- The Game of Thrones creator is yet to finish writing the books, despite the TV series finishing five years ago
- The TV series was based on Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire
- Martin still has the sixth and seventh instalments of the series to write
Game of Thrones creator George R.R. Martin may have given rise to one of the biggest cultural entertainment phenomenons of the 21st century, but the award-winning author is still not necessarily happy with his work, citing one thing in particular he would like to change about A Song of Ice and Fire.
Despite Game of Thrones finishing up its 59 Emmy Award winning run on HBO five years ago, Martin still hasn’t finished writing the final two instalments of the series, entitled The Winds of Winter and A Dream of Spring, respectively. In the meantime, a prequel series, House of the Dragon has now entered its second season on HBO and will soon be joined by another prequel, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.
During a recent conversation at the Oxford Writers House about his career, Martin was asked about what he would change about the books he’d already written.
“I don’t know, I can probably change more than one thing,” Martin answered, laughing, before adding, “If I could change one thing about one of my books I’d have them finished.”
The 75-year-old author had previously said the Winds of Winter would be finished in 2015, a year after his last instalment in the series, A Dance With Dragons. He famously claimed in 2023 to have written 1,100 pages of the story, which was the same number he’d given a year prior, leading fans to surmise that it may never see the light of day, given that it is now almost 10 years late already. Although, of course, there is still plenty of work that goes into a book without the number of pages increasing.
Game of Thrones has regularly been cited as one of the greatest TV shows of all time by fans and critics alike, although the final season drew considerable criticisms for its creative direction and was widely considered to be a majorly disappointing conclusion to such a popular and successful series.
(h/t IGN)
