30. rivalfish • 4 yr. ago. “The Winds of Winter is next, then I’ll decide what comes after that – whether it’s to go on to A Dream of Spring, the last one, or whether I switch back into Fire and Blood II, do another Dunk and Egg story or two. But I’ll worry about that one thing at a time – that’s too far ahead.”.
Author George R.R. Martin says he has made “steady progress” in writing The Winds of Winter , the long-pending penultimate instalment of his A Song of Ice and Fire saga. The epic fantasy book
I've flip-flopped between both and honestly, for my own sanity, I've decided that if we get the Winds of Winter soon, I'll be pleasantly surprised, but until then, I won't count on anything. I'm absolutely disappointed in him for his indecisiveness, and his desire to make his mark in television which overshadows his other responsibilities, but
George R.R. Martin has been writing The Winds of Winter for 11 years. He's done making predictions about when he'll finish, but says he's "maybe" 3/4 done. Yeah, his estimation of 75% wasn't reassuring at all. Especially since it's natural for writers (imo) to get into trouble towards the end and have to rethink some of the storylines. Notoriously_So • 10 mo. ago. And then only 4 more years for A Dream of Spring.
There are characters in the show that are dead in the books and characters that are dead in the books that are alive in the show. George R.R. Martin has touched on it before (in this update I think) and points out that there are tons of characters that don't even exist in the TV show that are fairly crucial to aspects of the books. 7.