What do you think will happen to the tv show if george decides to wrte an 8th book?

[Michael]

There is already and 8th book page on goodreads. Even if they finish the show knowing georges endgame theres a chance that they will miss out on a lot of story.

[Shayn]

The TV has confirmed they're going ahead with the series regardless of where the books are. So eventually it's more than likely the TV series will supersede the prose and do it's own thing. David & Dan already know how the series ends, so there isn't anything stopping them from telling the story themselves.

[Barnana]

I really don't care about the tv show anymore.The way they keep leaving out important details and unnecessarily changing the original plotlines is nothing short of infuriating.

[Laura]

If the series had been following the story like they did in the first season, I would be worried about it. By now, they are doing their own thing and, as Barnana says, some changes are very frustrating to watch. Not only they are changing the stories and plots, but also the characters' traits and motivations. So, even if they go ahead with the story that we still didn't read, I won't fear many spoilers.

[Jeanine]

Where is the 6th book and title

[Laura]

Jeanine wrote: "Where is the 6th book and title"

Still not published, the Winds of Winter. To be published, probably, some day, perhaps, who knows.

[Marc]

I think Laura basically summed up all my thoughts on matter.
Watching the TV show is starting to feel like reading a wikipedia summary....bare bones plot....non of the character.

[Laura]

I have to say it, I love how some of the actors are embodying the characters. I heard that some of them read the books to try to express the right "mentality" of the character through their acting. I guess the actors and general production are the reasons why I keep watching, in spite of scripts and direction.

[Laura]

And then there is Peter Dinklage, who never read the books, but is the best possible Tyrion... within the script, of course.

[Marc]

don't get me wrong it still a great show. Some great performances and manages to capture a real big screen event feeling on occasion.
But....
After reading the books its like expecting a steak and getting a burger.....Its a good burger....a great burger....but not the steak I was hoping for

[[deleted user]]

An 8th book? Will any of us live that long?

[Annemarie]

I read this wrong and thought you posted that he was writing an 8th grade book, and I nearly lost it. I can only imagine a child's version of this book. Once upon a time there was a very pretty princess who really really really loved her brother...

[Annemarie]

But to answer your initial question of what will happen if he does write an 8th book I'd just say that none of us will be alive in 100 years when GRRM is finally done with it, so it doesn't matter. :)

[Michael]

In all serious If he does decide to write an eight book, then the show will finish being incomplete, and I, nor do I think any of the book fans, want this to happen.

[David]

By the time that GRR Martin writes an 8th book, the show will already have aired the equivalent of 20 seasons of the story; I don't think we have to worry :)

[Michael]

The showrunners have said they only want to do 7 seasons.

[Scott]

The show will figure out a way to bring things to a conclusion. As others have stated, they already know GRRM's general plan for how things wrap up. However, that's not to say that they NEED to do the same. They're clearly made changes with the show, so there's nothing to keep them from ending things the way they see fit.

Just a suggestion to those frustrated with how the show is different from the books. You should really just think of them as two different things, really. The medium of film can do certain things that literature can't, and vice-versa. Because of the demands of the viewing public, budget and time constraints, and the simple fact that actors age, no show would ever have been able to tell the full story as GRRM has in the books.

They are not unlike many of the best superhero movies that have come out in the last decade or so. Take Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy. He borrowed from certain specific and well-known classic Batman tales (The Dark Knight Returns, Batman Year One, etc.), but he didn't try to tell ALL of the Batman canon in films. That would have been impossible. He took what he could to make a cohesive trilogy of movies that can be seen as a single unit. I think that's how we should look at A Song of Ice and Fire. That's what I've been doing so far, and I've enjoyed nearly everything about both versions.