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The Winds of Winter

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My Life Is A Lie: We’ve Been Saying Khaleesi Wrong and Other Game of Thrones Language Trivia

by Jill Pantozzi | 2:45 pm, April 25th, 2013

In case you weren’t aware, the fluent High Valyrian we’ve been hearing in Season 3 of HBO’s hit series Game of Thrones is completely made up. Much like the Dothraki language, author George R.R. Martin had a few words of the lost city’s tongue in his novel series but it’s David J. Peterson who made it speakable. There’s just one problem, us fans aren’t as fluent as we’d hoped. 

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George R.R. Martin Released a New The Winds of Winter Preview Chapter. And It Stars Arianne!

by Rebecca Pahle | 2:25 pm, January 9th, 2013

Hey there, A Song of Ice and Fire fans: George R.R. Martin has a new preview chapter from The Winds of Winter up on his website. So yay! Go read it. Unless, of course, you’re like me and don’t read any of the preview chapters for fear they will make the wait for the actual book about 500 times worse. Write faster, George.

(via: io9)

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Game of Thrones’ George R.R. Martin Is Planning To Hide After A Specific Episode Next Season

by Jill Pantozzi | 4:14 pm, September 28th, 2012

You know when that thing happened to Ned Stark in Season 1 of HBO’s Game of Thrones and everyone who hadn’t read the book (and some who had) completely freaked out? There’s more stuff like that to come and A Song of Ice and Fire author George R.R. Martin is kind of scared about how you’ll react. So scared, in fact, he’s considering leaving the country to hide out for a while. (No spoilers for upcoming plot lines!)

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Game Of Thrones’ George R.R. Martin On Sex Versus Violence

by Jill Pantozzi | 3:32 pm, July 27th, 2012

“I can describe an axe entering a human skull in great explicit detail and no one will blink twice at it. I provide a similar description, just as detailed, of a penis entering a vagina, and I get letters about it and people swearing off. To my mind this is kind of frustrating, it’s madness. Ultimately, in the history of [the] world, penises entering vaginas have given a lot of people a lot of pleasure; axes entering skulls, well, not so much.” - A Song of Ice and Fire author, George R.R. Martin on American readers’ reactions to his sex scenes. 

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George R.R. Martin Is Worried He’s Not Writing Fast Enough For HBO’s Game Of Thrones

by Jill Pantozzi | 11:11 am, June 15th, 2012

This week’s “DUH!” moment comes to us courtesy of A Song of Ice and Fire author George R.R. Martin. Fans of his work know he’s notoriously slow when it comes to writing, and Martin himself has copped to it, but with the HBO television series now in full swing, there’s a new concern. Will Martin’s novels be finished or will the show catch up before he’s done? Hear what he had to say about it after the jump. 

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Watch George R.R. Martin Read The Winds Of Winter

by Jill Pantozzi | 1:15 pm, March 28th, 2012

We’re extremely eager for the start of HBO’s Game of Thrones Season 2 on Sunday but if you’re also a fan of George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire, you may find this of interest. It’s a video from TIFF Bell LightBox in which the author waxes poetic about his work but also reads an excerpt from his sixth novel in the series, The Winds of Winter.

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A Sample Chapter From the Next Song of Ice and Fire book, The Winds of Winter

by Susana Polo | 11:57 am, December 29th, 2011

Says George R. R. Martin, hard at work on the sixth installment of his seven book series A Song of Ice and Fire, the basis for HBO’s Game of Thrones:

As a Christmas gift to all my loyal fans and readers, I’ve just replaced the (long published) sample chapters from A Dance With Dragons on my website with an unpublished sample chapter from The Winds of Winter.

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