George R.R. Martin First Time Speaks About Game Of Thrones Controversial, Fiery Finale Amid Fan's Anger

Mina Muzumdar |May 23, 2019

The author of "A song of Ice and Fire" reveals D.B. Weiss and David Benioff only have 8 hours to complete the wrap-up season of "Game of Thrones".

Author Geroge R.R. Martin recently comes to the defense of Game of Thrones duo creator David Benioff and Dan Weiss over the TV show failure season. Earlier, a petition on Change.org rose by fans has collected more than 1.3 million signatures to request HBO remake the last season.

A song of Ice and Fire's author cited that it's hard to compare his work to Game of Thrones co-creator as they work on a different scale while David Benioff and D.B.Weiss had only eight hours to wrap-up the last season. Whereas George R.R. Martin books can "fill 3000 manuscript pages between them."

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Author George R.R Martin

Taking to his Not a Blog website, the author confided: "They had eight hours for this final season. I expect these last two books of mine will fill 3000 manuscript pages between them before I’m done… and if more pages and chapters and scenes are needed, I’ll add them."

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Fans are expressing their rage toward the controversial end of Game of Thrones final season.

After Game of Thrones season 8 was aired, it faced harsh criticism from fans for a blotchy and rushing script. Meanwhile, the author is expecting the release of his sixth and seventh novel titled The Winds of Winter and A Dream of Spring in his famous book series since 1991.

When being asked if there is a similar storyline between the book and the TV show, George R.R. Martin said that it would be "a silly question."

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Author George R.R. Martin said the ending of his book might be different from the TV series.

"How will it all end? I hear people asking. The same ending as the show? Different? Well… yes. And no. And yes. And no. And yes. And no. And yes," the 70-year-old author reasoned.

He also has a message for fans who have been waiting for his book patiently that his last two novels will worth their waiting as there are different ending for several characters that never happened in the film.

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