Game of Thrones only used flashbacks sparingly, with A Song of Ice and Fire typically only recapping the events of wars long before its present timeline, so George R.R. Martin’s original time jump plan would have required a new storytelling device for both the show and books. Why & When GRRM Almost Used A Time Jump In A Song Of Ice & Fire
George R.R. Martin's Beastly Books includes a sculpture of The Iron Giant from the 1999 animated science-fiction film of the same name. Luis Sánchez Saturno/The New Mexican FacebookMartin has bitten off more than he can chew, it seems, which happens when an author is left unchecked by editors and perhaps has planted too many narrative seeds, not to mention all the fame and HijTdqH.