George R.R. Martin to Vanity Fair: 'Game of Thrones' TV show is catching up to the books. "Yes. It's alarming."

George R.R. Martin started the series of books called A Song of Fire and Ice back in 1996 with the first book 'Game of Thrones.'

Each new addition has arrived exceedingly later than the last (don't rush perfection, okay, man?), starting with 'A Clash of Kings' (1998), 'A Storm of Swords' (2000), 'A Feast for Crows' (2005), and 'A Dance With Dragons' (2011)--with 'The Winds of Winter' in the process of being written with an undetermined release date.

The problem? The TV show based on the books is fairly popular, and has already motored through most of the first three books in three seasons. Vanity Fair covers Game of Thrones this month as its cover story, and asks Martin if the TV show is catching up with his books. "They are," he says. "Yes. It's alarming."

So what happens if/when the TV show catches up with all the written books? There's a plan, as Martin tells the magazine. "I can give [the television creators] the broad strokes of what I intend to write, but the details aren’t there yet. I’m hopeful that I can not let them catch up with me."

Just as long as the Imp wins in the end*, all is well with the world.






*He won't, of course. Most everyone will die in some fantastically bloody manner. Let's face it, there's a 50/50 shot Hodor ends up running the kingdom somehow. The meek shall inherit the Earth.