The sixth season is likely to deviate even further from what happens in The Winds of Winter.
During a Q&A at the Sasquan science-fiction convention in Spokane, Washington, Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin told GeekWire that HBO could air the final episode of the show based on his books even before the last book in the series comes out — and he’s OK with that.
“There was a period where I was worried about that,” he said. “Then I said, to hell with that. Worrying about it isn’t going to change it one way or another. I still sit down at the typewriter, and I have to write the next scene and the next sentence … I’m just going to tell my story, and they’re telling their story and adapting my books, and we shall see,” said the author of the American medieval fantasy.
Game of Thrones recently concluded its fifth season on HBO with some plot twists that are not in harmony with what’s been laid out in the five books published so far. The sixth season is likely to deviate even further from what happens in the yet-to-be-published The Winds of Winter novel.
“The show is moving forward like a locomotive, or sometimes a jet locomotive,” Martin said. “They’re writing 60-page scripts, I’m writing 1,500-page novels. So who the hell knows?"
For now, the producers of the HBO series, David Benioff and Dan Weiss, are planning to do eight seasons of the show. The saga’s ending is a closely held secret, but Martin has shared it with the two producers.
Producers of the show had to make changes along the way in order to streamline the show into a manageable format and Season 5, despite of the few changes, basically caught up to the point where Martin is at in his novels. It has already been about four years since Martin released his last book in the series but will The Winds of Winter be ready by next spring, when Season 6 hits HBO? That’s one question Martin is thoroughly sick of hearing.
“Don’t ask me when the book is going to be done — I’ll ask my minions to lop your head off,” he joked.
The Winds of Winter is expected to be at least a seven-volume series.
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