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GRRM Confirms That He's Hasn't Worked On ASOIAF Since 2022 (www.gamesradar.com)

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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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[–] [email protected] 31 points 3 months ago (2 children)

This is probably not the place to discuss just how fragile IRL feudalism was to actual runs of bad winters and sub-par summers, which were notorious for causing famines that spread across nations. I can't speak about how it works in Westros, but volcanic winters and bad solar weather shifted the tides of history here on earth.

Considering the notion of decades long winters, the people of Westros would likely be forced to be migratory much like the Dothraki.

That all said, it still was a rich world, and I suspect Martin just wrote himself into a bunch of corners.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Eventually winter came and they all rolled over and died. The end.

George R. R. Martin

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Genius, what world building!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

I imagine this is about all he's come up with since the show started..

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Rocks fall, everyone dies.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

And his understudies have all flown the coop to become famous in their own writing