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Game of Thrones: the new book-free status

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"You never know what's going to happen tomorrow," actor Kristofer Hivju tells THR about the show's new book-free status quo. Twenty years ago this year, George R.R. Martin released A Game of Thrones, the first novel in a sprawling series chronicling the...

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GoT: Why spoilers are a good thing.

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Tonight, after only four years and five seasons of HBO’s adaptation, Game of Thrones, showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss are about to catch up and perhaps even pass George R.R. Martin’s telling of his own story. There’s good reason, though, for...

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SPOILERS: review of series 5 in French

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Il est préférable d'avoir vu toute la saison 5 pour lire cette note C 'est un peu toujours la même histoire. Et dans le cas présent, c'est une histoire un peu différente car elle tient à une absence de concordance, à des divergences (irréconciliables)...

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Defending the licence fee

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Colin Callender, the executive producer of BBC1 drama Wolf Hall, has said that the BBC’s funding must be increased if the institution is to survive. Speaking to RadioTimes.com on the eve of the premiere of his long-awaited Tudor drama Wolf Hall starring...

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Why George RR Martin said 'No' to Hollywood.

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Ever wondered why epic fantasy series Game of Thrones headed to the small screen rather than the cinema? Well, wonder no more because writer George RR Martin (who wrote the book series the TV show is based on) has told the tale of why he turned down Hollywood....

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GoT helps you correct your grammar

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A tool to compare the GoT TV series and the GoT books

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For Game of Thrones fans wondering how the books and TV show differ from each other, this is a greater gift than having The Sight. This excellent chart plots the Game of Thrones episodes against their corresponding chapters in George RR Martin’s A Song...

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GRRM: "The Show, the Books" as in 'two different things'

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Excerpt: "I have a lot of fans asking me for comment. Let me reiterate what I have said before. How many children did Scarlett O'Hara have? Three, in the novel. One, in the movie. None, in real life: she was a fictional character, she never existed. The...

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When will Game of Thrones end?

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Fans hoping for more and more seasons of Game of Thrones are likely to be disappointed. Despite HBO's programming president Michael Lombardo recently admitting that he'd "absolutely" love the hit fantasy drama to run for more than seven series, showrunners...

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Do you speak Dothraki?

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« Notez qu'il n'y a pas de mot pour " orange" ; les Dothraki utiliseront tantôt "veltor"ou "virzeth" pour décrire la couleur, selon qu'elle tire davantage sur le jaune ou sur le rouge. » La mention figure en petit dans la section « couleurs » de Living...

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