When do Game Of Thrones fans have to worry about the winter winds?

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• George RR Martin's 13-year delay in finishing The Winds of Winter has caused concern among fans.
• The final two books in the series, along with A Dream of Spring, may face significant publication delays.
• Martin's original plan was for a trilogy. But the series has expanded. This may affect the final resolution of the story.

Winter is likely to be here at George RR Martin's. Song of Ice and Fire But with it being 13 years since his last book, fans are worried that he may never be able to write the ending to War of the Five Kings, even though. game of thrones The end-of-year TV series of 2019 still has many more stories to tell in book form.

Martin has outlined his plans to write seven books in Song of Ice and Fire series, with the last two being winter breeze and spring dream– The author has opened up about the fact that he was behind the scenes writing it. Winter breeze. Although he says he has no plans to retire. But the advancing age and earlier recruitment make readers worried about the last two items.

Where is the winter breeze?

Martin began to write. winter breeze Within the year 2010, it is expected that further operations will begin. dancing with dragons'The ending was exciting.. Volume 5 ends with Daenerys escaping a troubled Meereen on Drogon's back, Jon Snow being stabbed by his men in the Night's Watch, and Varys revealing his plan to put Aegon Targaryen on the Iron Throne. Things played out differently in terms of characters missing on the show, though. But these events roughly correspond to season 5 of the HBO series.

Martin's original plan was to write Song of Ice and Fire It is a trilogy, with only one book. game of thrones– dancing with dragonsand winter breeze– This again reinforces its seeming importance. winter breeze and the story it will tell This also means that all the books have been published before. game of thrones It even started broadcasting. But it has been 28 years since the first book was published. And there is no end in sight.

What is frustrating is the fact that dancing with dragons Working in tandem with 2005 A feast for crows refers to other storylines Dangling issues such as Brienne of Tarth's fate at the hands of Lady Stoneheart and Arya Stark being blinded by the Faceless Men remain unresolved. Martin teases fans by releasing 11 chapters from winter breeze Over the years, with Theon captured by Stannis Baratheon included. dancing with dragons'Paperback book. He stopped releasing chapters in 2018 because he didn't want to give out more.

In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter , Martin admitted that he was also 13 years 'late'. winter breeze, But I don't know how it happened. He emphasized that the novel was his first priority. He explains:

“That is still important. Many people have written my obituary. [They’re saying] 'Oh, he'll never finish.' Maybe they were right. I don't know. I'm still alive now! I seem very important!”

This caused more complaints from readers, who again pointed out how to do it. winter breeze It was not the priority he had promised earlier. He also took the time to write his sixth book. fire and bloodhe is working dragon house,help develop Knight of the Seven Kingdomsand is making a film based on Howard's work. The late Waldrop ugly chicken–

All of this comes with world building. FromSoftware's Elden Ringin which some claims were made winter breezeCost. Considering he had written four chapters by June 2010, it shows how slow progress has been over the past 14 years. The hopeful release dates of 2014 and 2016 have long since passed. And Martin's critics will point to his infamous statement from February 2016, when he promised readers of his website, not his blog:

“I won't write anything until I hand over Winds of Winter, the TV series, the screenplay, the short story, the intro, the intro, nothing.”

He once told fans that they could jail him if he wasn't finished by July 2020, but nearly four and a half years later There was no sign of the legendary original. Even though Martin jokes about people thinking he might be dead before. winter breeze It's already been published, and others are looking even further.

Game of Thrones fans still have springtime dreams.

When the reader closes the book winter breeze– spring dream Expect it to be even bigger, though. winter breeze There's a surprise hit in 2025 if Martin takes that long to write. spring dreamIt probably won't be released until 2039. Aside from bringing George RR Martin into the '90s, many fans will miss out on seeing how the story ends.

In a 2022 update on his website, Martin explains how the book will change. game of thrones' A controversial ending Which makes sense given the lack of seemingly important characters like Victarion Greyjoy, Arianne Martell, and Jon Connington:

“What I've noticed more and more recently is that gardening has taken me away more and more from television series – yes, some of the stuff you see on HBO, in Game of Thrones, you get it. Also seen in The Winds of Winter (although maybe not in the same way)… But most of the rest are quite different.”

It's not a secret at all. game of thrones' The ending is divisive. More than 1.5 million people signed a petition calling for a remake of season 8, which led to winter breezeThe film's opening is even more important. Because it will allow the critic to truly experience how things are. In what direction is it headed?

In Martin's original plan The final book focuses on other people. Being the book version of the White Walkers, they are seen as a real threat to Westeros, which the show fails to capitalize on. Many criticized season 8 and thought it should have focused on Cersei and the battle for King's Landing in the first half, before heading into the epic battle with the White Walkers at Winterfell in the final few episodes. Martin has not revealed how he plans to end the book. But many people expect others to will be a de facto bad person Still, that doesn't mean Daenerys Targaryen won't get her Mad Queen arc.

be both winter breeze and spring dream It is set to be longer than the previous volumes. So I know how long it will be. There are many theories that Martin is concocting something special and may have written it. winter breeze and spring dream at the same time In his last post from July 2024 on his blog. Martin cryptically warned:

When Winds of Winter ends, these words will not escape. There will be a big announcement…where and when? I can't say

Optimists hope that even if the final two books don't come out together, But Martin secretly wrote an ending to the story in case something happened to him. In the meantime, disgruntled readers have turned to ChatGPT to create an example of how they think Martin will end the tragedy. With the man reminding himself that his favorite boyfriend who died came in. game of thrones will live to fight another day and some of the survivors will not make it. spring dreamThe last page readers have been waiting for. Song of Ice and FireThe show's final entry was just as shocking as HBO's live-action adaptation.