The Winds of Winter
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The Winds of Winter will not release this year, but Fire & Blood, book one of two delving into the history of Westeros in greater detail, releases Nov. 20
Martin is saying the pandemic has lead to him writing more
I guess football being cancelled and food shortages leading to no bacon in his household has finally gotten him motivated
I guess football being cancelled and food shortages leading to no bacon in his household has finally gotten him motivated
Haha, you were being a bit optimistic there, all that time ago! 
Although between sending the manuscript back and forth for revisions and edits, laying out the final product, printing and binding a single hardcover, quality-checking that, and finally authorizing it for mass printing, it'd be late December/early January. And that's if he's actually finished writing before the end of this month.
Even by my wildest estimates of 9 years, it's still not happening yet.
Probably the darkest day for ASoIaF fans was March 8th 2016 when George Martin died and headlines went up all over the place, and lots of fans likely freaked for several seconds thinking it was GM the author not GM the Beatles producer
Probably the darkest day for ASoIaF fans was March 8th 2016 when George Martin died and headlines went up all over the place, and lots of fans likely freaked for several seconds thinking it was GM the author not GM the Beatles producer
George pitched 5 shows to HBO last year, of which one got greenlit with a pilot episode ordered and presumably a full season in the future. Gee, he sure seems to have lots of free time to pursue creative activities!
So I've encountered the real-life Winds of Winter. Environment Canada did the numbers. My local town got 82cm of snow in February. The average is 18cm. This was already on top of a lot of winter dumps in November, December, and January, of which we only had maybe a couple of melt days in mid-November. This February was a mean temperature of -19C. The normal is -13C.
As for the book The Winds of Winter, nothing. Nada. Squat. Any news for The Winds of Winter is in as barren and hellishly desolate a landscape as you might get mental imagery from a title like The Winds of Winter. Now that Elden Rings is out, that's one less project for GRRM to get sidetracked on, and get back to work!
Meanwhile, here's this KickStarter announcement from Brandon Sanderson for four secret books that he's completed over the last two years. I like how he says he had other (writing) commitments over the last 2 years so he used all his free time to squeeze out 4 more unplanned novels ON TOP OF his normal output.
(Finish the book George)
As for the book The Winds of Winter, nothing. Nada. Squat. Any news for The Winds of Winter is in as barren and hellishly desolate a landscape as you might get mental imagery from a title like The Winds of Winter. Now that Elden Rings is out, that's one less project for GRRM to get sidetracked on, and get back to work!
Meanwhile, here's this KickStarter announcement from Brandon Sanderson for four secret books that he's completed over the last two years. I like how he says he had other (writing) commitments over the last 2 years so he used all his free time to squeeze out 4 more unplanned novels ON TOP OF his normal output.
(Finish the book George)
GRRM talking about how the Winds of Winter will differ from the TV series
(but to nobody's surprise, no real commitment to a release date. Maybe the joke is that nobody will die if the book never gets released?)
(but to nobody's surprise, no real commitment to a release date. Maybe the joke is that nobody will die if the book never gets released?)
George R.R. Martin's comments from the San Diego Comic-Con this year: "In recent years with COVID, I have been out of my house very little. You may not know this but there’s this book I’m writing and I’m a little late. So I won’t shoot any scenes until I finish and return this book. If the series is still ongoing, then why not."
In reference to why he hasn't shown up at the House of the Dragon HBO set for possible cameos...or just watching them shoot at all. "A little late." Sure, why not?
In reference to why he hasn't shown up at the House of the Dragon HBO set for possible cameos...or just watching them shoot at all. "A little late." Sure, why not?