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George RR Martin Finishes A Dance With Dragons

Posted by Unknown on from the blind-guardian-seems-to-like-it dept.

Lil'wombat writes "George RR Martin has completed his long awaited conclusion to the A Song of Ice and Fire series. A Dance with Dragons will be published on July 12, 2011. Let the celebrations begin! And everyone was worried that he was going to pull a Jordan."

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  1. This is not the end by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    Dance with Dragons is the 4th of 7 planned books. It is not the conclusion to the series.

  2. He really had that second half written alright.. by turtledawn · · Score: 4, Informative

    I'll echo someone I read a couple of days ago and say this is the longest wait for half of a book I've ever encountered.

    --
    Uh, "if it looks roughly mouse-shaped according to my infra-red sensitive pit, eat it"? --Chris Burke 09-08-10
  3. two corrections by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    1) The link says specifically that the book isn't done but it's close enough to done to give it a publication date

    2) It's not the series conclusion. It's the 5th of 7 planned books that was originally supposed to be 3 books total :)

  4. Re:Pull A Jordan? Seriously? by Tynin · · Score: 3, Informative

    Was anyone actually worried he would "pull a Jordan?"

    Yeah, their is concern... check out this timeline:

    * A Game of Thrones (1996)
    * A Clash of Kings (1998) 2 years
    * A Storm of Swords (2000) 2 years
    * A Feast for Crows (2005) 5 years and next book half done
    * A Dance with Dragons (not in 2011) 6 years
    * The Winds of Winter (forthcoming) so 6 years (GRRM age now 68+)
    * A Dream of Spring (forthcoming) so 6 years (GRRM 75+)

    Unless something really changes in the speed of his writing we are likely never going to read the ending.