
"So if you were following along, I think it was pretty evident early on that the show was going to get ahead of the books." "George is not a fast writer," said book-and-show devotee Andrew Stachler, 44, of South Pasadena, California. Fans have been waiting, and waiting, and waiting, for the sixth, "The Winds of Winter," ever since, and many wonder whether the 70-year-old author will live long enough to finish all seven planned books in the series. The show premiered in 2011, the same year Martin's fifth book in his "A Song of Fire and Ice" series was released. This image released by HBO shows Emilia Clarke in a scene from "Game of Thrones." The final season premieres on Sunday. "For me, it just means more content I get to immerse myself in." I don't think they need to be one and the same," said Adonis Voulgaris, a fan of both formats who lives in San Francisco. While the endings will likely be similar, Martin, the master of this universe, could take a very different path to get there, making the coming end of the HBO show with its showdown between the humans of Westeros and the invading White Walkers possibly just a preview.įor some it all just means twice the fun. The plotlines of the show have long since shot past what's in Martin's books, whose own finale may be many years away.


This photo provided by HBO shows Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen and Kit Harington as Jon Snow in a scene from HBO's "Game of Thrones." The final season premieres on Sunday. Martin, will at long last get the ending they've craved with the series' eighth and final season that starts Sunday. Devoted "Game of Thrones" fans who've watched and re-watched all 73 episodes of the HBO series, and read and reread all 4,000 pages of the books by George R.R.
