In conversation: George R. R. Martin with John Hodgman FULL EVENT 

I agree, but to be fair the questions are recycled almost as much as the answers!

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SelmaS That’s almost literally what he said. He said same questions and same answers!

Tbf, this is just part of life as a writer. Most audiences want to ask the same questions because a lot of people are seeing the answers for the first time. So you've always got to be giving those answers over and over, and it's not like they're suddenly going to change. You just might refine the answer over time as you get used to telling it. I've even seen some writers begin events by addressing the most commonly asked questions they get - sort of a "please don't ask this, here's the basics" kind of thing.

This kind of thing actually happens with a lot of people

Yeah usually the host doesn't know a lick of shit, they just look up "Main characters of asoiaf, and then proceed to butcher the pronunciations to the point of cringe. The host from the woiaf interview in 2014 is a great example.

@@tysonmindham2986So true. A host once had Grrm talking about first men surnames being simple and she goes " Seaworth"... He didnt even bother correcting her as she obviously blurted that out bc she was a Davos fan. Davos was knighted by Stannis. Seaworth = after he was knighted bc he was a smuggler...

Never read the books!

The host is very funny

Jose Delacruz shut the fuck up

@THE CRAZY GUY yeah but thats cause he seems to be closer to GRRM than your average host and it makes GRRM look more tolerant and approachable. also, it is geek behavior that challenges GRRM to come up with some good answers. and, finally, he also is a peer and author as well. albeit not a very extensive one.

Are you kidding??? This guy made this about himself. He kept interrupting!

​@@Jimmy-rd5ig yeah. Super annoying and kept interrupting

Here's one. If keyboards count.

I do! its been along time since I read something. This books and show give me life! :)

well said...

you have exactly the same thoughts as me

I put my pen down out of sheer terror

And like the book, there will be no completion

I think he can't write anymore due to aging or something. Would add drama points to that movie.

:D

Reply to a year old comment... after seeing the reaction to The Last Dance, a pseudo documentary about the last championship year of Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls, I can see this happening. Two years after George R.R. Martin's death, a manuscript 75% completed with virtually no notes to help guide any hopeful author in finishing his work, there is a team of Westoros semi-nerds who go around and interview the actors, producors, family, friends and George's widow on "what really happened" behind the scenes and why these books took so long to write and publish. Cutaways to the television series with interludes of music, but also showing snapshots of people you've never seen who's helped Martin create a plethora of calendars and coffee table art books, while explaining how Martin changed from an author of books to a celebrity author once HBO delivered a dump truck full of money to his door step. Then, the detailed nuances of what goes into writing a novel followed by what goes into writing a novel of his level of complexity is brought into comparison with his hero, Tolkien and shows the similarities and differences of writing in this style with other real world distractions. But after the producers realize that they don't have a lot of dramatic material to work with, they try to leverage minor real world interactions into full blown controversies. George: "Dragonstone was not how I had imagined it when I was writing the books..." (edit before he could finish his thought) Producer: "George thought that Dragonstone did not interpret, what he saw, when he was writing the books, very accurately." Widow: George and D&D had very different views on how Dragonstone should look...." (edit before she finishes her sentence). This then ties in to how the television series differed from the source material and lead to the disastrous final season before the producers went on to work on the most maligned Star Wars movie of the time. Then it shows how Martin was offered to be flown to New Zealand, for free, to finish his novel, which he humbly declines, but then dies of (*insert the most popular death idea of the year here*) before being able to finalize his novel. Instant Classic.

@@MrRaindog I'm showing this comment to my friends lol

BlockNineInfluentials good idea I agree Stark history is needed

The she-wolves of Winterfell are probably coming... You know, after tWoW...

@@nikitagh5656 Maybe. I suspect that there's so much more to learn about Stark history as it relates to The Long Night that miiiiiiiiiiiight still come up in TWOW/ADOS that maybe we won't get anything about that until after ASOIAF is done.

Stark history is a nightmare. Everyone is named Brandon.

Based off the main series not much more is known about the straks, and he still has a lot of story left before he can write upon certain topics

Gold, tu ut s and wine.

It should be "Hear Me Roar"

2 Fire 2 Blood

Firer and Blooder

The cover art is Balerion standing on the Red Keep, wearing RayBans and double-fisting two cans of Red Bull

Featuring Vin Diesel as Dareon Blackfyre.

@@mcdaviddeservesbetter8 haha i would be down for that

and a host that allows that. Very refreshing.

they look alike as well 😆

Nah, I'm sure there were time constraints and hes knowledgeable but he interupts way too often. Whether Martin says stuff he's already said before doesn't really matter, not everyone who attends these has an encyclopedic knowledge of George's previous answers. I understand they have a tough job but everyone's here to hear George

Nikita, you have a great name, but your opinion is dog crap. We came to hear George , not this clown that thinks he is funny. He literally found a way to inject himself into the future by riding Georges coattails. In 100 years people will want to see George RR Martin speak, and in return will be forced to hear this clown make dumb jokes.

Take a shot every time he interrupts and you'll need your stomach pumped.

He said it’s his next book. Confirmed. I will gladly wait

Hey speak for yourself pal, I want the book published yesterday

@@TheDanielLivingston He did speak for himself.

@@ClaireYunFarronXIII what a hot take

Its not like he could die soon... its not like he has a risk of dying of old age and not finishing the story

Dance of Dragons was published in 2011. His own time? He's old. He don't have a lot left

@@davestuddaman8127 you think brilliance comes quick? Take that bad energy somewhere else. You’re not an hourglass of life lol

How’d you like AFFC? It’s my second favorite behind ASOS but I feel like I’m one of the few that share that opinion. Cheers

You're in for a very good read I loved A dance with dragons

Brynden Rivers Yeah, I also felt like I was the on of the few who loves this book. I think the Brienne as well as the Jamie chapters have a great hedge knight vibe. And watching Cersei turning mad is so disturbing and entertaining at the same time! The speech about the broken man, Euron Greyjoy etc... Only the prologue is kind of bulky. But it has the terrible strong cider in it, which is such a genius detail! And seeing Dorne for the first time reminds me of my time at the Alhambra. Greetings from Germany ;-) Leif

Storm of Swords was my favorite volume in the series

Its been 2 years. Did you finish?

The curse of success..

Well then he should stop writing NEW books and finish it

@@kimberleymorris8052 It's not that easy.

@@kimberleymorris8052 It really isn't easy. I'm not a Martin apologist and I do want him to finish the series but I understand. At least I think I do.

@@Piecrab It isn't easy, I understand that, and as his story has got much more convoluted as he has made more and more story lines complex it has almost got to the stage where it is becoming so difficult to finish in a way that he is happy with. He will need to take breaks from it, and the new books i think he is putting out so that he keeps his name relevant and his publishers happy, but this has been going on a ridiculously long time and I'm wondering if he sees as having an unfinished set of novels as actually making him more famous and that we may only see a conclusion to his books after his death and someone publishes the final books from a collection of his writings, much like is happening with Tolkien at the moment, as sad as that sounds. I have also thought that he's waiting for Game of Thrones to finish before he publishes as it is likely that his books will follow a very different path, even if they end up vaguely in the same place.

karchsden also asks interesting questions beyond the very basic stuff

ikr. *talent*

Akhilesh Kumar If he finishes the bloody book !

I look forward most to seeing him on screen than any of the hot Targaryens!

I want Septon Barth’s history, he has the goods!

As a fellow aspiring writer, I couldn't agree more.

I hate watching interviews with GRRM because it makes it really hard to stay annoyed at him for taking so long with Winds

@@RP-zt7fz then don't be annoyed

@@RP-zt7fz dont be that guy, what if millions of ppl got mad and threw insults and talked about you dying every time you clocked out of work or took a day off, let the man live.

@@0404chrisjz I said "annoyed" not "mad". I want him to take as long as he needs. I just don't have to he happy it takes THIS long...

Josh Peters interviewer kinda sucks there’s a lot of ego

It's like they can look at a 1 and not bungle it by calling it a 2 or something. Most amazing, and clever.

@@bfkc111 Sorry, what??? That went way over my head :)

I think there was a drum as well....

@Ramsay Snow 1:00:57, the question from "Dave and Mary Ellen" lol

I think he worked on the shows

His true magnum opus.

i don't get it. would you mind to explain it ?

Dr Rudolf Rosenkranz It’s a “source” that the maesters used when they were making Fire and Blood. Basically it was George’s way of having fun with the history and making all sorts of really gossipy stuff up to make the history more fun

Dr Rudolf Rosenkranz it’s the smut of westeros

Pacu89 …

Lol you cant be serious. The interviewer is an annoying narcissist that interrupted George at every turn, to make dumb jokes.

It's release date gets pushed back a week every time someone asks him

@@Cam._S well were never getting it now then lol

Smog is a much better pronunciation for a dragon. Sorry overruled by majority! Tolkien should have known this would happen anyway.

Maybe he knew this could happen, but I guess he still had some faith in his reader's intelligence, and also knew a lot would be able to pronounce it right.

@@bbaattttlleemmooddee diphthongs sound more interesting, though, and saying it properly is just as easy as saying "round", (just swap out the consonants) and don't get stuck on the spelling, as is true for most proper names in Tolkien's works..

Everyone I've met in the UK says smaug and it sounds like a much caller name, smog is not a great dipthong as it doesn't refer to smoke and fire but to haze caused by city pollution so not very dragon-like

Wonder how all that beard would feel against your skin.

Vice TOLUCT Yes it is cyber bullying and unfair to the author. There are many celebrities and artist that endure this behavior

Vice TOLUCT Dude, I understood your joke. You think you are clever, I get that, but GRRM has to put up with social media and so called fans that are pressuring him to put out a book that he probably is obligated to NOT finished due to a contractural agreement with HBO. He isn’t allowed to participate in any other screenplays or filming of any other projects due to his contract. This is fact. He spoke about it in an interview about Nightflyers on SyFy. So no, your comment didn’t go over my head, to nag this incredible man and make life miserable for him is bullying

Arya Hate? Children created NK to fight First Men. That was his only goal using unchecked magic. Lore & mythology is just that-a story can be told down the line of ten people-one by one-& the first version can be nothing like the last. What if GRRM has Stannis become the Night's King? Remember he writes overreaching story arcs that weren't meant to be able to put to screen. Enjoy that we are getting something now!

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