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From WICnet, quoting the VF article:

 

It?s been widely speculated that the television series is outpacing Martin?s writing speed, and will soon surpass his released work. So from the mouth of the man himself, are they catching up? ?They are. Yes. It?s alarming.?

Not to worry though, in the event that they do catch up, the show?s creators are prepared. Benioff reveals, ?Last year we went out to Santa Fe for a week to sit down with him [Martin] and just talk through where things are going, because we don?t know if we are going to catch up and where exactly that would be. If you know the ending, then you can lay the groundwork for it. And so we want to know how everything ends. We want to be able to set things up. So we just sat down with him and literally went through every character.?

But this doesn?t mean that Martin is giving up quite yet, and is hopeful that he will be the first one to tell his story. ?I can give them the broad strokes of what I intend to write, but the details aren?t there yet. I?m hopeful that I can not let them catch up with me.?

Benioff and Weiss also reveal that the show?s lifespan may be shorter than the public originally thought, or would like. They would like to wrap the show up after seven or eight seasons. Weiss says, ?It doesn?t just keep on going because it can. I think the desire to milk more out of it is what would eventually kill it, if we gave in to that.?

 

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This pretty much removes any doubts about the show finishing the story first. Even if TWOW was released tomorrow, there's no way the last book can be done in time. This must be kind of sad for GRRM, having your life work being finished by someone else, but then, no one forced him into giving the rights for the TV show and he was well aware of his pace. A part of me still thinks it could all just be a hype machine, but that's a very small part. Their timeline also indicates most of the existing book material could in fact be finished with next year. That I'm happy with.

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