That brings us to a scene between Archmaester Ebrose and Sam in the Citadel library from this week’s episode, “Stormborn.” The two are gathering books for research on the tome Archmaester Ebrose is writing. Sam begins the scene holding five books (the same number George R.R. Martin has completed).
Archmaester Ebrose then throws a sixth book on top as he begins lecturing Sam.
“If you’re going to write histories, Tarly, you have to do the research,” Archmaester Ebrose says. “If you want people to read your histories, you need a bit of style. I’m not writing
The Chronicles of the Wars Following the Death of King Robert I so it can sit on a shelf unread.”
Sam doesn’t respond. “What?” Archmaester Ebrose asks. “You don’t like the title? What would you call it then?”
“Possibly something a bit more … poetic,” Sam replies. He then changes the topic to address an experimental treatment for Jorah’s greyscale and is quickly denied. By the time the scene ends, Sam has eight books in his hands (the number many fans expect A Song of Ice and Fire to be if it’s ever completed).
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