--- description: "Everybody better be on their toes," George R.R. Martin says title: How 'Game of Thrones' Will Diverge From the Books image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt619b944448d6a39b/69877f9b06f2c163ac333fff/wordpress-got1.jpeg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Know Right Now](/tag/know-right-now/) ## Know Right Now Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Know Right Now: How _Game of Thrones_ Will Diverge From the Books by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 17, 2015 8:39 PM CUT  Getty Images by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 17, 2015 8:39 PM CUT George R.R. Martin warned _Game of Thrones_ fans recently that characters who survived in the _A Song of Ice and Fire_ book series that inspired the show might still die on TV. Watch the Know Right Now above to find out more, and [read more here](http://time.com/3711027/game-of-thrones-deaths/ "undefined"). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3712201/game-of-thrones-books-characters-killed/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3712201/game-of-thrones-books-characters-killed/"},"headline":"Know Right Now: How Game of Thrones Will Diverge From the Books","datePublished":"2015-02-17T20:39:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T04:29:01.922Z","description":"\"Everybody better be on their toes,\" George R.R. Martin says","url":"https://time.com/3712201/game-of-thrones-books-characters-killed/","keywords":["Know Right Now","game of thrones","George RR Martin","Books","TV","A Song of Ice and Fire"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt619b944448d6a39b/69877f9b06f2c163ac333fff/wordpress-got1.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt619b944448d6a39b/69877f9b06f2c163ac333fff/wordpress-got1.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"'GOT' Books &TV series diverge","caption":"","creditText":"Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/know-right-now/","name":"Know Right Now"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3712201/game-of-thrones-books-characters-killed/","name":"Know Right Now: How Game of Thrones Will Diverge From the Books"}}]}] ```