George RR Martin Has Strong Message for 'Game of Thrones' Book Worriers

HBO's Game of Thrones has been on the air for four seasons and is rapidly catching up with its source material, George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series. The novels are still not finished almost 20 years after the first book's initial release, but Martin has some strong words for those who are worried that he might not finish the books at all, let alone soon.

Some pessimistic fans point to Martin's physical condition and health as a reason he might not finish the series. Well, the author has some strong words for those people.

"I find that question pretty offensive, frankly, when people start speculating about my death and my health," Martin said bluntly during a recent interview with the Swiss newspaper Tages-Anzeiger (via Uproxx) "So f*ck you to those people," he added with a chuckle and a middle finger for emphasis.

In other Game of Thrones news, the German agency for actor Tom Wlaschiha, who played the Faceless Man named Jaqen H'ghar, said "the actor is shooting a 2014 episode of the crime solving series entitled, Borowski und die armen Kinder von Gaarden and after that, in August, he'll begin filming on Game of Thrones. The agency notes that Tom is in the main cast."

Game of Thrones fans last saw Jaqen in Season 2 when he gave Arya his special iron coin and imparted to her the words "Valar Morghulis." Those words of course helped her gain passage on a ship to Braavos in the Season 4 finale.

Interestingly, fans have expected him to return in the books, but Martin has not written him back in yet; however, the show is starting to diverge significantly from the books, so it's possible he could come back next season.

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