A Game of Thrones - TV Show Discussion Thread

[Dinner]

It's awesome. I can't wait to see the whole book.

(I'll be bald by then.)

I just hope he doesn't die before it is done. Assuming he doesn't stroke out then he'll eventually finish it though taking 20 years (so far) to finish 6/8ths of the series is pretty bad, worse, he said he was thinking about making the last book into two books and that would mean he's only 2/3rds done. I'm still mad that I'll never get to finish reading Steig Larsson's Millennium book series.

[Dinner]

GRRM on the reception of his new sample chapter.

I Broke the Internet

• Mar. 27th, 2014 at 3:20 PM

Sorry about that.

The upload of the new sample chapter from THE WINDS OF WINTER created so much traffic to my website and blog that the servers crashed. This is the first time I've been able to get up myself all day.

Anyway, it seems to be easing off some. And we are looking at ways to increase capacity.

The "reviews" of the chapter have been amazingly enthusiastic as well. Thanks. I am pleased that so many of you -- thousands and maybe tens of thousands, it would seem -- enjoyed "Mercy" so much.

I mentioned that this chapter had quite a history. It's true. The first draft was written more than a decade ago. Originally, it was intended to be the opening Arya chapter after the infamous "five year gap," her first appearance in A DANCE WITH DRAGONS as initially conceived. Then it was supposed to be a part of A FEAST FOR CROWS, after I abandoned the five year gap and split the books. Then it was going to be the concluding Arya chapter in A DANCE WITH DRAGONS. But it seemed more like an opening chapter than a closing one, so shortly before ADWD was published my editor and I agreed to remove it from DANCE and shift it over into WINDS. Of course, it has been revised, tightened, polished, and tweaked at every step of the way, so the version on my website has some significant differences from the "five year gap" version.

Some of you who enjoyed meeting Mercy may not have found the other sample we've put out there of late, a new Tyrion chapter. That one is live and available with the ICE & FIRE app, and can be found at
iOS: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/george-r.-r.-martins-world/id570015223?mt=8
Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.randomhouse.woiaf
Enjoy the read.

[Imran Siddiqui]

FWIW, I've heard Martin has been reading other sample chapters at various events he's been at this year. So it appears he's got a lot of it written already.

[DinoDoc]

FWIW, I've heard Martin has been reading other sample chapters at various events he's been at this year. So it appears he's got a lot of it written already.

The TV show is relieved.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Who gives a **** about the TV show? They'll finish the story regardless of if Martin dies tomorrow.

[Guynemer]

Apparently this Arya chapter was written years and years ago, and was originally gonna be in book 4, then book 5, and now will be her first chapter in book 6. Maybe.

[DinoDoc]

Apparently this Arya chapter was written years and years ago, and was originally gonna be in book 4, then book 5, and now will be her first chapter in book 6. Maybe.

Does he even know anymore?

[regexcellent]

Yeah that's the funny thing, the fact that it's 10 years old probably explains why it's so good as well as why it's done.

It was supposed to be after the 5-year timeskip too; which would make more sense, because

Spoiler:

Arya would be seducing Raff as a sexy 16 year old, not a pre-pubescent 11 year old.

It's still awesome though.

[Guynemer]

Raff doesn't strike me as a guy who's too particular about where he sticks it.

[regexcellent]

Yeah, that's why it still works.

[Hauldren Collider]

In some ways it even works better.

[Nikolai]

A disturbing but good chapter. Never read it before, but I see the publishing date is january 2013.

[DinoDoc]

I want a GoT Lego videogame now:

[regexcellent]

How do you make ASOIAF lighthearted enough to be a lego game?

[DinoDoc]

How do you make ASOIAF lighthearted enough to be a lego game?

Heh.