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(Spoilers All) GRRM event in Stockholm tonight

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So,I just got back from a Q&A session with GRRM and Elio & Linda, hosted by the Sci-Fi bookstore at a very appropriate setting, the armory in the royal palace (surrounded by banners, swords and stone). It was about 90 minutes long, and they made sure to quickly go through the FAQ in the first minute or so, so the night consisted of George waxing on history and the importance of mystery and the like.
I got to ask my burning question about the conspicuous similarity of the name "Westeros" to that of my hometown, Västerås, but that turned out to be a mere coincidence, and one he apparently wasn't aware of until today. (It may or may not be the reason i got into the series)
He also read the Tyrion chapter from TWOW we've heard before.
Things he mentioned:

He did not enjoy when Lovecraft's byzantine and obscure mythology got so methodically fleshed out after his death, and wants to keep the mystery in his world. He will not "bring gods out on stage".

Will we see more of Sothoryos? "Probably not." Furthermore, much of the details of Planetos' geography, especially east of Qarth, was invented to "fill out the map" in the map books. Notably, he said the HBO world and the book world differ in geographical canon, because the network used earlier sketches that he later remade.

He has maybe three shows in stages of development with HBO, none of which he knows the fate of.

He says he will finish ASOIAF but probably never be done with the world, and has plenty of things to write. He says he's about a third finished with Dunk and Egg.

Anything else I missed?

EDIT: Oh yeah, he made it pretty clear he won't be splitting TWOW AFFC style.

Posted Jun 23, 2015, 6:44 PM UTC · edited

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