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Could he be done with the books?


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Silly question....

The other night, I was talking to my husband (he's just a show watcher.... lol) anyway, he knows how ANGRY I get when George does things like, do interviews, write other books, blog about football etc.... well, he pointed out, there is NO WAY, anyone would be able to relax and just be like he does.... with HBO barreling down on him as it is, and the fact that he has released a few chapters here and there....

Is it possible?

Could he be done writing the books and he's just waiting for "the perfect time" to release them?

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i like to believe taht he is actually writing the last 2 back to back and will then release them both with the last one a year after.


But I do think he is almost done TWOW and will take a stab at saying that it could come out this Christmas or early next year.


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i like to believe taht he is actually writing the last 2 back to back and will then release them both with the last one a year after.

But I do think he is almost done TWOW and will take a stab at saying that it could come out this Christmas or early next year.

Yes, TWOW is almost certain to come out sometimes in late 2015, if not i would be really disappointed .

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I am of the opinion that the most difficult part of this whole process for him is trying to figure out how to make the story lines fit together. Banging your head against a brick wall repeatedly to solve a problem doesn't usually work, which is why he takes breaks. I think he has most of it planned out, and he just needs to write it. I also think the last book will go quickly. Hopefully (knock on wood) he should finish book 7 shortly after book 6.


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I know this is an unpopular opinion, but I kind of tend to agree with the OP. I was thinking the same thing the other day. GRRM is not a stupid man and the more he drags it on, the more he can make off the licensing of things like The new World of Fire and Ice compendium, all of the merchandise that is selling, the show, etc. Once the books are done, the interest in the show will wane a bit. It could be that he is working on aDoS currently and is done with TWOW. He is just waiting to maximize on the money for these as if he releases it during the break between season 5 & 6 he could make a lot more money. the show would be at the optimal height of popularity. It would give the unsullied a chance to read the books before the show. The book will already sell a lot of copies, but simple marketing says he would be best to release it then. As a fan of the books first, I sincerely hope this is not the plan, but I could see the POV of waiting. As a matter of fact, it seems like something Tywin would do.


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Reading the topic, I thought you would suggest that Martin is done with the series, meaning he's not going to bother anymore and just leave it unfinished, letting HBO do whatever with whatever notes he gave them. I think that would have been a more likely scenario.


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I actually thought this would be a topic about GRRM being done with the books as in, giving up on ever finishing them. To me, that seems more likely than him having finished them already.

This! :agree:

Reading the topic, I thought you would suggest that Martin is done with the series, meaning he's not going to bother anymore and just leave it unfinished, letting HBO do whatever with whatever notes he gave them. I think that would have been a more likely scenario.

And this!

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I am with GRRM all the way, but history is often a good predictor of the future. This means GRRM will finish book six and be right up to the show, then he will take forever to get book 7 done and the show finishes first. He may never finish book 7 as the end will already be known.


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I think he's figured out that he'll get more attention at comic-cons and be asked for TV interviews and so forth if he doesn't finish the books than if he does. He doesn't really need the money any more due to the HBO deal, and he seems to like attention a LOT (people do, generally) after labouring in relative obscurity for most of his life.



I don't begrudge him the blogging and watching football much. Those are just normal activities that everybody does, and they don't take up much of his time. Besides, if you're a writer, your imagination never just stops because you're doing something else. When he's at home he can just jot down a note, or if it's more elaborate walk over to his ancient MS/DOS word processor.



But the theater? When he bought it, he SWORE that it wouldn't take time away from writing the books, and his blog clearly indicate that it's his major concern now. And even that's not as bad as his ridiculous addiction to the ComicCon circuit. That's major. (and again, attention-seeking) A few months ago he attended a string of them in Australia and New Zealand, which when you count travel time and the day at either end of it recovering from the long flight took up a couple of weeks. I wish he'd pare that down to the one or two biggest ones each year.



If I were ever to get a chance to interview him (as IF!!) and I was feeling assertive, I might ask him how many great ideas he has per year that go by the wayside because he's busy doing something else - signing autographs, serving popcorn at the John Cocteau, or having some conversation with a fan that, by the end of it, he's forgotten the idea. It's tragic to think of, but I bet it happens. :frown5:

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No. I think he has most of WoW done at this point, and the ending of the story plotted out. But if you're suggesting that he's sitting on two complete manuscripts for th lulz, I highly doubt it.

Approximately 10% of WoW has been already published :D

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I actually thought this would be a topic about GRRM being done with the books as in, giving up on ever finishing them. To me, that seems more likely than him having finished them already.

Ditto.

That being said,, I don't really think that he'll leave the books undone, barring any unforeseen events.

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As to him already having finished the books... no.



I believe that the extravagant wait for Feast and Dance were due to him filling in the 5 year gap that he originally intended. Game, Clash, and Storm all have a two year period between them, telling me that he knew the story line through and through. He's also stated that he's known the ending of the story since writing the first book. This makes me want to think that Dream will roll right off his fingers for a quick release following Winds.



I'm sure the release for Winds is right around the corner, having released a suitable amount of excerpts such as he did with Dance. His publisher stated that the earliest estimated release would be in the second quarter of 2015.

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I actually thought this would be a topic about GRRM being done with the books as in, giving up on ever finishing them. To me, that seems more likely than him having finished them already.

Same.

And, in fact, I think that when the show surpasses the books, there's a very great danger that he will lose some impetus. That could be a dangerous time.

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