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Originally Posted by Niamh.

Yeah the books are a bit different, there's slight variations and they've left out some good stuff too. I'm not sure he's ever going to actually finish them though

Well yes there's also that - I'd sort of like to know that they get finished before I commit to them!

I get the impression he's just going to allow the show ending to be the canon ending... Or perhaps wait until it's done and then finish the books but based on the way the show ends, which I suspect may not have been his original intention for the ending (if he ever had one).