Really cool of him to do so, because at the end of the day sometimes giving someone else a little bit of hope could help a lot more people in the future.

That is an incredible observation. I didn't even think of it until I read your comment.

Although like Martin said, the ability to transport ourselves to that other world of Alpha Centauri if we knew, using parasails, there was something there, is out of the realm of possibility (within the prospects of technology known to science today). His crisis of faith still exist even though Stephen offered a window into it.

Stephen’s optimism could keep a flame lit under water. He is a national treausre

nah i was a stupid thing he mentioned

you do knowtwhat industry he's in, don't you? and you do realise it's a plug anyway.

@@mvubu6823 Versus. the regular substance you're used to, this was way more refreshing and meaningful. Clearly we all know what industry he is in but formats can change. Look how successful things like the Graham Norton show is and they talk in more depth about things than half the interviews he does unfortunately.

@@PenRobot I also prefer it, but the reality of bubblegum TV is that it doesn't work. Most interviews are much longer and get trimmed right down. GRRM is just a move interesting and hugely popular guest with content people want

Yeah that's called a podcast unfortunately.. and is the reason they are so popular nowadays

What you find interesting might be boring for someone else.

True but he has made millions from it. I'd be happy to talk about it too every now and again!

@@robertwilson3866 Valid point!

Exactly. I wonder if this is how I might be in the future. (Fingers crossed!)

He is a natural storyteller, I don’t see him getting tired of telling them

Yeah, I can see 20 years on the same series becoming draining. Totally understandable that he does these side projects like Elden Ring etc. to get a bit of a break. Just hope we get a decent ending to the ASOIF series, whether its in 5 years or 25 years

Uh, the two authors he mentions are. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nnedi_Okorafor and en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Abraham_(author) , those are both bestselling authors with TV series based on their books and multiple awards. I am fine that he mentions both, but you can't really call them "not a big audience" within the genre.

Amen

It's an interview...It would be super weird if he didn't lol

@@jeffdroog You don't watch a lot of interviews, do you 🙂

Yes, but I suspect that's because they really made the time for him. It's not always the case with most other guests.

@@vinny142 Most people who are A)Male,and B)Over the age of 65,tend to get some more talking time,and also,Stephen is a personal fan,so I'd also like to think that helped his case.

Is it just me or he seems healthier now than years back?

@@robertofernandez7178 It's probably due to quitting Roller Coaster Tycoon

@@echodff LOL

He has huge "favorite grandpa" energy.

@@robertofernandez7178 Good, he better not die before finishing the GoT books (I know they're not called GoT) since the show fkin trashed it.

Definently more fear than joy for me We all know what happens to devs when they get too famous

Elden Ring ended up being a massive success, breaking well into the mainstream, while retaining the core FromSoft values. If Bandai Namco have any sense, they should just let Miyazaki & co do their thing, and they will keep delivering blockbusters like this. Or so I hope!

@@neantibi kinda, but at the cost of it being casualized and too accessible

Fromsoft has always been “big”, But it broke into the real mainstream finally. Of all devs, they seem the least likely to bend to the will of the casual market. It’s clear they have a high level of integrity

Right? It felt great to hear haha.

Hahahaha my thoughts exactly. By and old gods and the new, please let this man live long enough to finish his series.

Preston jacobs, Dave lightbringer, Ser hunts, talking thrones, red team review and nerdurotic are my fav

Shoutout to David Lightbringer. George would fucking despise Nerdrotic if he was aware of that right wing dipshit.

@@assassincreed1238 id recommend Alt Shift X, he has some good videos

Let's not forget about all the cast members, producers, editors, etc that have a gig now

@@A1985Jonesy alt shift x and Glidus are amazing channels!

That's nice, now how about he stops sucking up to second rate talk show host and finish his damn books already?!

@@theunknowncommenter725 i hope he never releases it just so you're disappointed

@@notkjjk That's impressively petty

@@theunknowncommenter725 Waaaaaa Waaaaaa

@@MikaelLV Perhaps, but you were still impressed were you not?

He basically said "hello" and Martin started talking.

@@vinny142 The "basically" is what I was referring to. Nuance which you did not notice.. Way to point out your absence of observance in you race to mock...

@@steveng8251 but they weren’t necessarily mocking anything, more like supporting your statement?? Way to prove your lack of reading comprehension

@@romo7919 so you are on the troll bandwagon? perhaps you should re-read who I was responding to.

I sit and watch these Elden Ring lore videos like they were actually written eons ago and some nat geo explorers just discovered them. Then I watch this video with George. “These Japanese people told me to think of something cool and I was like bet”

I've been playin Elden Ring now for about 70 hours and I'm absolutely obsessed with it. It's such a beautiful game. I legit just finished playing it then saw this video and was thinking like damn that's a weird coincidence. I was surprised Colbert even brought the game up. It got me thinking whether or not GRRM or Fromsoft would publish any kind of book related to the game, because I would definitely read that if GRRM was involved. I can feel GRRM's touch all over this thing. I hope he gets to do more stuff like this.

🤣🤣🤣🤣 yeah…no but go on😂😂😂😂

@@nastybedazzler For god sakes no, he's writing slower (he said so himself on his blog) has two mainline books to finish, the second volume of his fifth or sixth history book, anywhere from 9 to 12 Dunk & Egg stories. Something I Imagine they will turn into a series after HoTD if not have it be later seasons of HoTD where they can just continue telling the story after the Dance of Dragons. Move towards the Blackfyre rebellion, then Dunk & Egg, tell the story of Summerhall and the possible botched attempt (or foiled by the measters from the citadel) for the House at getting dragons back killing everyone there akin to the red wedding except much bigger. Before they can either end the HoTD series by showing us all that lead up to Robert Rebellion and the war itself. With the other option being you can do that and then have the final season be about Aegon's conquest, possibly even start earlier like HoTDs1 and finally reveal what happened in old Valerya. Showing us how messed up that entire country and most of the Valeryan people really where, making the later slave masters in GOT look kind in comparison. They at least didn't make slaves to have sex with dragons to see if it could be safe to do it themselves, experimented on with blood magic turning them into lovecraft monsters, or when too old or too injured and burned by mining materials inside volcanos become dragon food. That way the show will have come full circle giving us first hand instead of second and third hand accounts. At the same time as the story continues with Jon Snow and whoever else comes back.

If only he would stop wasting time and finish his damn books

Its not heroic to write two thirds of a fantasy story then cash out and not finish it while your fans beg for a conclusion to the story. Tolkien, Sanderson, Jordan, these were great writers who finished their series.

he didn't finish but what he finished was legendary

@@Dave004 His "fans" already crapped on his ending.[ That's why he stopped writing it.

You forgot videogame industry jobs, a lot of people work over there

I agree with everything expect the hero part.

@@jhinabloomingflower807 I’m 110% sure this series has helped many people. It’s common that people who stuggle find content on youtube or a series that helps them through something. Especially many during covid, so i’m sure this guy’s fantasy has helped people on the edge, either it be the series or books, and that would be hero worthy.

@@pingpongun8519 temporal savior maybe but hero is a strong and rare title you can give to someone,being a hero is about virtue,honor,Self sacrifice,selflessness all of that,it's greatness,so maybe I would agree with a synonym word that is lesser but still an honorable word for what George has offered to millions of people,hope you understand what I'm trying to say respectfully of course!

@@jhinabloomingflower807 Probably true, i have no synonym, but a great guy nonetheless!

Love this opening post. I also watched not a lick of the shows, because what I have in my mind from the books cannot be beat.

Yes,, the written word can not be duplicated in film to give the books proper credit

Ooh you should watch the shows and do a review/podcast

alpha centauri, the nearest solar system, is a triple star system. highly unlikely to have a planet (or moon) able to sustain life. the radiation must be insane

The shows are only bad if you have a closed mind. Even though the last season of GOT could have been better, it's biggest problem was they attempted to do too much in too short of a time. That being said, I believe people at the time over reacted, mainly because the ending challenged their expectations.

I know, it's both. For me it felt more validating and encouraging; we're not crazy, it is this bad, there was something good in the past that changed- does that leave us with a responsibility to "be the change we wish to see in the world?"

Meanwhile, there is a very important election coming up. It’s hard for me to tell how seriously people are taking the fact that it’s really important who holds public office with the state of the country and the world being the way it is. And in general I don’t know that people understand the potential power to make change that could be grasped if the left got really strategic about electoral politics the way the right has been lately. So, I try to fight my existential dread by textbanking and doing other get-out-the-vote stuff, and at least trying to encourage others to do the same. If nothing else it gets me in the practice of doing something small on a regular basis instead of sitting frozen in terror, which helps me feel a bit more hopeful than I otherwise would.

It’s all this willful stupidity as of late. We had a President that tried to overturn Democracy AND HE’S STILL DOING IT-AND PEOPLE ARE STILL GOING TO VOTE FOR HIM!! Like, how the F*CK can you be optimistic when half our country is demonstrably STUPID AS SHIT?! They don’t even believe climate change exists! They want us to DRILL FOR MORE OIL! Like, what the ACTUAL f*ck???

I’m optimistic that the universe will thrive with(out) humanity

@@NotDuncan Because the Earth is thriving so much under our watch??? Imagine the DISASTER we’d bring to the cosmos if we left the planet NOW. No, my friend, humanity has a LONG WAY to go before we’re ready for the stars. We can’t even manage one planet successfully. How many species have gone extinct because of our activity? Now, extrapolate that number out over the entirety of the Milky Way. We are a pestilence that NEEDS to be trapped on Earth. We have yet to prove we’re anything except greedy, idiotic, death bringers that enjoy enslaving each other and destroying their own environment!

He used to hangout and drink beers with his fans at Cons. Alas, he is much to famous now and would get mobbed.

He'd be glad to hang out with you or anyone, anything to distract him and allow him not to write lol

Elden ring had tremendously high quality lore

@@collaborativelearning1 Sure, but I’m not sure I see your point.

a lot of people say there’s no story but there’s a big story behind it being told visually it’s amazing

@@Awkwave Lore is not story though. They’re different things

@@jsullivan2112 there’s still a complex story that wouldn’t be considered “background lore” You just have to, and I might sound authoritative, pay attention lol

I almost feel like he has to schedule one of these every so often, just to shake off the continual movie plugs and stuff.

I'm surprised there was no mention of Tolkien.

He’s a fan of George, that’s why :)

Most late night tv is about being FAKE...every now and again actual conversations happen

Hey, you give someone the chance to actually talk about something you got a better chance of having something like a real conversation. You're right, it isn't now. Used to be like this more often (though not all the time) but somewhere along the way it became more spectacle than substance.

Yeah , Colbert finally just lets his guest talk…

Intelligent people have been scared for a while. It's just that the rest of you are finally paying attention.

@@lyraserpentine894 ((*Poetry Snaps*))

This reminds me of Mexico and it's political culture... Over there, intellectuals are still highly celebrated by the public (highly respected) yet when they run for office they never gather enough support to win (whether government corruption rears it's ugly head or not). People always listen to them attentively; they're aware that intellectuals hold the nation's conscience yet they don't vote for them in big enough numbers - almost as if they've given up on reform while also realizing their own personal corruption and rather therefore accept the status quo. The ruling class is totally fine with that as either they're immune to having a conscience or manage to not pay attention to it as long as they remain in artificial (and easily wrecked) lofty places. Many similarities with us here in the US but over in Mexico, the difference is: intellectuals are celebrated (highly respected) by society yet here in the US; society (as a whole) rejects and laughs at them. We're too hubristic here in the States.

Let's never discount, however, the underlying optimism--no matter how bleak the intervening period is between the current world, and that ultimate concept. Pessimism is a discipline for appreciating the antithetical simians we are, amongst our selves, and acknowledging the challenges that lie before us.

ONLY the intelligent and/or wise people get scared about the future cos they are the only ones capable of understanding what our present day will lead to.

I was hoping they would geek out on Tolkien a bit but alas, only so many minutes in a talk show.

He talked to George for hours after the show was over. George says Colbert was able to recite a Tolkien poem from memory during the conversation.

I always knew GRRM was, but it turns out Colbert has a pretty healthy knowledge of sci-fi too? Who'd have guessed. This was an awesome interview.

@@shayneoneill1506 I was also pleasantly surprised about that too. I guess that to be a good talk show host, you need to know a lot of stuff about different topics

Such a wonderful story.

Sturgeon’s Law

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@@rossl5908 I wonder if you have to be of a certain age to recall Sturgeon's Law? (I do 😉)

Same here, I met him at a convention in the '80's (Portland Wa ?), very kind and conversational even with a geeky fan like myself! 🤣

That's fine and all, but A Dream of Spring definitely is never getting finished.

@@Vortex1988 are you positive? Haha

@@cosmiccomedy7394 Just being realistic. GRR Martin is 74 years old. He's been working on Winds of Winter for 10 years, and he's still not done. If he does finish winds, it'll be a miracle if he lives to finish A Dream of Spring.

@@Vortex1988 oh I know.. Fair enough mate. I was just doing a play on words about being positive. I'm afraid you're right about dream of spring but who knows maybe he won't have as many hang ups with it as Winds and can bust it out in 4 or 5 years.

@@cosmiccomedy7394 I think what baffles me the most about it is that he's still getting spinoff books completed and published while also working on new shows with HBO. You'd think that if he was serious about finishing the last two books, then he would have dropped the other projects until asoiaf was done.

Has Linda finally finished reading A Storm of Swords, then?

He won't. He will never finish his main series. Without that nothing else matters. Tolkien wrote the books FIRST then added the extra material. George is like if Tolkien stopped at The Two Towers wrote a bunch of side material and worldbuilding stuff and never wrote The Return of the King. He is more like the wheel of time.guy than Professor Tolkien

@@maradjade1848 he's a lot like Robert Jordan lol in more ways than incomplete works. he's also very American and very sexually juvenile

@@maradjade1848 it took Tolkien almost 2 decades to complete LotR, just 3 books. GRRM writes 7 books, that are much more complex than LotR.

@@mori1bund I love Asoiaf to death but these books arent necesarily more complex than Lotr, Lotr's world is extremely vast and intricate.

@@mori1bund more complex....

Tell that to Sanderson. What Martin should do is just hand over all his detailed notes to Sanderson and we'll get a final two books in a few years! Martin has said in many interviews he's tired of A Song of Ice and Fire and doesn't have any drive to keep writing it. We'll be lucky if he ends up finishing even this next book (if he does it'll be another 3 years likely) and you can definitely give up on a Dream of Spring.

@@Dave004 i hate you, dave

It would be awful to have a ghost writer to write it up after he dies! AWFUL!

@@mujkocka Even more awful he dies and there wouldn't be a ghost writer..

@@osseelite156 for the most of the recent popular series, when the authors died, some writer were given notes and assigned to finish up the series. every one of these books are awful. that's what i meant by ghost writer. yeap LONG LIVES George RR MARTIN!

@@mujkocka He said many years ago he wouldn't have someone finish his work for him.

A global government is not the answer.

And really good writers will come up with endings as well, RR Martin isn't there yet and likely will never be.

Nick Cage is coming for him.

@@DW-ld4ri lmao tell us you live in a shoebox without telling us you live in a shoebox 🤣

International treasure

For sure, people try to pretend Tolkien didn't have unfinished works and material. Clearly he's another genius world builder and writer, even if it's taking him a little longer to finish his magnum opus.

@@timiadetona I like the video of him bouncing around half naked on his trampoline in Beverly hills. Truly a modern Oeuvre D'art! 💯🤩

I love that GRRM is an old deadhead 💛⚡️

If only he would stop procrastinating and finish his damn books!

@@theunknowncommenter725 tbh let him take his time so the book would come out great

@@theunknowncommenter725 How's he procrastinating? He's working, not in what you want, but in what he wants.

@@theunknowncommenter725 the books are still not out because of people like you

@@theunknowncommenter725 I really don't understand people like this. GRRM doesn't just work on ASOIAF, but a variety of other novels, TV shows, games. Aside from winds of winter there's the hotd show, dunc and egg novels, wild card series, elden ring, fire and blood books and all the different up and coming writers he's been helping promote. All of which he has done in the time between the ADOD volume and now. I wonder what it is YOU procrastinate on to feel need to say that along with the others who do this as well lol

I recognized that!!

Interesting!

He really did mine too

I find it hard to believe Colbert would follow any discussion about video game mechanics, character development, design, or gameplay. They're kind of TV's greatest enemy. That industry is now the largest entertainment market in the world.

@@UKpostsCensorsEverything interesting how even though it's such a massive form of entertainment, it's still seen as "geeky" and "nerdy" by the sheep/general public.

Do yourself a great favour,,, pick up his first book,, give it a read and I will guarantee you'll be buying his others

Its unfortunate but never going to happen. At this rate, he's stated he's 1100 pages into WoW and has 400-500 left, which at his rate means around 2027 we'll see WoW and then likely 15 years later A Dream of Spring. That will put Martin around 95 years old.....so a Dream of Spring will literally be only a dream unfortunately.

​@@Dave004 stanlee was 95 right before Avengers endgame...

@@captainaryan26 So two problems there. Stan Lee was not still writing at that age, and also look at the difference in physique between the two. What an odd comparison.

People seem to be highly uninformed of how dynamic space industry is right now. SpaceX is right there making the sci-fiction possible but they always cover Elon Musk’s stories with mockery and not through the lens of appreciation - how awe inspiring is the work that he and his company is doing. Also now that NASA is relieved of the duty of shuttling humans to just LEO, they are focusing on more science-based programs to deep space. To get the Stephen’s proposed “star-shot”, there are so many technologies that need to be developed and proven first and those are happening right now. Only if people look past the mockery and jokes and see the actual hard work being done.

@@OrangeDurito I like the direction spacex is taking, buy (f)Elon musk is a 💩

@@OrangeDurito Let's not kiss Elon ass shall we? You can appreciate space exploration without praising that weirdo.

When I read them for the first time it was fascinating how I could hear about a character in one chapter and then have a whole perspective from them in the next It's so exciting when a new perspective is introduced

That better not be an FPS game. The market is already oversaturated with those overpriced clones of Doom and Half Life.

@@UKpostsCensorsEverything It’s a pretty unique game and is not a first person shooter. It came out awhile ago.

@@UKpostsCensorsEverything please tell me how someone who doesn't know what elden ring is knows what is supposedly saturating the market? if anything the markets main issue is low quality sequels, 20 dollar dlcs that arent even worth 4 bucks, half assed early access games and cash grabs everywhere.

@@UKpostsCensorsEverything what the fuck

Or at least long enough to finish A Song of Ice and Fire. I don't know if you're familiar with the manga Berserk, a highly popular work in itself, but the author passed with a lot of story left to tell. Luckily, in his final years, the work he did had already been supported by assistants who understood his vision, so it can continue. George should also confide in confidants his vision, so that should the worst happen, his work can still live on or carry on.

True this Chris. Everyone thinks this guy is all that. I just hope this fat pr#ck finishes what he started.

Instead he's done the exact opposite and arranged it so the story won't be completed if he isn't the one to do it.

@@alexf159 That's concerning for a franchise that will likely be popular long after he passes