HBO announced early this year — much to the fear of fans — that “Game of Thrones” won’t be airing the eighth and final season until sometime in 2019.
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Game of Thrones' final season will debut in April 2019, though an exact date remains unspecified. Still, even knowing the premiere month is a huge leap forward, given the journey toward a release.A bit of controversy over the release date for The Winds of Winter occurred in May 2019 when Game of Thrones actor Ian McElhinney, who played Barristan Selmy on the show, claimed during an EpicCon.The release date of The Winds of Winter has become something of a curse for George R.R. Martin, at least if and when he's given any firm predictions or updates on it. After the 5th book, A Dance with Dragons, was released in 2011, which itself came some 6 years after the fourth book, Martin hoped that things would pick up and, as mentioned, he still expected to finish the books before Game of.
Close. Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the ability to request physical items has been temporarily disabled. Click here to find out how to create lists of items to request later. OverDrive items can still be requested, and other digital resources remain available through the eLibrary site. If you need a library card, register here.Game of Thrones is the TV adaptation of George R.R. Martin’s book series A Song of Ice and Fire. The title of the TV show was taken from the title of the first book in the series. Martin intended the series to be a trilogy, but he now plans on writing seven books. Five books have already been published and he is working on the 6th right now.
