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Topic: the winds of winter

"Game of Thrones" author George R.R. Martin at Castle Ward, which stands in for the fictional Winterfell Castle (Liam McBurney/PA Images via Getty Image)

GRRM's ending will differ from GoT's

Daniel Roman - Winter is Coming
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Gwendoline Christie in "Game of Thrones" (Helen Sloan/HBO)

GRRM's trouble writing Jaime & Brienne

Dan Selcke - Winter is Coming
"Game of Thrones" author George R.R. Martin at Castle Ward, which stands in for the fictional Winterfell Castle (Liam McBurney/PA Images via Getty Image)

GRRM: Winds of Winter maybe longest book

Daniel Roman - Winter is Coming
George R. R. Martin (Getty/Valerie Macon)

GRRM teases new "Thrones" book

Matthew Rozsa
(AP/Charles Sykes)

George R.R. Martin's tease

Brendan Gauthier
(Chris Pizzello/invision/ap)

Prachi Gupta
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Prachi Gupta
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