grufolo Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 The winds of Winter should have been released before show season 6 started, then it was delayed, but since GRRM hoped to finish it before the show started in 2015-16, shouldn't it be coming withing 2016 at least? Can we use this thread to keep track of book #6 editorial news? I am starving for information, and it seems i can't find any at the moment, is there a place reporting the deadlines set as time went for the release? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Weirwoods Eyes Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 This probably belongs in TWOW sub forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Mertyns Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 Never trust release dates given by GRRM. He himself has realized that, which is why he hasn't been giving them as much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redtree Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 I find that making predictions or monitoring progress will just bite you in the end because it keeps your hope up, i'll just wait for the book until it comes out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apovsic Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 It's somewhere between 10% and 95%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular John Umber Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 And it's locked for a very good reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Mertyns Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 11 minutes ago, Regular John Umber said: And it's locked for a very good reason. It could use an update (not coming out before show, new Aeron chapter) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferocious Veldt Roarer Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 No need. When there's an actual news, you won't be able to miss it even if you tried. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperMario Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 You will get no accurate information regarding the release date other than on GRRM's own blog. Everything else is just conjecture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorian Martell Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 The Winds of Winter may or may not be released this year or sometime in the next five. How is that for info? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joluoto2 Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 My guess is late 2017 or something, at least I hope it will come out before 2020. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leticia Stark Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 I'm not sure if it's true, but I read somewhere that he wrote three chapters in six months and I literally laughed. Poor us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damon_Tor Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 9 hours ago, grufolo said: The winds of Winter should have been released before show season 6 started, then it was delayed, but since GRRM hoped to finish it before the show started in 2015-16, shouldn't it be coming withing 2016 at least? Can we use this thread to keep track of book #6 editorial news? I am starving for information, and it seems i can't find any at the moment, is there a place reporting the deadlines set as time went for the release? IIRC, the whole "It will be done by the end of the year" thing went on for ~5 years last time. Just to keep things realistic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qhorin Halfhand and Yoren Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 I would be surprised if it was released in 2016. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rise Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 Well its not imbosible that it will released end of this year. 2017 is more likely i think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Wun Wun Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 S7 of the show is airing later this year than usual, probably mid-to-late May. So GRRM has until around Feb to announce Winds if he wants to get it out before the show airs. He can't miss another deadline, right? 37 minutes ago, Leticia Stark said: I'm not sure if it's true, but I read somewhere that he wrote three chapters in six months and I literally laughed. Poor us. He said on his blog he was joking when he said that. But if you read his "Talking About the Dance" blog post where he detailed his progress on ADWD, he went from 542 pages in Jan. 2006 to 596 pages in March 2008....54 pages in 2 YEARS! He blamed rewrites for that, but still, that's even worse than the 3 chapters in 6 months he claimed was a joke. That kind of progress is just horrifying to think about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grufolo Posted July 7, 2016 Author Share Posted July 7, 2016 2 hours ago, Ser Wun Wun said: S7 of the show is airing later this year than usual, probably mid-to-late May. So GRRM has until around Feb to announce Winds if he wants to get it out before the show airs. He can't miss another deadline, right? He said on his blog he was joking when he said that. But if you read his "Talking About the Dance" blog post where he detailed his progress on ADWD, he went from 542 pages in Jan. 2006 to 596 pages in March 2008....54 pages in 2 YEARS! He blamed rewrites for that, but still, that's even worse than the 3 chapters in 6 months he claimed was a joke. That kind of progress is just horrifying to think about. As slow as GRRM may be, he wished to have it ready for last Fall, so over nine months later i expect GRRM to be much closer to having it done than he was then, when he still hoped it to be done quickly. I really am trying to figure out how much of it may still need working on after such a long interval of time. Do you think it's a couple of chapters or it's just some finishing and rewriting here and there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lancerman Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 It's not worth putting much stock in anything. The delay for Feast was blamed on the scrapping of the 5 year gap and we were told Dance would be out in about a year. Dance's delay was blamed on the Meereenese knot, with the implication that huge chunks of Winds was completed and the wait wouldn't be so long. Here we are 5 years later. Not to mention the hubbub about an October and December deadline that he thought feasible. Best to just be pleasantly surprised. Especially since the minute you put down that book, it's on to the next one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Protagoras Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 Based on what I have read, heard and analyzed: At best: Late 2016 - early 2017. At realistic worst: Late 2017 - early 2018. There are some good predictions based on previous books & tempo. And asking GRRM about it is similiar to asking a child about Einsteins theories. Not only doesn´t he know, but he will be unable to give you even the slightest hint. He simply doesn´t know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCK Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 My guess is this time next year, the book will be done or out. All you really have to go on is what he said back in January; "hundreds of pages exist." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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