Winds of Winter Release Date: Game of Thrones writer George R.R. Martin came out in support for Syrian refugees coming to America in an online posting.
"One has to wonder if all the governors (including our own governor here in New Mexico, I am ashamed to say) and congressmen voting to keep out the Syrian refugees have ever visited the Statue, or read the words on her base. If so, they surely failed to understand them, " Martin wrote on his Livejournal.
"Emma Lazarus had it right. Donald Trump and thirty-one governors have it wrong, wrong, wrong. The Syrian refugees are as much victims of ISIS as the dead in France. Let them in. Santa Fe, at least, will welcome them."
As commenters sowed dissent, the New Jersey-born Game Of Thrones author defended his stand.
"Real lives are at stake. The lives of hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees driven from their homes by war. Many of them women and children. That's the whole point. There's a moral imperative here," he wrote.
"The words on the Statue of Liberty were written before we had a welfare state," one commenter. "If you want them so much, why don't you let them stay at your house and you can pay for their medical bills. I'm sure you can afford it."
"The Syrian refugees are as much victims of ISIS as the dead in France. ... [So] let them in," Martin concluded.
The New Colossus
Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
"Keep ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
by American poet Emma Lazarus, written in 1883. Quoted by George R. R. Martin,
Martin recently responded to the rumor that Winds of Winter is already completed, four years after he released the last A Song of Ice and Fire novel: A Dance with Dragons, which came out in 2011.
During in a Reddit AMA, director and producer Jack Bender was asked if he read an advance copy of Winds of Winter. Bender said "Yes."
Fans took this as confirmation that Winds of Winter is complete.
But Martin cautioned "Never believe rumors. I've said that a thousand times."
"A very reliable WotW source has confirmed to us that Bender hasn't seen an advanced copy/draft of The Winds of Winter, and must have confused it with the season 6 outline when answering the question," Watchers On The Wall wrote.
George R.R Martin says Winds of Winter will be released sometime in early 2016. Martin revealed that the ending of the next "A Song of Ice and Fire" installment will be bittersweet, but he says don't rush him, there is no way he could write it any faster.
"I've been hearing them come up behind me for years, and the question is, How can I make myself write faster? I think, by now, the answer is, I can't," Martin told Northwestern Talk on Wednesday. "I write at the pace I write, and what the show is doing is not going to change what the books are."
While we're waiting for Winds of Winter, Martin suggested his fans keep themselves busy by filling in his new official 'Game of Thrones' coloring book.
'Game of Thrones,' which was inspired from his book series, will return in spring for its 6th season. "Game of Thrones" season 5 saw the murder of the night's watch commander Jon Snow.
Martin said he was surprised that HBO's Game of Thrones series caught up with the novel series.
Hollywood witch Marie Bargas threw some cards on the Game of Thrones cast and discovered that Sansa Stark is a Queen of Swords.
"Game of Thrones" Season 6 is slated to return to the airwaves on April 24, 2016.
