In addition there are three prequel novellas currently available, with several more being planned, and a series of novella-length excerpts from the main Ice and Fire novels. Originally planned as a trilogy, the series now consists of five published volumes a further two are planned. Martin began writing the series in 1991 and the first volume was published in 1996. It will consist of 10 episodes airing every Sunday until the season finale on June 26, 2016.High fantasy, Dark fantasy, Medieval fantasyĪ Song of Ice and Fire (commonly abbreviated as ASoIaF) is an ongoing series of epic fantasy novels by American novelist and screenwriter George R. The sixth season of Game of Thrones initially began airing on Sunday, April 24, 2016. Writing an episode would have meant taking at least a month off, maybe longer." Martin finally releases The W inds of Winter, they might be exposed to spoilers simply because the television fandom has a thing of spoiling the show online mostly through discussion and social memes. If a fan were to choose to wait until George R.R. To be frank, the choice might be a given simply because Game of Thrones is just so popular. On the other hand, the books are superior in many ways compared to the television series, having far more detail and emotion that only the written word can convey. On one hand, the television series does a fantastic job bringing the world painted by the imagination of George R.R. Because of the situation, it is a dire outcome fans of both the television series and books have to deal with, one deemed quite difficult. According to their report, the beginning of Season 6 of Game of Thrones is marked as the time the television series itself outpaced the books upon which it is based. The dilemma the aforementioned fans face was the topic of discussion in a recent analysis by Kotaku. As a result, fans of both the television and novel series have to make a choice: watch the sixth season or wait until the next book titled The W inds of Winter releases. This means Season 6 will be written from scratch. However, the end of the fifth season also marked the end of A Dance with Dragons, the fifth book in the series that was also the last published book in the novel series. For the past five seasons, the television series has somewhat been true to the books. Game of Thrones is based off a novel series written by George R.R. Still, there are fans who are in a dilemma. Overall, the success of the first episode is probably a precursor that the sixth season of Game of Thrones will be successful. Apparently, Melisandre has a trick up her sleeve that may help Jon which many believe is possibly an ability to bring him back from the dead. After viewing the initial episode, one that set a new record for number of viewers, many fans have theories on what will happen to the bastard son of Ned Stark. Fans of the series highly anticipated it because of the huge surprise at the end of Season 5 when Jon Snow was betrayed by some of the Black Brothers especially Alliser Thorne. Last Sunday, April 24, 2016, the sixth season of popular premium channel show Game of Thrones started with its initial episode.