Popular series, House of Dragons author, George R.R Martin has revealed that his dark fantasy would be to take Putin out with a dragon, and we think he means to kill the Russian president with a dragon. Whether he would want the dragon to burn him up via fire flames from its mouth (dracarys), eat him, or stump on him, he did not say.
George visited the late show on Tuesday night to talk about House of Dragons, but he ended up talking about his dark fantasy.
Martin admitted that he is becoming more and more pessimistic in recent years, especially compared to how optimistic he felt about humanity in his youth. He said:
“Suddenly nuclear war seems more and more feasible again. It’s back there. We may have a nuclear war.”
“There would always be some good people who would get together and they would reinvent civilization, and optimism was still there even if the setting was terrible.”
“Is it still there?” he asked. “Can we be optimistic about climate change? What are we going to do if Putin actually does use nuclear bombs?”
Then, to applause from the audience, he added, “I wish I had a dragon I could fly to the Kremlin!”
When asked about his book, he said:
“I am making progress with The Winds of Winter. I think it’s going to be a very big book,” he added, revealing that at more than 1500 pages it will likely be longer than any other book in the series.”
“So, 10 years to go 75 percent of the way through means…?” Colbert inquired.
“That’s depressing, that’s depressing,” Martin replied.
George has been writing The Winds of Winter, the long-delayed next installment in the Game of Thrones saga.
Colbert joked about being legally allowed to ask George about the status in a bid to get some information or date about the next sequel, but the author did not give anything.
