Umwanditsi-Fantasy George R.r. Martin abinyujije kuri blog yavuze ko mu kato yashoboye gutera imbere cyane mu kwandika igitabo cyari kimaze igihe kinini "umuyaga w'umuyaga" kuva ku cywongereza "indirimbo y'umuriro", umukino w'intebe ". Aya makuru ashobora kuba asobanura abafana, nubwo Martin yigometse ko igitabo cye gishya kiracyari kure yo kurangiza:
Ugomba kwemeza ko kwigunga ku gahato bifite ingaruka nziza kumurimo wanjye. Buri munsi nakoraga amasaha hejuru y "umuyaga wumuyaga", nuko nageze ku iterambere rihamye. Ejo nongeyeho igice gikurikira, irindi ndangije hashize iminsi itatu, indi - icyumweru gishize. Ariko oya, ntibisobanura ko igitabo kizaba cyiteguye ejo cyangwa cyatangajwe icyumweru gitaha. Bizaba igitabo kinini, nuko ndacyafite akazi kenshi.
Nkuko mubibona, Martin yirinda amatariki ayo ari yo yose yerekeye itota "Umuyaga w'itumba", ariko byizera ko igitabo kizarangira mu gihe cy'umwaka umwe, ni ukuvuga mu mpeshyi ya 2021. Umwanditsi yavuze kandi ko yamaze igihe cyo kwiyahura mu kato ye mu misozi kure y'isi yigometse, kugira ubuzima bwuzuye nk'umuntu ufite imyaka 71.