While much hand-wringing ensues over the recently concluded Game Of Thrones, George R.R. Martin has been busy watching his series unfold from afar. Presumably toiling away at Kong itself – The Winds Of Winter – as well as myriad television projects, Martin took a moment to weigh in on the finale seen ’round the world. Though David Benioff and Dan Weiss have been dragged through the wringer of late, George made it a point to stand behind them, as well as Thrones writer Bryan Cogman. But first, a bit of reflection, served with a glass of Robin Arryn’s signature “Mother’s Milk.” 

“It is hard to believe it is over, if truth be told,” he begins. “The years have gone past in the blink of an eye.  Can it really have been more than a decade since my manager Vince Gerardis set up a meeting at the Palm in LA, and I sat down for the first time with David Benioff and D.B. Weiss for a lunch that lasted well past dinner?  I asked them if they knew who Jon Snow’s mother was. Fortunately, they did.”