*TIME STAMPS:* (Note: I've summarized the questions, but you'll get the idea) 1:59 - [Getting all of the most frequently asked questions out of the way]. 2:28 - [George's least favorite question]. 3:29 - Are there any difficulties that you've experienced while writing the 'Winds of Winter'', and have any of those difficulties resulted in you having to shorten certain storylines? 5:07 - Are any of the cities in your books inspired by real life cities? 6:00 - What is your advice for writing better dialogue? 7:36 - [George asks Elio and Linda to tell the audience how they met and how they ended up writing the 'World of Ice and Fire' together]. 11:30 - Has the internet affected your writing? 14:06 - Have you ever been shocked by how your readers have reacted to a certain character or event in your books? 16:32 - [The previous question is posed to Elio and Linda]. 17:18 - What's your favorite cheese? 17:49 - Could you explain the rules of cyvasse? 19:36 - Is there any author that you would like to collaborate with in the future? 21:20 - Do you ever favor one side or the other while you're writing the conflicts in your story? 24:07 - When you wrote 'Feast for Crows', did you intend on showing the readers the aftermath of all the decisions that the characters had made during the 'War of the Five Kings'? 24:25 - In reference to the previous question's answer, why did you do that? 27:18 - Do you conduct any research about specific cultures in order to use them as inspiration for your books? 28:35 - Will you ever elaborate on Sothoryos? 30:50 - Is there anything that fascinated you about the histories of some of the lands in your world while you were inventing them? 38:47 - [George explains why mystery is so important in fantastical stories]. 40:54 - [George speaks about the role of mystery in 'A Song of Ice and Fire' as well as the importance of subtlety and ambiguity]. 42:53 - When you include mysteries into your story do you do so already knowing the answers to them, or do you prefer that the mystery remains mysterious to you as well? *QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE* 44:06 - Which of your characters is the most misunderstood? 45:31 - Will the TV show continue beyond the books to such an extent that the fans of the TV show will end up knowing more about the story than book-fans? 47:52 - What is the extent of the knowledge possessed by the maesters, especially as it concerns human anatomy? 49:50 - Why did you write the short story 'Under Siege'? 51:58 - Will you be introducing any new POV characters in the future? 54:47 - Is it possible that Littlefinger is a Reyne or a Tarbeck? 56:11 - Where did you get your ideas for the religions that you've included in your books? 57:46 - Did you study Scandinavian history because it genuinely interested you or was it just to fill in a subject for college? 1:00:45 - Do you have any interesting projects that you're working on currently, and if so, how many? Also, do you ever get time to rest in between them? *FAVORITE PART OF THE INTERVIEW:* When he discusses the importance of mystery and subtlety in fiction. As an aspiring writer I really found this part of the interview interesting and valuable. I hope that the time-stamps will be useful to you all.😉

I'm the girl who asked the first question and for people who wonder yes I really brainstormed on my question as soon as I knew I was gonna go to this Q&A but when you're in front of George RR his big eyes are looking right through you and piercing your soul and... You feel like a Stark, you pee your pant of fear and you try not to faint...of fear... I am happy most of the questions are book oriented and not TVshow oriented, I was really afraid of that and I wanted to ask about the writing process as I was curious of the challenge he could face with "winds of Winter"

Nice to see Elio and Linda with George we've heard George speak about them lots and obviously heard them speaking about him so it's nice to finally see them together

It's amazing that this is in 2015 and he wasn't even remotely close (still isn't) to finishing.

It was a great idea to discard first all the typical and boring questions.

“So, you may see some extremely shocking things in the show that come up in the next season or two, but I’m not sure you could consider them ‘spoilers,’ because they’re never gonna to happen in the books. They CAN’T happen in the books, because the show and the books have gone down different roads.”

Thanks a lot for uploading this video! I really love the Swedish accent and I really appreciate the Q&A being in English

The answers about the TV map discrepancy and the higher standard of medicine in Westeros is good to know

I love George R.R. Martin, also best regards to Linda and Elio. Man, knowing that this genius was just around the see (I'm from Poland) - stunning. Love to Swedish freinds!

Great to listen to all three of them together! But as a swede, I found the quality of production embarrassing.. felt like they found out he was coming the night before and pulled it all together.

"Are the Children of the Forest a blended consciousness hive mind?"

I thought the SF was San Francisco at first and was like "The fuck with these accents!?"

Bra frågestund!

@ 51 min in... tyrion = rhaego the time traveling fetus

Minute47' George says " There will be some extremely choking things in the show and i don't consider them as spoilers because they can't and will never happen in the books. The books and TV show have gone in different roads." this means we will have a much better storyline and ending in the books than the disaster we have witnessed in the TV show.

My biggest fear is that after a certain point George may grow tired of ASOIAF, what with people constantly harassing him about Winds of Winter.

Nice interview.

fun panel. but the mics are sort of awful

@sfbokhandeln: Was this recorded in The Royal Armoury (livrustkammaren)?

George sound like an old Peter Griffin :)

i was there!!!

Hey, was that Martin Elricsson form White Wolf at 1:30 bringing water to GRRM and friends? :D

16:44 Cleganebowl fucking confirmed.

I wish people asked Elio and Linda more questions, from passionate fans to co-authors of AWOIAF, I have a few questions I would love to ask them!

Do people even think before asking the questions? Or do they think of it right on the spot? sigh....

LOL @ his thoughts on Carcosa.

for some reason reason i always cringe when people ask questions

George: *breaths* Audience: Hahahahahah

16:46 CLEGANEBOWL CONFIRMED!! GET HYPE

Loads of feedback on mics :(

So many dumb questions. It would have been better if GRRM, Elio, and Linda talked amongs themselves.

The girl presenting is breathtakingly beautiful.

Too sad the Italian guy didn't repeat his first question :(

I want to date the hosting dame with the purple hair.

Is it just me or is Daniel Hardcastle and Emma Blackery in the front row? :D

Imagine LOTR done by George R.R. Martin, all the elves are naked, Gandalf would die in book 1, all the hobbits die book 2, everyone else dies in book 3 except Gollom, who becomes the hero and saves the world :)

The guy at 49:40 sounds exactly like Christopher Heyerdahl.

imagine all the Swedish babes

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO George rr Martin is drinking aspartame!!!!!!!!!!!!!

About minute 17 (roughly).... Get hype? About certain things? CLEGANEBOWL FUCKING CONFIRMED

Am I the only one that thinks GRR looks kinda cute?

The awkward silence after the vampirism joke

2:28

WHAT, what kind of questions is this? "What's your favourite cheese?" I'm like WHAAAATTTTT?!?!??!

The manners demonstrated here by the host and the audience are appaling. Linda and Elio are barely aknowedged and half the audience didn't even clap when they were introduced. They're almost being treated like intruders at the event

Purple-haired host is hot

That guy at 55 minutes is downright incomprehensible. He said something something Arya, then a second question on the religions. Anyone else even remotely catch what his original question was?

The lady in the beginning was REALLY annoying. Are they all like this over there?