly caught up with the existing books and eventually surpassed them, forcing showrunnersDavid BenioffandD.B.
“The novels are much bigger and much, much more complex than the series,” Martin wrote.
“Certain things that happened on HBO will not happen in the books.
Emilia Clarke and Peter Dinklage in ‘Game of Thrones’.Helen Sloan/HBO
And vice versa.”
That’s gardening."
Because of Martin’s gardener tendencies, his writing plans can and do change.
“My stories grow and evolve and change as I write them,” he wrote.
So when can fans expectThe Winds of Winter?Martin is making no promises.
“I write, I rewrite, I restructure, I rip everything apart and rewrite again.
I go through doors that lead nowhere, and doors that open on marvels.
But it’s how I write.
“Some people will like my book, others will prefer the television show.
And that’s fine.
You pay your money, and you make your choice.”
HBO scrappedplans for a differentGame of Thronesprequel starringNaomi Wattsin 2019.
The Winds of Winterhas no set release date.
