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George R. R. Martin on Conan. He discusses The Winds of Winter, his forthcoming novel. He talks about his inspiration for Westeros (not as grand as you’d expect). And he mentions the challenge of keeping track of all his characters.

"What can you say to someone who says they’ll never read your book again? People read books for different reasons. I respect that. Some read for comfort. And some of my former readers have said their life is hard, their mother is sick, their dog died, and they read fiction to escape. They don’t want to get hit in the mouth with something horrible. And you read that certain kind of fiction where the guy will always get the girl and the good guys win and it reaffirms to you that life is fair. We all want that at times. There’s a certain vicarious release to that. So I’m not dismissive of people who want that. But that’s not the kind of fiction I write, in most cases. It’s certainly not what Ice and Fire is. It tries to be more realistic about what life is. It has joy, but it also had pain and fear. I think the best fiction captures life in all its light and darkness."

George R. R. Martin

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GAME OF DESKS! The funny spoof on Game of Thrones straight from the minds of Jimmy Fallon’s staff. Entertaining!

Another season has flown before my eyes. Here now is the preview for the Season 3 Finale, which airs next Sunday on HBO. Episode 9, as you might expect, blew everyone’s mind. Where will the series go from here? (I happen to know.)

"I just remember reading the book before we’d even written the pilot and thinking, “Oh, my God, we’ve got to get this. We’ve got to get this show to happen because if we can make this scene work, it’s gonna be one of the greatest things ever on television or film."

Reminder that showrunners are shooting for one of the greatest achievements in film or television (via robbstarkalypse)

After what I thought was the BEST episode of the season (Episode 8), Episode 9 may be the best of the series so far. Called ”The Rains of Castamere,” it won’t air for another two weeks due to Memorial Weekend but I can promise fans who haven’t read the books this: SHIT. GOES. DOWN. Here’s the preview (lacking spoilers).

Courtesy of HBO, here’s the Season 3, Episode 8 preview. After Episode 8, there’s a painful two weeks until Episode 9, which promises to be the best episode of the series so far. DON’T let anyone spoil it for you!

Vulture reimagined Game of Thrones as different tv shows. Here’s my favorite, for obvious reasons. From left to right, that’s Sandor Clegane (The Hound) as Cosmo Kramer, Samwell Tarly as George Costanza, Daenerys Targaryen as Elaine Benes, and Tyrion Lannister as Jerry Seinfeld. Love it.

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Game of Game of Thrones! Here’s the amazing SNL skit from last night (with Zach Galifianakis and a cameo from Nikolaj Coster-Waldau).

I can’t anymore. Just too good, this show. Episode 5 was brilliant—big stories culminated and big plots were planted. I can tell you it only only goes up from here! Here’s the preview for Episode 6 of Game of Thrones, called “The Climb,” which airs next Sunday at 9 pm.

Better and better and better and better. Here’s the preview for Episode 5 of Season 3 of Game of Thrones, entitled “Kissed by Fire.” As a reader of the books, I can tell you this title, like all titles of the episodes, has multiple meanings for multiple characters. After Episode 5, the season’s already halfway done. Yikes!

They keep getting BETTER and BETTER. Here’s the Episode 5 preview. (Almost halfway through. Yikes!)

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He needs no introduction: Peter Drunklage.

The official preview for the third episode of the third season of Game of Thrones has hit the inter-webs! It’s hard to believe more than a week has passed since the season premiere; two episodes have already aired. A Storm of Swords built up the action slowly, something this season is guilty of too, but the payoff is tremendous; book-readers know this too well.

The third episode is called “Walk of Punishment” and premieres next Sunday at 9 pm on HBO.