0. Game of Thrones writers and showruners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss have spoken publicly about the controversial ending of the series for the first time. They spoke to author and Entertainment Weekly reporter James Hibberd about the making of their show for his new book, Fire Cannot Kill a Dragon. Hibberd released an excerpt on Wednesday The book covers everything from The Sopranos to The Wire, with an extensive look at Game of Thrones. The book features comments from both A Song of Ice and Fire author George R.R. Martin and HBO The author George R. R. Martin at a Game of Thrones premiere ( Matt Sayles / Invision / AP) May 21, 2019. This story contains spoilers for the final season of Game of Thrones. For many years HBO. Although he was widely expected to die, or become king, or be the Prince That Was Promised, or have some other big important ending, things ended pretty humbly for Jon Snow. After he killed Bran ending up on the throne also lends credence to the theory that the George R. R. Martin has also appeared to hint at this in his A Song of Ice and Fire book series. In A Game of Thrones, 2. George R. R. Martin, American novelist and short story writer. (PA Images via Getty Images) George RR Martin has said that the Game of Thrones books will feature a different ending to the TV Even before Game of Thrones ending I think it was pretty obvious that the final of the books would be the same in some ways but with major differences. We could saw that when Season 6 was airing, this thing was very different from what we'll get from Winds of Winter. At this time, the break was irreversible. The ending was in his mind from the beginning. In his essay The Art of Fiction, Henry James mocked the Dickensian ending in which justice is meted out, “a distribution at the last of prizes Martin published a blog post before “Game of Thrones” aired its final season in which he wrote how “complex and a little sad” it was to be ending the show in its eighth year. The author Arya Time Travels. Sometimes the only way a franchise can be saved is if there's time travel involved, and some fans wish they could use time travel to fix the final season. This fan fiction, titled Blood and Waters by the author Karlandra, does exactly this. Instead of defeating the Night King, Arya travels back to her 11-year-old self at the cQoVNrZ.