Why Fans Shouldn't Be Concerned About GRRM's Winds Of Winter Delays
Despite The Winds of Winter taking so long, Game of Thrones fans shouldn't be too concerned by George R.R. Martin's delays in finishing the sixth and penultimate A Song of Ice and Fire book. Prior to Game of Thrones beginning back in 2011, Martin had written four of his planned seven novels in the Song of Ice and Fire series; the fifth, A Dance with Dragons, was released just three months after Game of Thrones debuted on HBO. Since then, though, there has infamously been no sixth book, with The Winds of Winter's release date delayed multiple times, to the point Martin no longer makes predictions about when it'll be finished.
Martin had originally hoped to finish both The Winds of Winter and its sequel, A Dream of Spring, before Game of Thrones finished its run. Of course, that didn't happen, and Game of Thrones season 8 delivered an ending before the books could, although one that is perhaps far more divisive than Martin's will be (or that's certainly the hope). The author has had no shortage of other projects in that time, developing Game of Thrones spinoffs like House of the Dragon, working on the Targaryen history book, Fire & Blood, upon which that show is based, and work outside of Westeros too, such as Elden Ring.
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With the book so delayed, Martin has discussed intense demand for The Winds of Winter, saying: «I get [that] Winds of Winter, the sixth book is late. I can get a hundred good comments, but there's still gonna be a few fans out there who are gonna remind me of it on my blog or whatever,» and mentioning that there can now be a «viciousness» in online discourse that wasn't there previously. Of course, anything that strays
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