Though Game of Thrones (the HBO adaptation) saw the story through to an end, the final two books remain unwritten. Martin is 77, with not one but two enormous books left to write, The Winds of Winter and A Dream of Spring. In the THR interview, Martin refers to the characters as his children. It’s not just fantasy series that use this practice. Condal and Martin then publicly fell out over choices Condal made in the second season, a thing I have complained about at length.

Source: New York Times January 26, 2026 19:05 UTC