
Fans have seized on a potential The Winds of Winter clue in the finale episode of A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms, which aired earlier this week, after a line of dialogue sounded like a pointed reminder to George R.R. Martin to finish the saga he started.
The reaction matters because Martin's next A Song Of Ice And Fire novel has been the great unfinished business of modern fantasy publishing, and any scrap of perceived movement tends to ricochet through the fandom at speed.