- George RR Martin: Final Song of Ice and Fire novel will be 'bittersweet' - Author says final book in the series on which Game of Thrones is based won’t end in ‘some horrible apocalypse’ http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/aug/14/george-rr-martin-final-song-of-ice-and-fire-novel-will-be-bittersweet 159 comments books