--- title: George RR Martin Isn't Here For Your Game of Thrones Theory description: Jon Snow? Bran Stark? The Song of Ice and Fire author doesn't want to hear about your "Game of Thrones" theories canonical: https://time.com/4912355/george-r-r-martin-on-fan-theories/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-08-23T15:45:39.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-13T04:26:04.000Z og:title: George RR Martin Isn't Here For Your Game of Thrones Theory og:description: The Song of Ice and Fire author doesn't care what you think about Jon Snow og:url: https://time.com/4912355/george-r-r-martin-on-fan-theories/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte76d28718a75ce35/6988b0d8196cf4457603e327/george-r-r-martin-winds-of-winter.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: SundanceTv's "Hap & Leonard" Screening And Q&A With Writer Joe Lansdale og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: George RR Martin Isn't Here For Your Game of Thrones Theory twitter:description: The Song of Ice and Fire author doesn't care what you think about Jon Snow twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte76d28718a75ce35/6988b0d8196cf4457603e327/george-r-r-martin-winds-of-winter.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # George R.R. Martin Isn't Here For Your _Game of Thrones_ Fan Theories by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Updated: Dec 13, 2023 4:26 AM UTCPublished: Aug 23, 2017 3:45 PM UTC  Writer George R. R. Martin participates in a Q & A session following SundanceTV's 'Hap & Leonard' Screening at the Jean Cocteau Theater on February 23, 2016 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Writer George R. R. Martin participates in a Q & A session following SundanceTV's 'Hap & Leonard' Screening at the Jean Cocteau Theater on February 23, 2016 in Santa Fe, New Mexico.Steve Snowden/Getty Images for AMC Networks by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Updated: Dec 13, 2023 4:26 AM UTCPublished: Aug 23, 2017 3:45 PM UTC The season finale of _Game of Thrones_ is fast approaching and fans are spinning theories about what might happen and where and to whom, faster than in a rapid-fire game of Clue. But _A Song of Ice and Fire_ author [George R.R. Martin](http://time.com/4910521/game-of-thrones-jon-snow-daenerys-targaryen/?iid=sr-link4) doesn’t care about your fan theories at all. Fans may think they know Jon Snow’s origin story or Bran Stark’s future or what is going to happen between the [Lannister siblings](http://time.com/4899251/is-cersei-lannister-really-pregnant-on-game-of-thrones-how-her-news-might-fulfill-a-fan-theory/?iid=sr-link3), but if there’s one person who should _actually_ know what lies in store for the _Game of Thrones_ characters, it’s Martin. He came up with the world of Westeros, after all, but Martin has no idea what will happen on the season finale either, but not for the reason you might think. In an interview with [_Metro UK_,](http://www.metro.us/entertainment/tv/george-r-r-martin-not-watch-game-of-thrones) the author explained how the HBO version and the books differ. “The book series and TV adaptation go their separate ways,” [Martin told _Metro_](http://www.metro.us/entertainment/tv/george-r-r-martin-not-watch-game-of-thrones). “On the screen characters are killed right and left. About twenty of them have died already, which are quite alive to me and will appear in a new book.” As [Martin told _TIME_ ](http://time.com/4791258/game-of-thrones-george-r-r-martin-interview/)in an interview last month, “The show is the show and it’s developed a life of its own at this point. I am involved in the show, of course, and have been since the beginning, but my main focus has got to be the books.” But fans, like Jon Snow, may not know anything at all about the end game, according to Martin. “Sometimes fan theories of the development of events look very grotesque, sometimes stunningly thought through. But in any case, they do not lead anywhere.” As for when that book, _The Winds of Winter_, will be completed, Martin is hopeful for next year, but “is in no rush to hit a particular deadline.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4912355/george-r-r-martin-on-fan-theories/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4912355/george-r-r-martin-on-fan-theories/"},"headline":"George R.R. 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