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Game Of Thrones Finally Admits The Show Will Spoil The Books

This was becoming increasingly obvious, but Game of Thrones showrunners D.B. Weiss and David Benioff have finally confessed out loud the TV show adaptation, which looks to end several years before George R.R. Martin releases the series’ final volume, will be spoiling several aspects of the books. Here’s David Benioff speaking to the Oxford Union…

io9 Rob Bricken Mar 23

GRRM’s Original Game Of Thrones Outline Was Very, Very Different

British bookseller Waterstone has somehow gotten its hands on the original story outline that George R.R. Martin submitted to Harper Collins along with the first 170 pages of what would become A Game of Thrones. It proves GRRM had a very different story in mind when he first set out to write A Song of…

Books & Comics Rob Bricken Feb 5

Amy Poehler Quizzes George R.R. Martin On Game Of Thrones Trivia

How well does George R.R. Martin know his own characters? On Late Night with Seth Meyers, Amy Poehler and Seth Meyers asked Martin to match lines from A Song of Ice and Fire with their appropriate characters—and the results are pretty damn adorable. The one-time Weekend Update cohosts had a bit of fun with Martin,…

Television Lauren Davis Oct 29

The Forrest Gump Syndrome: Soft History, Full Of Famous People

We tend to idealize the past. We file off a lot of the rough edges, imagine everybody having better teeth, and generally tone down a lot of the ugliness. This can be problematic — especially when we soften the depiction of past atrocities. And science fiction and fantasy contribute to this. Science fiction and fantasy…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Aug 5

What Secrets Are Hidden In The Wildlings’ Costumes On Game Of Thrones?

Here’s some concept art showing Sam and Gilly approaching the Wall from the North, exclusively at io9. It shows the scale and the magnificence of the Wall — and how daunting it is to climb. This comes from the book Inside HBO’s Game of Thrones, and we’ve also got an exclusive look at the Wildling’s…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Jul 30

Why Bran And Arya No Longer Want To Be Rescued On Game Of Thrones

Season four of Game of Thrones contained some major departures from the books — and some of them underscored just how much Bran and Arya Stark no longer want or expect to be rescued. We caught up with Isaac Hempstead-Wright and Maisie Williams at Comic-Con, and they told us why things are only going to…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Jul 29

21 Books That Changed Science Fiction And Fantasy Forever

Speculative fiction is the literature of change and discovery. But every now and then, a book comes along that changes the rules of science fiction and fantasy for everybody. Certain great books inspire scores of authors to create something new. Here are 21 of the most influential science fiction and fantasy books. Top image: Magrathea…

Books & Comics Ryan Plummer and Madeleine Monson-Rosen Jul 25

GRRM Tells People Who Think He Won’t Finish The Books “F*ck You”

Apparently George R.R. Martin is quite, quite tired of people worrying that he will never finish his fantasy magnum opus A Song of Ice and Fire. But can you really blame him? In a recent interview, the Swiss newspaper Tagesanzeiger asked 65-year-old Martin about the people who worry he’s going to die before he finishes…

io9 Rob Bricken Jul 9

Is It Time To Retire The Word “Epic”?

You’ll see lots of rants on the internet claiming the word “epic” is overused. It’s become a blanket synonym for “fun,” and people say “I had an epic bath” with zero irony. But maybe this is just a symptom of a larger problem. Maybe the word “epic” in general has lost all meaning, including when…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Jul 3

The Concept Art That George R.R. Martin Is A Fan Of

This version of the Iron Throne is dark and looming and unsettlingly ominous — and it’s exactly the way George R.R. Martin wanted it to look. When Martin posted this picture by Marc Simonetti of the Iron Throne last year and pointed to it as the image that most closely captured his own vision of…

io9 Ria Misra Jul 2

George RR Martin Moves From Killing Fictional Characters To Real People

No longer satisfied with murdering the characters in his beloved A Song of Ice and Fire books, George R.R. Martin has now set his sights on murdering a Facebook employee named David Goldblatt after he donated $20,000 to the Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary to be killed off in an upcoming GRRM novel. Goldblatt, a product…

Books & Comics Rob Bricken Jun 13

Is it whitewashing? George R.R. Martin responds to Red Viper casting

Last weekend, when the casting for Oberyn Martell, the A Song of Ice and Fire character commonly known as the Red Viper of Dorne, was announced, many commented that the actor was fairer skinned than they had anticipated the character would be. On his blog, author George R.R. Martin weighed in on the casting of…

Television Lauren Davis Jul 6

GRRM has a new Winds of Winter preview chapter up!

George R.R. Martin has a new Winds of Winter preview chapter up. I REPEAT: GRRM HAS A NEW WINDS OF WINTER PREVIEW CHAPTER UP. THIS IS NOT A DRILL. IT’S ABOUT ARIANNE AND DORNE. YOU SHOULD READ IT ANYWAYS. PROCEED DIRECTLY TO THE WINDS OF WINTER PREVIEW CHAPTER HERE. THAT IS ALL. [Via All Leather…

io9 Rob Bricken Jan 9

The most detailed map of the Game of Thrones world yet

We’ve seen a lot of fan-made maps that try to capture the geography of George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series, but none have been quite so detailed as this monstrous map by one serMountainGoat — a map so thorough, it’s impressed Martin himself. This fan scoured the pages of Martin’s…

io9 Lauren Davis Mar 10

New Game of Thrones trailer offers more scenes from the War of Five Kings

We have less than a month to wait for the new season of Game of Thrones, and the latest trailer offers a few more peeks at what’s in store. This trailer includes many of the scenes we saw in the last, but includes more time beyond the wall, a better look at Arya in disguise,…

Trailers Lauren Davis Mar 3

A speculative world map for A Song of Ice and Fire

HBO’s released their version of Westeros earlier this year, but Adam Whitehead of The Wertzone has been pondering the layout for George R.R. Martin’s fantastical world for a while now. Here, Whitehead takes a look at the lands beyond Westeros. https://gizmodo.com/explore-the-7-kingdoms-of-westeros-in-hbos-game-of-thro-5770589 https://gizmodo.com/mapping-the-seven-kingdoms-5689619 Thanks to one of the more detailed maps of the Free Cities that…

io9 Adam Whitehead - the Wertzone Jul 2

If Game of Thrones was a Super Nintendo game, it would sound like this

Digitapp’s chiptune treatment of the Game of Thrones theme makes you wish George R.R. Martin’s fantasy series was adapted for an old-school RPG. Imagine all the XP you could accrue at the “Dothraki wedding” stage or the “Winterfell whorehouse” level. [Via Buzzfeed]

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Jun 18

What does the first review of A Dance With Dragons say?

Publisher’s Weekly has published the first (and slightly spoilerific) review of A Dance with Dragons. The general vibe of the review is positive, but it suggests that the novel has the same ‘feel’ as A Feast for Crows, despite more important events due to the book’s focus on more popular and plot-centric characters like Tyrion,…

Books & Comics Adam Whitehead - the Wertzone Jun 5

George R.R. Martin (and his dancing ghost) get the zany Taiwanese news treatment

Once again, Taiwan’s NMA News prove that they’re the future of infotainment with their flabbergasting machinima explanation of George R.R. Martin’s literary foibles. They even gave a shout out to “George R.R. Martin Is Not Your Bitch!” Hat tip to Xenon Bill!

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Mar 15

Check out the new trailer and production featurette for Game of Thrones

The latest promo for Game of Thrones, HBO’s adaptation of George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series, aired before the season finale of True Blood. Check out the latest footage from the production in Belfast. Click to view Click to view [HBO]

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Sep 12

Game Of Thrones Finally Admits The Show Will Spoil The Books

GRRM’s Original Game Of Thrones Outline Was Very, Very Different

Amy Poehler Quizzes George R.R. Martin On Game Of Thrones Trivia

The Forrest Gump Syndrome: Soft History, Full Of Famous People

What Secrets Are Hidden In The Wildlings’ Costumes On Game Of Thrones?

Why Bran And Arya No Longer Want To Be Rescued On Game Of Thrones

21 Books That Changed Science Fiction And Fantasy Forever

GRRM Tells People Who Think He Won’t Finish The Books “F*ck You”

Is It Time To Retire The Word “Epic”?

The Concept Art That George R.R. Martin Is A Fan Of

George RR Martin Moves From Killing Fictional Characters To Real People

Is it whitewashing? George R.R. Martin responds to Red Viper casting

GRRM has a new Winds of Winter preview chapter up!

The most detailed map of the Game of Thrones world yet

New Game of Thrones trailer offers more scenes from the War of Five Kings

A speculative world map for A Song of Ice and Fire

If Game of Thrones was a Super Nintendo game, it would sound like this

What does the first review of A Dance With Dragons say?

George R.R. Martin (and his dancing ghost) get the zany Taiwanese news treatment

Check out the new trailer and production featurette for Game of Thrones

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