George RR Martin Finishes A Dance With Dragons 279
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."
This is not the end (Score:2, Informative)
Dance with Dragons is the 4th of 7 planned books. It is not the conclusion to the series.
He really had that second half written alright.. (Score:5, 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.
two corrections (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 :)
Re:Pull A Jordan? Seriously? (Score:4, 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.