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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49 points

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

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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…

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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.

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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.

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

Hahahahahaha…

*gasp*

Hahahahahahahahaha

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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.

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

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