‘Game of Thrones’ author explains lack of gay sex in books

WARNING: This articles contains potential spoilers for Game of Thrones season 4.

George RR Martin has explained why his Game of Thrones books don’t feature any gay sex.

The popular literary series is the basis for the hit HBO/Sky Atlantic show, which has added a number of gay sex scenes that do not appear in the books.

Defending his writing at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, The Telegraph reports, Martin said that is limited by the way he writes events from the main characters’ points of view.

“I put gay characters in the books, but they’re not the viewpoint characters so I did not have any explicit gay sex scenes in the early books,” he told the festival audience. “A television show doesn’t have those limitations.”

The author went on: “I’ve had letters from fans who want me to present particular explicit male sex scenes…I’m not going to do it just for the sake of doing it. If the plot lends itself to that, if one of my viewpoint characters is in a situation, I’m not going to shy away from it.”

“I don’t think I can insert things just because everyone wants them”, the author continued, before joking: “If it was a democracy, Joffrey would have died much earlier than he did.”

Game Of Thrones is currently filming its fifth season, which is expected to air in Spring 2015.

Meanwhile, a recent fan-made supercut ramped up the supposed sexual tension between several male Game Of Thrones characters – watch the video here.