The man whose creative mind gave us "Game of Thrones" says his ending will differ from the television series.
George R.R Martin's book series"The Song of Ice and Fire " led to the creation of the massively popular HBO show.
In a lengthy blog post, Martin gave an update on "The Winds of Winter" and said his writing is taking him further away from the TV series.
"Yes, some of the things you saw on HBO in "Game of Thrones" you will also see in "The Winds of Winter" (though maybe not in quite the same ways)… 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 will not happen in the books. And vice versa. I have viewpoint characters in the books never seen on the show."
There's been a lot of criticism of the show's ending. The final episode aired in 2019, and fans worldwide are still reeling over the fate of many of the characters.
Martin also addressed this by saying..
"No doubt, once I am done, there will be huge debate about which version of the story is better. Some people will like my book, others will prefer the television show. And that's fine, you pays your money and your make your choice. (I do fear that a certain proportion of fans are so angry about how long WINDS has taken me that they are prepared to hate the book, unread. That saddens me, but there's nothing I can do about it, but write the best book that I can, and hope that when it comes out most fans will read it with clean hands and an open mind)."
You can check out his complete blog post here.
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