"Game of Thrones" creator George R.R. Martin has fans anxiously awaiting the final installment in his wildly popular "Song of Ice and Fire" book series. Speculation has run wild on Internet message boards as fans try and predict the fate of their beloved favorite characters. However, after speaking at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, Martin said that some of the wild theories out there are actually pretty spot on. But the details of the end of the series and how it will wrap is still a closely guarded secret that only Martin knows.
"So many readers were reading the books with so much attention that they were throwing up some theories and while some of those theories were amusing bulls -- and creative, some of the theories are right," Martin explained tipping his hand just a little bit about what he has in store.
"I want to surprise and delight my readers and take them in directions they didn't see coming," he said at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, according to The Telegraph. "But I can't change the plans. That's one of the reasons I used to read the early fan boards back in the 90s but stopped."
Still the rumors continue to swirl as the "Game of Thrones" mythos continue to gain more and more popularity. Martin admits that the accuracy of some fans on the Internet is spot on, but he will not divulge just what they got right. Martin is determined to make sure that his devout readers are surprised and excited by the next tome in the series.
Martin's respect for the fans and their theories is unlike any other fan base in recent memory. The next book in the series, titled "The Winds of Winter," is yet to get an official release date. In fact, Martin is planning on curtailing his involvement in the "Game of Thrones" television show in order to continue to work on the book.
After admitting that some of the fans are right on the money with their message board conjecture, he assured fans that he is not going to spill on just who was right in their speculation. Martin is determined to give his loyal fans a reading experience like no other filled with surprises and excitement for the avid readers of the series.
Whatever happens next in the world of George R.R. Martin can only create more and more legions of fans of both the books and the HBO show. It sounds like the fans' wild conjecture on what happens next in the series may just be right on the money.
