grand old duke of stark Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 Probably 8. By now he's surely eager to stay ahead of HBO and to move on to some of his many side projects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muggle Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 He said in an interview 7 is what he wants. But at the rate he is going in the story we wants to tell. It could very well be 8 but atm his goal is 7 My guess is 8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howling Mad Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 A total of nine = Explore the Westerlands, the Reach, the Sunset Sea, the Land of Always Winter, Old Valyria and close it all up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King of Vaes Tolorro Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 If it is this long into the story the Others haven't arrived yet, and the dragons are not in WesterosI would have guessed around 5-8 more books left with a second generation and third generation of characters gig added to the mix, like in the Dragon Lance Chronicles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Ravens Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 I love these books but I think GRRM's weakness as a writer is that he isn't very good at advancing the story. It get's ever increasingly complex and fascinating but it doesn't get very far in each book. I don't have much confidence in him wrapping it up in 7 books so I'll just hope he can do it in 8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan the Man Baratheon Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 I am sure there will be 8 books, i want the conflict with the others last for atleast 2 books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady of Dragonstone Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 I would say a total of eight or nine books. I'm just not sure how he's going to wrap up all the storylines in two books, especially not with so many POV characters. There are a lot of plotlines that I would rather like to see resolved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yukle Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 a total of 12 books seems right. the pacing is in no hurry yet, as if it expects 6 more books to get where it's going. Combine this with the sense I have that we're still not in the home stretch. If we are, then I better start scaling back my expectations for all the things I want to see happen. Strange, I have the feeling that everything is in place now. I feel like there has been enough setup for all the squabbling about the Iron Throne to let the matter almost rest and focus entirely on the battle with the Others. Half a book to settle the Iron Throne (at the beginning or end of the incoming books) and the rest to fight the Others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zman1863 Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 With nothing to go on I think I would have estimated 8 as the magic number. Two more books seems just a bit too little to wrap it all up. But other series I've read have also tended to pick up the pace in the final acts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bright Blue Eyes Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 I would say a total of eight or nine books. I'm just not sure how he's going to wrap up all the storylines in two books, especially not with so many POV characters. There are a lot of plotlines that I would rather like to see resolved. They are already falling into line. Barristan, Victarion and Tyrion are already almost joined up and may be join by Dany soon. Asha and Theon are. Jaime and Brienne are. JonCon and Arianne are soon to be. Only GRRM knows how fast the other PoVs will join up. But they will join up, and that will get the story moving way faster and more condensed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arya kiddin' Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 8-9, maybe 10. Definitely not more than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Pellinore Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 I think if he could make the same amount of money writing chapters and then e-publishing them as he felt like it, the story would never end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninewinter Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 I'm content in seven. Come on! Why eight? Let the Winds of Winter, be be just that! After the battle of Winterfell, let the wall come down, and let a million Whitewalkers invade the whole world. And then the book seven would just probably, wrapped the things ups as Dany and Tyrion with their dragons, Jon and Bran, defeat the Others. two remaining books is enough. Three if we want more complex game of thrones, but there's not going to be much political intrigue, because Winter has come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zamieo Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 At the very least eight. I have a hard time seeing him conclude all the storylines and tying up all the loose ends in just two more books, at least in a way that satisfies most readers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahura Mazda Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 I thought initially that he was going to write 12 books, since he spent almost 5 books for autumn and I expected a very long winter and the story to end in spring. Then I realized that this story is not going to end well for us, and that spring is supposed only to be a dream.. ..not to mention medicine has been not fast enough in its advancements to gift GRRM with immortality. So now I expect 3 more books. Yeah, he said 2, but I do not trust his judgement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mormont Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 I love these books but I think GRRM's weakness as a writer is that he isn't very good at advancing the story. While this may arguably be a valid criticism of the last two books, the first three stand as pretty solid counterexamples. I think you might better express this as a problem GRRM might be experiencing with the series at present, rather than it being a general weakness of his as a writer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Iron Banker Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 I would say 8 or 9, there has been a buildup of 5 books to the Others storyline, no way it could be finished in just 2 books. We still need to learn loads about the Others, about the Doom, Dany has a lot of stuff to do. Supposedly there are other (lost) dragon eggs in the world, he could include that as well, lost valyrian artifacts to be found, and then the Westerosi GoT conflict. He has enough stuff for 6 more books lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ours if the Fury Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 9 Books… maybe ten… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victarion Chainbreaker Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 I think 8 total should be enough. Considering the previous plan was to have 2 trilogies with a 5 year gap between them, I think we're just about ready to start on the second trilogy. The 5-year gap was to let the children grow into their roles, and that's mostly happened: Arya became an assassin, Bran became a greenseer, Jon became a leader, some people believe Sansa became a player, and Dany has (hopefully) embraced her role as a conquerer rather than an administrator. Let the Song begin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myrddin Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 He's been "two books away from the end" since I heard him speak at a signing for Storm of Swords in Denver (November 2000). I'll believe we're near the end, when he says "the next book will be the last." And then I'll still expect an announcement of a split of the last manuscript before it's published, because the tale kept growing in the telling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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