George R.R. Martin: His book is more important than the "Game of Thrones" Prequel
Fans of "Game of Thrones" are already accustomed to having to be patient. Neither the eighth and final season of the hit series nor the long-awaited continuation book by author George R.R. Martin (69) will be released before 2019. However, there is news that pertains to his ongoing project "Winds of Winter," the much anticipated new part of the book series, "The Song of Ice and Fire."
On his blog "Not a Blog", the author recently posted an entry that says, "Before you ask, the work on 'Winds Of Winter' continues and remains my top priority." Why he explicitly emphasizes that? George R.R. Martin currently has more iron in the fire.
HBO confirms "Game of Thrones" Prequel
The fantasy saga "The song of ice and fire" gets a prehistory. The confirmed the US broadcaster HBO a few days ago. Although the written submission for this is not from the pen of the 69-year-olds, but he would assist the person in an advisory capacity, it says in his blog. When exactly the pilot of the prequel will be published, is not known. So far, the only thing that is certain is that fans could expect them only after the final season of "Game of Thrones" - in other words probably in 2020. Performers, film locations or even a director should not have been determined yet either.
However, Martin seems to have already thought about the title. "I would vote for 'The Long Night', he writes in his blog entry, and the author also gives a chronology of the story:" Here, PRE in prequel really matters, because it's not just 90 or a few hundred Years before 'Game Of Thrones' settled, but rather 10,000 years. "So it can be expected that Martin's" Age of Heroes ", as he mentions in his book" The Song of Ice and Fire ", be the center of action becomes.
"Fire and Blood" will come in 2018
If you can not wait for new material for such a long time, you should mark the 26th of November. Then Martin's offshoot "Fire and Blood" appears in German. This is not about the current events of the book series or the accompanying series "Game of Thrones", instead, the action 300 years before. "Fire and Blood" tells the story of the House of Targaryen, which once held the Iron Throne, before Aerys II Targaryen ("The Insane King") was overthrown and Robert Baratheon became king.
The offshoot, conceived as a kind of history book, will consist of a total of two volumes. Not surprising, considering what should be treated in it. "Fire and Blood" is about "the conquest of the Seven Kingdoms and the subjugation to the rule of the Targaryens, to the dance of the dragons: the civil war within the house of Targaryen, which almost wiped out their dynasty," it says in the accompanying press release.
