SNL's 'Game of Thrones' Author: I'm Out of Plot Ideas

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SNL's 'Game of Thrones' Author: I'm Out of Plot Ideas
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Game of Thrones (http://mashable.com/category/twitter/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) fans are well aware of the fact that George R.R. Martin — author of the books behind the HBO show — just can't finish the last two **vels in the ******.

Ahead of Game of Thrones' return to the small screen on Sunday night, Saturday Night Live explained why it's taking Martin so long to wrap things up. Check out the clip, above, starting at the 1:40 mark.

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"I'm burnt out — it's just so vast," Martin (played by cast member Bobby Moynihan) said on SNL's "Weekend Update" segment. "Do you have any idea how hard it is to name one thousand characters? ... The same goes for the kingdom names. A lot of the next book just takes place in Denver." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/04/06/snl-game-of-thrones/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)

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