The author behind Game of Thrones has had enough of toxic fans tearing genre culture apart
—something the outspoken author had little to do with. Martin—who himself maintains an active internet presence—may now have had enough, telling“The internet is toxic in a way that the old comic fandom and the science-fiction fandom was not.”, noting that his own upbringing around genre fans proved far more amiable than today’s internet-driven ire. “The internet has taken [fanzine culture] up several orders of magnitude," the author stated of fans’ modern ability to connect with creators.
”itself, Martin naturally threw his support behind the beleaguered HBO adaptation and its myriad talent, without directly commenting on the episodes that made up its controversial final season themselves. The author previously reiterated viathat the ending of his own work will differ in key ways from that of the series. “The same ending as the show? Different?,” he questioned in the post. “Well… yes. And no. And yes. And no. And yes. And no. And yes.
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