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Crisis in TV land when adapted novels run out of story

Adapting a set of novels into television series is a fabulous recipe to create sequels. But what happens when the producers run out of books?

21 Jan 2016

David Tiley

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Writing and Publishing

I’ve been to the future and there is nothing there. Image: Game of Thrones, Season 5.

The most spectacular example of the disappearing storyline problem is Game of Thrones. George R.R. Martin started work on the first volume in 1991 and it was published in 1996. There are now five volumes, the last of which still took five years to write and came out in 2011. The sixth still being written.

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David Tiley

David Tiley was the Editor of Screenhub from 2005 until he became Content Lead for Film in 2021 with a special interest in policy. He is a writer in screen media with a long career in educational programs, documentary, and government funding, with a side order in script editing. He values curiosity, humour and objectivity in support of Australian visions and the art of storytelling.