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Sample chapter of Winds of Winter out (Song of Ice and Fire)

#1

Enresshou

Enresshou



#2

Hailey Knight

Hailey Knight

I can't.

(Still need to begin Storm of Swords. Maybe when I make my next New York trip in January, I'll start it on the bus, although I might not want to visit with my friends anymore once I'm 200 pages deep in Westoros again.)


#3

Allen who is Quiet

Allen who is Quiet

Well, this can't end well for Stannis.


#4

checkeredhat

checkeredhat

Must... read. But, must.... not read. So.... torn.


#5

Jay

Jay

Must not.... still 2 more books.

I gotta admit, new POV from other characters, especially those you hate? Great idea.


#6

checkeredhat

checkeredhat

Man, honestly some of those characters you come to empathize with, and others, well schaudenfraude is great.


#7

SpecialKO

SpecialKO

...that better be an actual excerpt and not all he's worked on since Dance came out. Much as I like the books, he's doesn't write well enough for 5 years in-between books to be worth the wait.


#8

checkeredhat

checkeredhat

I'm pretty sure he had already written a few chapters that were originally supposed to be in Dances that he's moved to Winds. Or am I getting that mixed up?


#9

Jay

Jay

That and the fact the HBO series is on and a hit.


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Hailey Knight

Hailey Knight

I'm pretty sure he had already written a few chapters that were originally supposed to be in Dances that he's moved to Winds. Or am I getting that mixed up?
Correct. He'd already written 100 pages of Winter by the time Dance was released.

I think we're going to see the next two books come more quickly, if only because he intended to write them. Feast and Dance were never supposed to exist--Martin had said he wanted to have five years pass after Storm before the next book, but found it too hard to tell in flashback and decided begrudgingly to write out those events. I think that's why it's taken 10 years. He just wasn't as interested. Hopefully we'll see only 2-3 years between Dance to Winter, and Winter to Summer.


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