George R.R. Martin Still Hangs Out In Westeros
Happy To Be Here
Greta Johnsen
4.8 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 1 November 2019
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
Good gravy! It's George R.R. Martin! If you're unfamiliar, he's the author of that little book series that became one of the most popular TV shows of all time, Game of Thrones.
These days, he’s in the midst of writing the final two novels in that series.
Before he sat down with Greta, his team told us that he couldn’t answer the question on everyone’s mind ("So, like, when’s the next book coming out?"). So we didn’t ask that one, but Martin did tell us plenty about how writing is going, how he’s managing fan expectations and what he expects for the future of fantasy TV.
Plus! We have a super-special announcement at the end of the interview!
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| 0:13.6 | From W be easy Chicago this is Nurdat. |
| 0:19.7 | I'm Creda Johnson and I am so freaking excited to tell you our guest this week is George R.R. Martin. |
| 0:26.7 | This nerd probably needs no introduction, but just in case, the short version is he wrote a bunch of books |
| 0:31.4 | that became an insanely popular |
| 0:33.1 | HBO series that you probably have heard of it's called Game of Thrones. He still has |
| 0:37.8 | two more books in that series to write. He hasn't quite finished them yet. |
| 0:41.8 | I'm sorry to say in this episode we do not have like a |
| 0:44.8 | publishing date for you but we did have a really great conversation. We talked |
| 0:49.1 | about how he manages fan expectations and the future of fantasy and we talk about how writing those books is going. |
| 0:55.8 | So without further ado, here's the interview. |
| 0:58.2 | George R. R. Martin, perhaps one of the world's most famous nerds, welcome to Nurdette. |
| 1:09.0 | Well, thank you and I'm glad to be here. |
| 1:12.0 | And it's interesting that the word nerd has now become a good thing. |
| 1:15.8 | Right? |
| 1:16.8 | I'm so old, I remember when it was a bad thing. |
| 1:18.8 | I bet. |
| 1:19.8 | In high school, very traumatic. |
| 1:21.0 | So yeah, how do you feel about it now? |
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