UPDATED: G.R.R. Martin denies rumor he already finished the books but made deal with showrunners not to publish until end of show

[0D0]

zorg1000 said:

John2290 said:

What is the difference? Had they the material to film the void there'd be no issue. I don't think HBO wanted to force this, they even made a 2 year gap. Is this failt at the writers or the actors holding shit up? Is it with George? ...we need answers man. 

The difference is that they started cramming too much in too little time way before they ran out of source material.

Book 1, 694 pages=season 1

Book 2, 761 pages=season 2

Book 3, 973 pages=season 3+4

Book 4+5, 1769 pages=season 5

Every plotline from books 4 & 5 were either cut, condensed or combined so what he said is correct, it wasnt a lack of source material but trying to fit too much in too short of time that caused the drop in quality.

didn't know that. why the rush? Why didn't they keep the series for 10 years.