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The Citadel: So Spake Martin - Size of Westeros Though in this particular instance, that was Dany thinking how far she must be, I took it as an exaggeration. This one is actually more forgivable than the Jon Snow fuck up. He once said that the distance from the wall to Dorne was roughly 10,000...

The person who dies this season but hasn't yet died in the books, already died. Mance Rayder.

But not zero influence on the actual story, significant page count has been devoted to both for better or worse.

GRRM wouldn't of chosen the specific prologue he did if he wasn't going to resurrect Jon post-death (e.g. his mind being preserved once he is inside Ghost). Combine this with the following: R'hllor's burial rite has resurrected one person (Beric) when performed by a Red Priest and once more...

Good catch, I was even referencing a quote where it was spelled out.

No. In the original draft, he wasn't even going to use dragons. That's why one of the book dedications reads: "To Phyllis, who made me put the dragons in". Also, the first book, obviously preceding any popularity, is titled "Game of Thrones", a phrase with heavy political, not fantasy...

I've been reading the series since 1999 and it honestly doesn't bother me. I derived a lot of enjoyment from the series thus far and the speculation between books and while it will be unfortunate if he doesn't finish it, it doesn't change the any of the positive experiences I had over the last...

Sasuke is needed to dispel the infinite tsukuyomi, so he will live and learn the power of friendship.

He and Jon have both used the word obsidian multiple times prior and Maester Luwin already clarifies that obsidian is the term that the maesters prefer (Marywn being a notable exception). Given that, I can only assume that Sam found an explicit mention of dragonglass specifically when he said...

Why do the ancient records of the Night's Watch use the terms Dragonsteel/Dragonglass when these records predates Valyria if there were no dragons? If the Night's king is the Last Hero, his 12 fallen friends could be the symbolic 1-12th lord commander. Even if that's not true, Sam has on...

Good point about Barristan, maybe Jorah just isn't very perceptive but I don't think they need colored glass eyes, Theon says his eye beneath the eyepatch is black, not missing. But your point still stands, they really do not look very similar.

Jorah was a major vassal for Eddard Stark and fought against the Greyjoys during the Greyjoy Rebellion. Barriston Selmy actually lead armies during it. We know Euron was around at that time because it was he who planned the attack of Lannisport. Even with a beard, they should of at least...

Do you mean did the show reveal that their grandmother was a Targaryen? If so, I don't think so but they did mention that Robert had a better claim than Ned so perhaps it was discussed then.

GRRM keeps suggesting it every interview he's asked about the show content outpacing the books but HBO executives/D&D keep saying it won't happen.

Several characters (e.g. Bran/Sansa) are 0-2 scenes away from being ahead of their chapters in Book 5; others like Dany are 3-4; so yeah, I expect season 5 to almost entirely cover the books and possibly even some parts of Book 6.