I think it can be assured that ten years ago, none of us foresaw the kind of global success a television adaption of A Song of Ice and Fire novels would have. Yes, Lord of the Rings was a cinematic smash, but it was a movie trilogy, with the types of large scale budgets that just don’t happen in TV. Though we loved the story, it was, after all, a genre piece. And besides, when Martin wrote it, he originally wrote it to be unfilmable.
But there’s none who are so shocked by the turn this decade has taken than George R.R. Martin himself. Despite the ups and down of the experience–the highest highs of the television ratings, the lowest lows of realizing he would not finish The Winds of Winter and that the TV show would pass him, and in the minds of some fans, supplant him–this has been, what he terms, a “wild ride.”
And though Martin has somewhat taken himself off the internet this past year in order to buckle down and get The Winds of Winter out as soon as he can, he broke that yesterday with a short entry into his NotABlog, having discovered to his utter bemusement that Game of Thrones had once again reached into the corers of the world he would never in a million years have expected to see.
The casinos.
I don’t go to casinos very often, and when I do I prefer to play poker or blackjack with other human beings rather than the slots, but I’d play this one. In fact, I want one for myself. Though I have no idea whether it is even legal for an individual to own a slot machine, or if you need a casino to be able to have one.
He’s been told there’s one in the nearby Sky City casino, but has not actually gone to see it himself yet. Either way, it’s a reminder of how surreal the 21st century actually is, as even Vegas gets into the Westeros act.
Via http://winteriscoming.net/2016/07/13/george-r-r-martin-boggled-by-game-of-thrones-branded-slot-machine/
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