New 'Game of Thrones' Book Excerpt is Sort of a Spoiler

Joanna Robinson


'Game of Thrones'
'Game of Thrones'

Are you reading the books by George R.R. Martin, or are you just enjoying Game Of Thrones as a TV show? Because if you're just watching the show and you don't want to be spoiled, I urge you to turn around right now and leave. Are you still here? Why? Consider this me slapping some sense into you. Get out while you can.

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Are they gone? Good. It's just book readers and spoiler-holics now. George RR Martin has released a paragraph from The Winds Of Winter, the much (much, very, very) anticipated 6th installment of A Song of Ice and Fire. Are you ready? Here it is:

Somewhere off in the far distance, a dying man was screaming for his mother. "To horse!" a man was yelling in Ghiscari, in the next camp to the north of the Second Sons. "To horse! To horse!" High and shrill, his voice carried a long way in the morning air, far beyond his own encampment. Tyrion knew just enough Ghiscari to understand the words, but the fear in his voice would have been plain in any tongue. I know how he feels.

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Why is that a spoiler? It's a seemingly innocuous paragraph, yes. But nonetheless, Tyrion's name is mentioned. People who aren't caught up will know that Peter Dinklage's character survives at least for a couple more books (or seasons). The certainty of his survival sort of saps some of the drama of Tyrion's plot this upcoming season, don't you think? Trust me, people care about this sort of thing. So, be a sport; don't share this with your unsullied friends and loved ones. They won't even know what "Ghiscari" means anyway.


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