Here’s the script for HBO’s pilot of George R.R. Martin’s A Game of Thrones.

Did I mention that George R.R. Martin has still not bothered to finish book 5 of his series after 4 years?

George R.R. Martin is infuriating. He really is. I love the series he is currently writing, but I’m growing very doubtful he will finish the series before he passes away. He’s not ill or anything but he writes very, very slowly. Worse, he has a ton of side projects. For example, a couple days ago he wrote a post about a couple anthologies he editing.

I couldn’t care less for his other projects. And I know I’m not alone. A couple weeks ago I sat next to a guy on a plane who, unprompted, told me he has the same complaint about Martin. And he wasn’t the old person who told me that. I chatted with a guy on the Metro who was reading one of Martin’s book and he had the same complaint.

Martin is a great writer and his series, A Song of Ice and Fire, may be my favorite fantasy series of all time. But it has taken him over 2 ½ years to write the second half of book 5 in his series. If it takes 3 years (at least) to finish ½ of a book, how long will it take him to finish the last 2 books? Who knows, but I’m becoming more and more discouraged that he will ever finish.