George R.R. Martin Is Apparently Done Talking AboutHouse of the Dragon

Though George R.R. Martin readers will always tap any bit of word involving the author to see if he ’s in conclusion giving the Holy Grail of updates — Winds of Winterwhen?—it ’s been an exhausting few weeks for both fans and Martin himself . He ripped off his glove in a late blog post ( which he ’d tease inanearlierblog post ) to unload on season two ofHouse of the Dragon . presently after it come out , the post kick about choices made in the page - to - concealment adaptationwas swiftly deleted , but it still draw out responses from HBO andDragonshowrunnerRyan Condal .

Now , it seems , Martin ’s make up one’s mind he ’ll stop weighing in onHouse of the Dragonentirely . In aHollywood Reporterstory chart various concerns swirling around pop finish ’s current biggest fantasy series — Prime Video’sLord of the Rings : The Rings of Power , and HBO’sDragon — Martin was asked to comment on theDragonkerfluffle . According to the trade , he chose to speak aboutA Knight of the Seven Kingdoms , HBO ’s nextGame of Thronesspin - off , instead .

“ I visited the solidifying in Northern Ireland in July and love what I see , ” THR quoted him as saying . “ swell cast . [ The lead characters ] Dunk and Egg look as if they walk out of the pageboy of my book . My reader are lead to love them . I certainly do . [ Showrunner Ira Parker ] is doing a great line of work . ”

Matt Smith House Of The Dragon

Daemon Targaryen (Matt Smith) in the season two finale of House of the Dragon. © Ollie Upton/HBO

read between the lines , you may suspect that Martin is ready to move on from talk aboutHouse of the Dragon — at least for now ; season three is on the means , and who knows how he ’ll react to that . As the THR write up notes , Martin ’s free-spoken literary criticism could very well be a hangover from his defeat about how HBO’sGame of Thronesadaptation , which earned great kudos at first but stumbled in later seasons , was cover . “ The old series loom silently over this , ” THR luff out . “ Martin is understandably passionate and protective about the world he make . He has imagine just how pivotal aspect would ideally roleplay out onscreen and gamely stayed mum for years whenThronestook liberties with his material that he did n’t correspond with . ”

And speaking ofWinds of Winter , Martin did offer a teeny update on his progress ina blog post share earlier this week , in which he say he wrote “ some fresh pages ” over the summer . “ Some ” is more encouraging than “ none , ” at least ! And just like Martin , we ’re also looking onward toA Knight of the Seven Kingdoms , due to strike HBO next class .

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