Don't do that, don't give me hope.

“I am delusional” as an opener is a power move

The book will be completed in July and it will release December 24th 2024. I have seen it in a dream.

When the sun rises in the west and sets in the east, when the seas go dry and mountains blow in the wind like leaves. When your womb quickens again, and you bear a living child. Then he will publish, and not before.

Under the sea, the mermaids read winds of Winter, with broken bottle spectacles. I know I know oh oh oh. Edit 24 hours later: woke up to my KZfaq notification working over time because 1.2k liked my terrible joke. You all are way too kind, and have terrible taste 😜. When we live in a mad Max style post-apocalypse, we can all get together and call our faction, The Winter Dreamers.... I just hope the last book: "Delusions of Spring", doesn't take GRRM another couple decades to finish. He has said for years, that he knows how he wants his story to end. So in theory it's just a matter of getting all the pieces into place and maybe, MAYBE, it'll all fall together... I want the story done, but I do want it done right.

Quinn is going full damphair and is hearing the drowned got in his head

Quinn: "I am delusional, this is a mangled conspiracy theory mess" Me: "The Mahdi is too humble to admit he is the Mahdi"

He finished Winds back in 2015, but he encountered writers block whilst drafting the announcement post and just can't figure out a way to announce it. Apparently there's like 20 million copies of the book sitting in warehouses just waiting for him to post the announcement, some of them are starting to decay.

Quinn is seeing visions in the flames

"I know you're delusional, but are you delusional too?" is how we should ALL sign off our videos

LET HIM COOK

I absolutely love this comment section. The ASOIAF-community is held together by copium, pain and sarcasm.

The announcement: "Winds of Winter will be released in 2054"

Before I clicked the video I LITERALLY thought to myself, “great more fuel for my delusions” and then Quinn starts the video by saying “I wanna preface this by saying I’m delusional” 😭

I don't think it's delusional. I think we've all gotten so pained and bitter with the wait, that we're inclined to tear chunks out of anyone who still musters up hope. I also had a dream about reading it. I'm not delusional, I'm a 100% certified fortune teller

We’re all delusional and insane in the ASOIAF community buddy, at least we can all go crazy together :)

Okay ngl, a Victarion chapter named “The Titan’s Brother” goes pretty hard

Quinn reads the book and finds "The Titan's Brother" written on the next page. At this point he discovered he warged into GRRM and had become a greenseer

"I remembered that, so I allowed myself to hope... perhaps I wanted to... we all deceive ourselves, when we want to believe." - George R.R. Martin, A Feast for Crows

The "you saw it in a dream" part really convinced me

It makes me sad thinking about the number of fans who have died waiting for Winds.

I'm telling you, it's coming, I can feel it, 2021 is gonna be the year

The white winds are gathering, call the banners…winter is here.

the biggest piece of evidence for me was the Duexmoi post. Duexmoi is a pop culture gossip site that mostly focuses on celebrities like singers, influencers, or actors. Basically for people like Tom Cruise or Taylor Swift. So for someone to get on there and post about Uncle George and his silly book is out of left field. People who read ASOIaF isn’t the demographic for duexmoi AT ALL. It’d be like if ESPN got news on what Scorsese’s next movie would be about.

"It was revealed to me in a dream" fuck, you've done it, you've convinced me.

You’re doing it. You’re giving me hope. I’m scared.

GRRM GIVE ME ME MORE YOUNG GRIFF!!!!!

My fanfic is at Worldcon someone will being up his previous statement about dangling him over acid, ask how much of the next book is written, and he'll answer 'maybe a quarter'. Pause for horror and confusion, then 'of Dream, that is' and everyone cheers and claps and we finally leave the alternate timeline the world fell into in 2014.

You forgot to mention the meeting he had with his british publisher around 5 months ago, and he said it was about Winds, among other things. Which is a pretty big sign, maybe the biggest one yet

George RR fans try not to get their hopes up Challenge : Impossible

In the official online promotion for season 1 of HotD, GRRM mentioned that he had written a couple of good chapters recently and was anxious to get home so he could carry on writing before he lost his good ideas. I got the impression that the positive experience of being involved with HotD inspired him. Since then I have felt positive that WoW would be soon.

I hypothesize that George is hybridizing his writing style, an architect-gardener building the hanging gardens of Babylon. I firmly believe that he has been working on the framework for dream of spring for some time. Concurrently with work on winds of winter. It is the only way he could make all the disparate plotlines come together just right.

I, for one, am completely on board with you (If only to give myself false hope)

It is true that his blogposts have had a more positive vibe recently. I think that he's at least at the point were he's resolved all difficulties and only has to fill up the remaining gaps in the manuscript. That doesn't mean we're necessarily looking at a 2024 release

At the end of the HOTD S2 finale, imagine the camera pans to a snowy landscape beyond the wall, a harsh wind loudly blows through the trees, and a date flashes on the screen.

"It was revealed to me in a dream" - Jojen Reed.

“There is a theory which states that if _The Winds of Winter_ is ever released in this Universe, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by a Universe in which it takes longer to be released. There is another theory which states that this has already happened.”

Honestly, I think you are 100% correct on this. As soon as I heard GRRM was going to WorldCon, this all fell into place in my head as well. It makes tremendous sense to announce the book at WorldCon (the place he originally sad he would have) and avoid interrupting any hype for House of the Dragon. He has also already had an essentially completed book (1200+ pages) for years so the timing fits in many ways. It is finally happening.

Words are wind…

I remember deciding to re-read the series because I thought Winds was likely to come out soon. Since then I graduated left school, graduated university and have been in work for two years. Basically, I'll believe it when i see it

Here you have another reason: The rights for the Spanish publication expire and the publisher didn’t renew them (money issues). Penguin said they will not buy the rights until WOW is finish because, at the moment, it appears the rights are too expensive to be profitable. Well… guess what? Penguin published new editions of all 5 books a couple of months ago!!!! Winter is coming my friends.

Over the past few weeks I've seen everyone start getting hyped for winds, I can't even, I exist with total apathy so I never feel disappointed

"The Titan's Brother" goes hard as a chapter title ngl, very GRRM-esque

In the words of D&D: Martin just sort of forget about his world con promise

I'm literally 1 minute in, and I paused the video to say this. Never let us doubters who have given up all hope steal your joy of hoping and believing! If it doesn't case you harm to believe, be a believer. If you don't end up feeling let down, keep hoping. I don't want anyone else to turn bitter about something they loved just because I have. Keep believing. Maybe even believe a little for me too! ❤

“It was revealed to me in a dream” is the most on-brand thing for ASOIAF.

it came to me in a dream is the most solid evidence here

My personal pet theory (or is it wishful thinking?!) of the last few months is that GRRM will announce TWOW right after the end of season 2 of HOTD, so that they can release it this year right in time for christmas shopping. 🙂 Yes! I'm a foolish optimist!😁😁🤣🤣

Funnily enough he has just made another blog post called Words of Wisdom today

I had a dream about a month ago I was at a party, walked into a back room, and George was chilling reading something. I asked him what he was reading and he said it was winds and I could read it if I didn’t tell anyone about it. Then I woke up and haven’t been okay since

Delulu is the solulu

The timing is right. House of the Dragon airs its last episode on Aug 4. Worldcon opens Aug 8. I’m rock hard!!!

Somehow, the news im most convinced by, is the cake and catering. GRRM is no slouch when it comes to food extravagaza

3:06 It'd actually be hilarious if he released them both at the same time like "here you go, you little shits. It's all here. Enjoy, and leave me alone." Lol

The long awaited epic fantasy sequel by a legendary fantasy author whose title starts with Wind did in fact get finished today: Brandon Sanderson announced that stormlight 5 "Wind and Truth" is finished.

When it's officially done. George will probably have every outlet be on full standby and we'd hear about it from the publishers. Someone would spoil it.

Man, just two days ago, on June 19, George posted a new "Words of Wisdom" entry. This time is a Roosevelt's Quote: "Far and away the best prize that life has to Offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." . So, I think you should increase the chances from 40% to 41%. It's closer!

I've been feeling this too! I'm glad to see that other people are feeling the same way outside of the depressing cesspool that is reddit. Great video Quinn, hopefully Winds is coming soon.

“A number of small signs that there could be some positive progress…” said the abused spouse. Lol Right with ya brother!

Wait, what?! GRRM talked about Glidus & Alt Schwift X?

I'd like to add that the company that sells the German translation released a new cover design for the older books - maybe Winds will be made in that design.

I agree with you! Its happening! It isn't just the bag of hopium that I've been taking MASSIVE inhales of.

We are all delusional, Quinn! And it’s glorious!!!

ive been coping like this for a decade

Bro I watched this like 3 times today because I'm insane 😭

Was listening to this doing dishes and an ad with heavy breathing popped up and I was like omg is Quinn GM going to hyperventilate but nope just some horror movie trailer.

Seven, George thought again, despairing. He had no chance to write seven, he knew. No chance, and no choice.

It was revealed in a dream? By the seven! GRRM is playing with glass candles in anticipation of the upcoming release of his book!

I have much less fear about A Dream of Spring than Winds of Winter. I think the penultimate book is always the hardest to write and most important, but once we get to where we're going, I think he'll be fine.

Optimistic videos are a breath of fresh air. I stopped watching Preston Jacobs altogether because of how negative he is. Thank you for the optimism. More would be appreciated. Too many people just think it's never coming

"Book sales would go pretty well" is such a massive understatement lol

Plot twist: He is actually about to finish both TWOW and ADOS and drops them together. Because he can.

Yes. It's happening. Every 1% likelihood sign will eventually coelesse into 100%

I have an even more conspiracy-brain theory: So, the man has said before that he hates the whole process of people waiting on his books. He's a slow writer but he was never this slow until this book. I think in GRRM's perfect world he finishes the series as soon as possible so that he has time to just enjoy the celebrity his creation has brought while one of the shows is still in the public eye. Now, think about what would happen if he published Winds of Winter. People would be overjoyed, it would be huge news and fans would spend a short while reading it and a little while longer talking about it...and then in a couple months we'd be back to waiting for the next book and he'd start getting questions about it again. Only, it would be much worse than it is right now because right now he's faded into the background somewhat as so many have basically given up on the series ever being completed. In short, if he released the next book, the scrutiny he'd be under would intensify and we know he hates that. Let's look at some time gaps now. AGoT: 8/1/96. ACoK: 11/16/98. ASoS: 8/8/00. AFfC: 10/17/05. ADwD: 7/12/11. That's roughly 2 years each for the first 3 books, just over 5 for the fourth, just under 6 for the fifth. We're at nearly 13 years right now since the last book was published. Yes, he's a slow writer, but this is an unprecedented gap even for him. Game of Thrones passed the books in season 5 or season 6, depending on how you figure it. At that point he'd already failed in his attempt to keep ahead of the show - about 4-5 years after the release of the previous book. What if, once he missed out on the opportunity to write the ending before the show, he took a look around and realized that WoW was no longer the goal? After all, WoW only kept him slightly ahead of the show for a little longer, but definitely wouldn't have stopped the questions and scrutiny. What if, at that point he decided that the best way to write the books in peace was to not say a word till he was done. Not with the next book, but with the whole series. It would explain the truly excessive wait time, it would explain why he's gone so quiet over the last few years and it would be the only way to truly get everyone off his backs. So that's my crazy theory: he's secretly done with the next book and he's holding it until he's done with the whole series so people will stop bitching about him and he can go out in public again.

I've had this feeling since the Words of Wisdom post and I can't contain my excitement. hopefully we get an announcement soon

Some encouraging research! Great job!

I think Winter solstice (Dec 21 this year) is a more likely release date than Dec 17, its the darkest and shortest day of the year and ties in thematically with Winds. And its also at the peak of the holiday shopping season.

Watching this after George’s recent post.

I’m hoping right along with you my man! Hope and despair are two sides of the same circle and I’ve been on the despair side long enough that im coming back around to hope.

My brotha I’ve been binge watching all your vids over the last week since my friends got me back into asiof and it might just be recency bias but I’ve been thinking the same thing. Hope is a dangerous thing and ik im stupid for getting lost in the weeds but goddamit this kool-aid taste so damn good. Crossing my fingers and praying for a joyous day! Keep on being a goat my boy and thanks for all you do

The fact that HOTD S2 is starting in June, whereas S1 started in August, also points towards an announcement at WorldCon. It seems too much of a coincidence that they scheduled the season to end just before the convention

IG post explicitly says "release of his long-awaited book". So, if we believe it, then: • The author is male. • It is a book release, not a television show. • The book has been long-awaited. So, it is not for 𝘏𝘰𝘵𝘋. Given that the author is prominent and from New Mexico (and that GRRM is the only author who is widely associated with the state, I think), it seems like he is at least in good contention. The cake is dragon-shaped. So, the book is probably a fantasy novel and involves dragons. Moreover, cutting into the cake could be symbolic of slaying the dragon - which would be a fitting metaphor for this book. I cannot think of anyone else who matches the description, nor any other book(!) which would. I may just be uncultured, but from my data-set, there is exactly one way to interpret that post if it is true.

I'm still a doomer, but I did see two shooting stars in one night and wished for George to get inspired to finish Winds on both of them. If that doesn't work, nothing will.

Y’know, the best thing about all this is that he seems to still think he’s going to finish this series. Like he’s planning on it. And that’s good. I think he really super gardened himself into a corner in Mereen, and it took him a long time to fight his way out of that thicket, considering how dense the lore of his garden is, how much things intertwine. I think this next book might be really big and then the final one will be only about half or 2/3 as long, and he seems to plan on them being finished. He says he also wants to be involved in the other new shows too, though, which might not both be possible. I know he really likes being involved as much as possible with all extensions of the representation and handling of lore that is his LIFE’S WORK and one of the biggest high fantasy franchises of all time, but like there are realities like there only being 24 hours in a day and 365 days in a year. Y’know what I mean?

I really hope so, need this book!

Just saying, he's doing a fantasy QnA with Philip Pullman (who is also nearing completion on the next book in his series) in the beginning of August. I could fully see a double-release date drop for the next book of dust and ice and fire together... that would be a week before worldcon where he could potentially have a finished manuscript in hand

That “Dreaming” post could mean he’s started writing “A Dream for Spring”

Always good to see some optimism

I've been feeling it for a while myself, like I can't tell if it's a nerds hope or the universe saying the winds are coming.

"The bloody wall will melt" before winds is done

The first 3 seconds answered the question I was going to ask as soon as I saw the title.

Damn Quinn, all the effort I made on not being delusional has been thrown out the window. I think your reasoning is very very interesting. Now I'm looking forward to the historic day. I can't imagine what the reaction will be from all the community... One of the happiest days of our lives

Honestly I would have thrown out most of what you said (I too am a delusional winds coper too) but the Worldcon stuff is very interesting. I can almost imagine GRRM thinking about how spectacular of an announcement that would make, given his famous/infamous internment comment and it being right after the end of hotd season 2, it would create unparalleled hype (which is already unparalleled). It reads to me very throneslike. I have a feeling!

Id love to see a commercial of Stannis in the snow with lightbringer outside the crofters village before or after the last episode of HOTD. Or maybe a boy with blue hair at Storms End, Stoneheart, Jon laying in snow saying Ghost... They have an opportunity for a banger promotion for the book if they use some of the actors from the show.

I love the optimism, keep it up!

Im also delusional to the point that when the finale for season 2 airs, at the end, George will speak to the audience and announce the winds of winter release date

I feel that it is necessary to introduce myself before putting forth my reply. I am D L Lindeman a fellow fantasy novelist with my own 7 part series, volume one coming out Dec/Jan. George is a colleague not a competitor, so I take no pleasure with this report. Just understand that I have ZERO animus towards George, we are both amazing writers (as you all will see in due time). George, as I'm sure you know, calls himself a "Gardener" type of writer, I, for contrast, am an "Architect" by his reckoning. As a "Gardener" he requires time and solitude to even begin thinking about restarting his work. It is, by their very nature, difficult for a "Gardener" to just jump back into a narrative and continue a project. George will HAVE TO step away from ALL of these distracting projects, "House of Dragon", "Duck and Egg", and whatever else may be in the offing for him. Another potential problem for him as a "Gardener" is the "Bran is King" note for the ending of "A Dream of Spring". "Gardeners" NEVER have a preordained finish to their narratives. That is the purview of an "Architect". If he tries to force that ending it will further hinder his progress. For the sake of the genre I hope that he DOES finish the series. It only helps us all.

It would be poetic, perfect, sweet, etc. to release TWOW at worldcon a week after conclusion of HOTD S2 (i’m delusional)

guys i had a bonfire the other day and r'hllor talked to me and said winds of winter soon i swear we had a convo hes a chiller he let me hit his bong i promise guys

I remember when I used to get excited when I saw headlines like this. I was such a sweet summer child back in 2016.