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GRRM Confirms That He's Hasn't Worked On ASOIAF Since 2022 (www.gamesradar.com)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/sciencefiction

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Apologies for the slightly off-topic post...

It's not looking good, folks...

George R R Martin confirms he hasn't written anything for the 2 remaining A Song Of Ice And Fire books since 2022.

He wishes that they were finished.

The last published book in the series, A Dance With Dragons, was published in July 2011, now 13 years ago.

Obligatory song that's now 12 years old... https://youtu.be/j7lp3RhzfgI

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[–] PP_BOY_ 50 points 2 months ago (4 children)

I honestly don't know why this guy doesn't just hire a couple ghostwriters to finish things, proofread them himself, publish them and be done with it

[–] [email protected] 45 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Or credited writers even...

Who wouldn't want to work with him to finish ASOIAF for a co-author credit?

Or a mention in the foreword even...

[–] jordanlund 30 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Or better yet... The pagecount on the next book is somewhere around 1,100 pages at last count which is more than enough to publish.

Find a natural breaking point around 700 or 800 pages, go to print and reset the clock.

Then you're already up 300-400 pages on the next book.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm fairly certain that the last two books will be published close together. Grrm is well known for writing a chapter and then pushing it to the next book.

[–] Hawke 30 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I'm fairly certain that the last two books will be published

Hahahahahaha…

*gasp*

Hahahahahahahahaha

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

Oh, you're serious. Let me laugh even harder.

Hahahahahahahahaha

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I also don't think he's writing them, so you can consider that as well

[–] FuglyDuck 13 points 2 months ago

Pride mostly.

There might also be some contractual obligations for him to be the one to right it. Also, he probably doesn’t have a clue where to take them.

[–] lemmylommy 9 points 2 months ago

After what people he allowed to „finish things“ did to GoT I do not think that is very likely.