In a video recording released today , Game of Thrones authorGeorge R.R. Martinhas discover that he has contracted covid-19 during his prison term atSan Diego Comic - Con , which was design as part of a tumid West Coast trip that was guess to include serve the premiere ofHouse of the Dragon . Instead , the author has cancelled his stay meeting and is isolating in a hotel room .
Despite skipping party , remain off the convening floor , and cancelling his in - person autograph session , Martin say he began to feel slightly symptomatic a day or two afterwards , as he drove up to Los Angeles . He reassures his fan that he feels okay and his symptom are modest . He sound out that it is a “ mystery to him ” how he catch the computer virus , as nobody around him has tested positive and he wore a mask at all time except during the House of the Dragon panel and meals .
He hope to recover quickly and channelize back to Santa Fe to resume work on his labor , admit the long - awaited concluding installment of the Ice and Fire saga , current of air of Winter .
Photo: Kevin Winter (Getty Images)
House of the Dragon strike HBO and HBO Max August 21 .
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