--- description: "We’re kind of stuck between a rock and a hard place" title: Game of Thrones Show Will Spoil Ending Before Books image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8868cc6ed7ea0e97/6987847c428a9e2b11cc7b96/gameofthrones-dragon.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # _Game of Thrones_ Creators Say the Show Will Spoil The Books by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 23, 2015 3:06 PM CUT  A dragon from HBO's Game of Thrones A dragon from HBO's Game of ThronesHBO by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 23, 2015 3:06 PM CUT The power dynamics between _Game of Thrones_ readers and [watchers will soon shift](http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/03/game-of-thrones-tv-show-will-spoil-books "undefined"). The HBO show’s creators have revealed that the series will end before the books do—something fans have been aware of for some time given George R. R. Martin’s writing pace — and will follow the same plot. In other words, the show will be full of book spoilers. Show runner Davide Benioff told Oxford Union: --- > “” --- (h/t:[_Vanity Fair_](http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/03/game-of-thrones-tv-show-will-spoil-books "undefined")) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3754182/game-of-thrones-creators-say-the-show-will-spoil-the-books/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3754182/game-of-thrones-creators-say-the-show-will-spoil-the-books/"},"headline":"Game of Thrones Creators Say the Show Will Spoil The Books","datePublished":"2015-03-23T15:06:48.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T05:21:34.338Z","description":"\"We’re kind of stuck between a rock and a hard place\"","url":"https://time.com/3754182/game-of-thrones-creators-say-the-show-will-spoil-the-books/","keywords":["Television","game of thrones","Books"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8868cc6ed7ea0e97/6987847c428a9e2b11cc7b96/gameofthrones-dragon.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8868cc6ed7ea0e97/6987847c428a9e2b11cc7b96/gameofthrones-dragon.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"gameofthrones-dragon","caption":"A dragon from HBO's Game of Thrones","creditText":"HBO","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":"https://time.com/3754182/game-of-thrones-creators-say-the-show-will-spoil-the-books/","name":"Game of Thrones Creators Say the Show Will Spoil The Books"}}]}] ```