George R. R. Martin says he's "struggling" with next Game of Thrones book as he reveals he hasn't written more pages since December 2022
Nov. 21, 2023Winds of Winter is still no closer to being complete
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George R. R. Martin has given an update on The Winds of Winter – and it sounds like the next A Song of Ice and Fire novel is no closer to being finished.
The book is set to be the next installment in the long-running series from which HBO’s Game of Thrones was adapted – the show eventually overtook the books, so fans are understandably anxious to see how Martin’s intended version of events play out (especially considering how controversialGame of Thrones season 8turned out).
“The main thing I’m actually writing, of course, is the same thing… I wish I could write as fast as [The Last Kingdom author Bernard Cornwell] but I’m 12 years late on this damn novel and I’m struggling with it,” the author toldBangcast(viaIGN).
“I have like 1,100 pages written but I still have hundreds more pages to go,” he added. “It’s a big mother of a book for whatever reason. Maybe I should’ve started writing smaller books when I began this, but it’s tough. That’s the main thing that dominates most of my working life.”
Of course, there’s always a chance that those pages have changed over the course of the year, meaning Martin has in fact made progress, but that remains to be seen.
For everyone eager to get back to Westeros, though, the good news isHouse of the Dragon season 2is on the way. The show was able to continue filming amid theWGA writers' strikeandSAG-AFTRA actors' strike, but still doesn’t have a firm release date just yet.
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