I think that the answer is rather simple: Martin enjoys writing the complicated political intrigue. However his story is slowly reaching its end, and he has to come up with solutions and endpoints for his plotpoints and storylines, which naturally simplifies the story. And he has found himself in a position where he has to decrease the complexity of his story without decreasing attractivity. So, naturally what followed was a writer´s block.

He made it too big and complex with all the theories and characters, and tying it all together is too much for him now that he's an old fart.

SPURS have the best logo hands down...

You make a great point - everyone hates on the show for rushing the end while demanding George rush his ending.

He either owes me a conclusion, or the time and money back that I've already spent on the series. I invested in the series in the reasonable expectation of an ending.

It’s been 13 years. He hasn’t been too busy - he doesn’t want to finish it. He wants to write TV shows and act like a big timer in Hollywood.

The thing is, during COVID he made major progress. that's proof that he'll finish this book pretty quickly if he just buckles down and writes every day without distractions. but he's not doing that. he's heavily involved in 15 plus side projects instead. (8 GOT spin-offs, 3 Howard Waldrop adaptations, other unrelated TV-shows, editing Wild Cards and more) if he had actually been writing for 13 years I wouldn't mind so much, because writing is hard, but he's doing a million other things that are slowing him down, that's where the frustration comes in. especially when he's at an advanced age and there's a real danger he will never finish now.

I truly don’t think the book will ever come out tbh. I hate to be negative, but it’s been 13 years….it doesn’t seem like he’s made any progress this year at all.

It will all be published I know. But it will take another generation so the series can be rebooted and they can make more money because that’s what is all about.

I can’t feel pity for this man anymore, I personally want to read his next dunk and egg stories more but we won’t get anymore until Winds comes out

I've given up on waiting for this book series to be finished. So I'm now starting to read Conn Igulden's War of the Roses, the original history which inspired Game of Thrornes, it's already finished! highly recommend it to you all, just remember, it's historical fiction, not fantasy.

I likely read the first book before you were born. :(

To be honest he did take a 700 page detour with Fire and Blood, Uunnecessary but still interesting. I feel he did waste a couple of years there.

Cowboys, straight manhandled by the youngest team in the League.

I still have this conspiracy theory in my head that he writes last 2 books together, so he can just publish them and be done :D

No chance - I don’t think he even wants to or has any conceivable idea of how to

George is not a good enough writer to live up to the time it has taken.

Nice video. I personally don’t think it will ever be released, but I hope I am very wrong though.

No. No, it won't.

I disagree with the notion of him “not owing us a book”. He doesn’t owe us a dream of spring or dunk and egg book 4 or fire and blood volume 2. But he has promised us winds several times over several years. I don’t think it’s unreasonable to expect somebody to make good on a promise they have made repeatedly. I check the not a blog every day for an update, hoping for anything on the book we were promised. And if he’d written 100 words a day since 2010 he would have the finished book by now. An average of 4 sentences a day is hardly rushing. It stopped being about the story for me in 2022, it became about a man making a promise to the world and breaking it time and time again

He has the right to live his life how he pleases. But if the work is never finished then can he really stand equal to the likes of Tolkien and his complete magnum opus?

I have no doubt that Winds of Winter will be released but I don't think we will ever get A Dream of Spring. Anyways, I have no regrets reading his books since it got me into epic fantasy. I moved on to Cosmere, First Law and Malazan although ASOIAF will always have a special place in my heart.

My guess is that the TV show already gave an ending to the series, and George is not interested writing another one.

Asking someone to release a book in less than 13 years it's not asking to rush. Is asking to not fuckin procrastinate. If he had written a Page a day and the same amount of time to polish and rewrite. (1 finished Page in 2 days) Right now he should have 2000 pages at least

When half life 3 comes out

simping is unnecessary. i don't understand people pampering and defending him. illogical fanboy behaviour. reality is clear. grrm doesn't care. he is out about jerking around. "he doesn't owe anyone a book" yeah that is disrespect towards the audience. being successful and rich can bring out the true character out of a man. grrm is just another case of those. i remember him talking about the books he delievered left and right before asoiaf success, trying to gain audience.

Yes. A Dream of Spring will always be just that, though… a dream.

If he releases this thing and it's as good as the other books, all is forgiven.

Once a man has seen The Winds of Winter, let him stay home and tend his garden in content, for this wide world has no greater wonder

There will be more fallout and elder scrolls games out before he finishes the series.

He said to Stephen Colbert at the end of 2022 that he had 1100 pages done. Then at the end of 2023, he said he still just had 1100 pages done. That's not very productive gardening. That said, I'm with you. Not a Blog is an always open tab in my browser that I've refreshed every few days for the last decade. And every day he says, "Not today..."

That line about being a Cowboys fan was hilarious, as a Dolphins fan I can kind of relate

Probably not.

yeeeeees!!! hooooopeeee!! thanks, these words are important to the the asoiaf comunity. I've been feeling something empty in the stomach since I read dance with dragons years ago, but still have trust on him. I'm just gonna say that george announced rise of the dragons with the HoD finale, so maybe this june we have some news from mr rr martin. salutations from barcelona

Would it be at all possible that he just releases the last 2 books at once so the story is done and out there?

2029

I've given up...I'd rather just stop thinking about it and if it does come out be pleasantly surprised. He can take as long as he needs by no means rush it, but I've been eagerly waiting for too long.

I am not going to say yeah or neah. But, I do know that the Green Bay Packers need to be the team for Dallas to beat. We do not want to be shattered like "fine china" all over again!! No, not at all!! Dallas needs to let the Packer fans know how it feels!!!!!!!!!

Speaking facts but the only reason i would trade dak is beacause when it comes to playoffs

My rankings 7 6 3 4 5 1 2

I went into book shop ( 1997 ) just to browse, saw HP book thought like the cover but it was the first page that made me buy it , now different generations of my family get same enjoyment

I LOVE the blue color scheme of Order of the Phoenix. It's propably tied with Sorcerer's Stone for my favorite cover.

I have to say half blood prince is my favorite. The amount of Voldemort backstory just sets it apart and wraps up a lot of loose ends in the story.

6 -half blood prince. Best book 4 - goblet of fire. Best movie

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Are the books better than the movies??

Cursed child is the best.

My personal favorite is The Order of the Phoenix. I love how bleak and scary everything is and yet by the end, we get the catharsis of Umbrage getting her just rewards and Harry being vindicated after so many people were against him. Harry training all the kids was awesome.

i like number 3

For me it's Prisoner of Azbaban. It has the best lore additions and to me it marks the turning of the story. Book 1 and 2 were introductions to the wizarding world, but book 3 is when it took off.