I've made peace with the likelihood that George will never finish TSOIAF.

The man is 75 years old and loves doing the Hollywood thing. Doesn't seem like he's interested in writing...anything?

George seems to think he's gonna live forever.

He is elderly and not healthy. We aren't getting Winds of Winter

Winter is NOT coming.

By the time the last novel " a dream of spring" comes out, Prince William's son, George will become king of Britain and the Commonwealth.

I started reading A Song of Fire and Ice in 1996. I refuse to buy any more of his books until he finishes this series.

By the time George finishes Winds of Winter the Kid playing Egg will be able to Play Egg as a grandfather and Die in Summerhall. :P

To claim he needs to stop writing TWOW for more Duncan & Egg would imply he’s been writing at all

You can bet that if the Dunk and Egg TV series is a hit George will quickly shift his focus on writing more in that series. It's clear the last thing he wants to do is finish the original series. In fact it wouldn't surprise me if he has the next Dunk and Egg novella already written.

He's 75.... you'd think he'd want his series and legacy complete before he passes.

Someone give George a clout in the ear to keep him focused on Winds of Winter.

Winds of winter isn’t coming thats just a fact but I don’t think he’ll even be able to get any dunk and egg novellas out in time for that show either. He’s literally going to do it again, let another show get ahead of his books. He really doesn’t learn his lesson at all. The man is insane.

I doubt he'll ever finish any of the books at this point.

For a guy who wrote stories that he never intended to have translated into tv, he sure is writing a lot of stuff for tv. Just finish the story we’re all really invested in, please and thank you.

Duncan and Egg are really good reads. Winds is never coming out from George. Perhaps after he dies someone will edit what he has written and publish it.

The sad part about this…we won’t get anymore dunk and egg until winds of winter comes out

I saw 'breaking news' and I thought George had finished Winds of Winter and forwarded to his publisher! Don't care about Dunk & Egg.

At this point, I need him to hire writers to finish The Winds of Winter. His involvement in the creative process and writing of the adaptated series is slowing him down and it’s not like he is super young either. 🙁

Same of us want to live long enough to experience the culmination of the Song of Ice and Fire as a literary adventure.

We just want him to finish the story though 😡😡😡

The Dunk and Egg series would be perfect to engage with a writing partner. I get not wanting to do that with ASOIAF but for that more episodic and adventurous series getting a talented cowriter would be perfect

Just imagine how nicely things would've fallen into place if he could just finish writing in time.

The books will 100% be released. Probably just unfinished versions after he has passed away.

I’ve already accepted the fact that he’s old rich and fat who hasn’t finished writing the winds of winter even after 15 or whatever years. I have accepted that he will never finish it even if he lives another 25 years.

gta vi before twow is crazy

the "no one is safe" rule has been out of the window since about season 5 or something.

I genuinely think he doesn't know HOW to finish a song of ice and fire and I think it's because he's created to many plotlines and instead of closing them his mind just keeps making more. I once read somewhere that a dream of spring could actually end up being 2 books. He's right when he says he's like a gardener, he's a gardener with an infinite amount of land that he keeps expanding into instead of fencing it and being like now I have to actually tend to the garden that I've already created. I definitely think that both the show and book fan's strong reaction to the ending of GOT also has something to do with him being unable to conclude his story because amongst all those lies there were some specks of truth spinkled in (e.g. Bran becomes king). Also hink him waiting this long has added to the pressure because how much fans expect - the fact that there are fan theories that have resulted in people making videos spanning 20+ hours tells you that much. So in conclusion, what's keeping him from finishing the books? 1. wanting to expand the plot when now is the time to bring it all together 2. too much ground to cover in terms of addressing and concluding already existing plotlines 3. increased expectation/ hype from the fandom on the actual ending of the books from having to wait 10+ years leading to added pressure. I think Winds of Winter is his big hurdle, if he's able to actually finish it and put it out there (and people like it) then I think he will be able to write spring faster. As a procrastinator myself, there's a sort of guilt that comes from delaying the work you knew had to be finished already which then results in you procrastinating even more.

I was hopeful we were going to get at least winds of winter but seems like not even that book we will get. I really wish he was open to get help to write the book, there are authors who are open to collabolators. Thanks for the video. Lol the update from 2014.

I sure hope he is almost finished his Winds of Winter Cause I really love the Dunkin egg story too I'm sure he will have it worked out with someone

Tbf he did say he knew what he would write the next DandE novel about and it was supposed to be based at winterfell. He's even dropped some hints in brans visions. So I think he'll write it pretty quickly but there's probably some hints about the main storyline in the novellas

I believe his vision for game of thrones ending was the same as how to show ended but with the backlash of the show he scared to admit it and cant think of new ending so he stuck in

Woah I haven’t watched a video of yours in years, when I used to watch all the time. Thanks season 8 and DAN & DAVE!

Dunk and Egg have the luxary of being able to jump around in time. It starts when Egg is a child and ends with him a man grown. Maybe George doesn't "finish" Dunk and Egg. But we can at least tell the writers what happened at Summerhall if they want to end if that way.

We know of at least 2 novellas that exist in some form: The Village Hero which is likely to be about events of Pennytree & how it became a royal fief. It exists on the border of Stone Hedge & Raventree hall lands for context (Bracken & Blackwood disputed area). The other is The She Wolves of Winterfell - a working title but dealing with a succession crisis in the North when multiple Stark lords have died in rapid succession.

George has started a 4th novela Shewolves of Winterfell.

I'm totally keeping the faith in George. Alot going on and hid dreams of dunk n egg are coming together and truly i cannot wait...want winds of winter as well however this is his dream from 50+ yrs ago ❤

Worst part is that there are still two books left for the song of ice and fire. Winds of Winter is just the first. He needs to write a whole book after. He probably wont make it

Oh dear. Great video, thank you.

Martin should reach out to Brandon Sanderson, LOL. Pay Sanderson big bucks to finish one of these two projects. Sanderson could pump one out in record time.

13 years waiting for this book and now it might not even be completed. 😩🤦🏾‍♂️ Really hope he does because of how they ended GOT

As much as I love HOTD I wished they had started with Aegon and his sisters.

Winds of Winter not happening

He still deserves massive respect for the worlds and stories he created

That kid is adorable. I can't wait to see him as Aegon V.

I have to say. I have come to accept he will never write anything again.

Winter is never coming, and spring will remain a dream.

We're never getting the winds of winter

That kid is so cute. I would love to see a complete Dunk and Egg, but I know that's not coming, just like the Winds of Winter.

Seems like George needs a long vacation at Cauldron Lake to get over his writers block.

I don't think he will get out the whole series of any of his books

Not to mention that there are no dragons or direwolves in the Dunk and Egg series, mostly about medieval knights, no magic, which means the show is significantly cheaper to make and was therefore chosen over other stories, like the GOT sequel for instance they cancelled.

I hope he lives long enough to finish what he would like. I'm scared to think of it too much.

he needs to get someone to help him with winds of winter or itll never get done. i have lost all faith in him ever finishing that book let alone a dream of spring

as you've said , he doesn't do any writing ... so why would anybody asume that he'll finish GoT or he will write any new material ?

These winds have blown too cold, everything has iced over, including his progress. Will we never see spring? Is there no hope this long, long, long night will end?

This will end up like Tolkien’s Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales - him dead and them incomplete.

Its sad but i think we all know to give up on winds of winter who really cares about dunk and egg

I can't believe this guy :( I do think we will get Winds of Winter within the next year or two but feeling more and more like Dreams of Spring is something that will never come out or someone else will have to write it. Also I have a feeling that fan reception to Winds of Winter will be very mixed even if it is a good book, as the expectations are just through the roof at this point. (probably part of the reason he's taking so long).

I think everyone realizes at this point DoS is a bad joke

He needs someone to help him, period, and there's nothing wrong with that.

Sometimes when you're working on something and get into a rut, working on something else for a while helps you when you go back to the first project. Maybe he should work on some Dunk and Egg novellas to give his mind a break from Winds of Winter and when he goes back he might see the path he needs to take.

I’m currently on a Storm of Swords and I’m excited to “finish” the books, however it weighs on me that there may not be a prize at the end and Gurm may never finish. Sad.

7-12 more novellas is the wildest things! 😂😂😂

Perhaps he needs a co-writer? Or someone to help him keep track of the many storylines that are happening? I can imagine that it must get very complex at some point.

In his mind, he knows how asoiaf ends and what happens to the people in the story. I would be happy even if he would finish the story 'sloppy' and shorten it, as in cut some pov's.

GRRM hot & cold moments are providing us with content from you so I can’t complain

George is a habitual "carrot dangler".

He wants to build a world like Tolkien did but with less wrinkles ..it's not ez to maintain a true lure that is over a few centuries

Its getting so absurd my mind went full circle and I am just hopefully imagining everyone eating their hats when winds of winter unexpectedly hits the shelves :-D

It’s funny to think that we are talking like the TWOW is the end of TSOIAF story… there is still one more book slated, ADOS… that book will never ever see George’s hand.

I don't keep up with the book info as much as u guys but is there a chance he'll let someone else finish it and just take a percentage since he's gotten so old

Thanks for the update as always

How many years have half the fanbase said "its never coming out" and the other half said "later this year"

If any of you have ever written a novel, it’s hard work. The hardest part is getting started.

I would also like to see more Dunk and Egg over all of the rest

We just need to accept the fact that Winds of Winter is just a pipe dream..

There are so many other books, fantasy or not, that are great, you guys should explore your horizons. This channel, for example, could give a chance and make content related to other authors.

Perhaps his books 6 and 7 are nearly along the line as the series ending. And GRRM saw how people hated hated that. I hope I'm wrong and some days we'd have the complete series, whether by George or another author.

This guy will snuff it before he finishes The Winds of Winter.

His publisher and HBO never forced a ghost writer upon him. Considering that millions are at stake, that baffles me.

It has an ending they died at Summerhall end of story

The gardener got lost in his overgrown garden.

I just wish he'd let someone else write it. It's going to happen eventually after he dies. Might as well pass to torch to someone he picks and approves of and not some distant relatives that just see $$. (Looking at you Rings of P...). I understand it's his "baby" but the man is obviously done with writing. I almost wish this could happen sooner than later.... I ain't getting younger myself.

Thank you my good man

I honestly don’t care who finishes the story as long as it’s a dope show

We actually have a better chance seeing Conor in the Octagon than ever knowing the true ending to ASoIaF.

I aint ready for Baelor Breakspear 😢

HBO needs to eff off with the speed running of the content. There's no reason for why they kept cutting down episode length and coverage. More and more each season.

I have this feeling that that Words of Wisdom post he did back in March was saying more than it did at first glance

The best, and most GRRM thing, that could happen is that he’s already written WoW and ADoS and they’ll be published posthumously to avoid any backlash, because they diverge significantly from the TV show.

I've had a theory for a long time he's got the whole asoif done but it won't release until after his passing. That way he doesn't have to hear a word of backlash of the ending.

He should give his notes to the publisher and let a ghostwriter finish his Song of Ice and Fire story.

I wonder if the pressure has just been too much and he just keeps rewriting sections over and over again, never happy with the plot?

I’m convinced that he’ll never finish ASOIAF because then it’ll go down in history as his “great unfinished work” and he doesn’t risk fumbling the ending and leaving people disappointed.

He literally said after he finishes The Winds of Winter... so how is it doomed? And they could very well have screenwriters finish the Novellas, they're not exactly A Song Of Ice and Fire so it could never be botched on the level D&D did GoT.

Ain't nothing going to get finished 😢😢

What is the date for his last newly published book?

HBO should have just done the spin off of jon Snow..

I wonder if him seeing the horrible reaction to the TV ending is making him hesitant to finish the books