{"id":2743,"date":"2011-02-16T11:12:40","date_gmt":"2011-02-16T11:12:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/?p=2743"},"modified":"2017-09-19T19:55:10","modified_gmt":"2017-09-19T19:55:10","slug":"stop-the-spoilers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/2011\/02\/16\/stop-the-spoilers\/","title":{"rendered":"Stop the Spoilers!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just a reminder&#8230; for me and Ty as much as for you folks&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>With the HBO series scheduled to debut on April 17, a lot of new people may be finding their way here.  People who have seen the show, but have never read the books.<\/p>\n<p>With that in mind, I think we have to put a lid on all spoilers in the comments (and for that matter, in my own posts).  Yes, I know that GAME OF THRONES was published fifteen years ago&#8230; but for those who have not read it, it will be brand new, and I want some of the twists and turns and deaths in the book to come as a surprise to new readers in 2011, just as they did for my original readership in 1996.<\/p>\n<p>I have not been consistent about this in the past, I know, even the very recent past&#8230; but from this point on, Ty and I are going to try and be more vigilant.  All comments that include even glancing references to deaths, maimings, and major plot twists will henceforth be removed without posting.  I respectfully request your understanding and cooperation.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just a reminder&#8230; for me and Ty as much as for you folks&#8230; With the HBO series scheduled to debut on April 17, a lot of new people may be finding their way here. People who have seen the show, but have never read the books. With that in mind, I think we have to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2743"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2743"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2743\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2744,"href":"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2743\/revisions\/2744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}