New GRRM Update on ADWD

[No One]

And it only took six years to deliver...

 

[The Imp]

And it only took six years to deliver...

Let's be kind and call it a gestation period that was somewhere around 3.5 times that of an elephant.

Grats GRRM, new Guiness record

 

[Ursa major]

* Hopes it wasn't a bull elephant. *

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[Lady of Winterfell]

<------ so excited for July 12th!

 

[Mesanna]

LOL you guys crack me up!

 

[Conor]

And it only took six years to deliver...

I guess I am lucky as I just started the books about this time last year and finished Storm of Swords in June or July.

Thomas Harris also keeps his readers waiting about 5 years, he wrote Silence of the Lambs, Red Dragon and Hannibal.

 

[Mesanna]

I liked this short video with GRRM's editor, where she reads a couple of random sentences out of ADwD. That is a huge pile of paper!!

YouTube - A DANCE WITH DRAGONS is complete!

So the last word in the book starts with a D. I have this awful feeling that it might be something like "And with those final words, Jaime died". Say it isn't so!

 

[Ursa major]

That last word is bound to be "dragon".


Okay, that'll be a typo, and it should read "drag on", but I'm sure they'll sort that out. (Besides, the books are fantasy and not meant to portray real life, let alone the writing process....)

 

[TK-421]

I vote for "Dead" as the last word.

 

[xLORDSNOWx]

I think "Dracarys" will be the last word!

 

[Lofwyr]

I smell a new bet thread coming on: Guess the last word in ADWD!

(putting my money on Dorne! total dark horse bet)

 

[Ursa major]

It would be a double bet: if the last word is dead, then to whom is it referring?


(We have to remember, though, that this is likely to be the last word in an Epilogue.)

 

[Mesanna]

It could be something like "As she stood in front of the Iron Throne, all knelt before Queen Daenerys".

Don't think that's all that likely, but you never know!

 

[Lady of Winterfell]

Started a thread for guesses.

 

[BaDHaBiTt]

I will feel a little cheated if the new book doesn't drive the story forward.

 

[TK-421]

Don't worry BadHabit. GRRM has confirmed many times that ADWD will not only run parallel to AFFC but also advance the story beyond where AFFC left-off with POV's from some of the characters in AFFC like Arya and Asha.

 

[Mesanna]

Hey folks, 9 weeks tomorrow is release date!

 

[The Imp]

Hey folks, 9 weeks tomorrow is release date!

63 days 5 hours 12 minutes 5 seconds from NOW

 

[Wiggum]

I'm going to tape a kindle to my face.

Just an fyi.

 

[The Imp]

I'm going to tape a kindle to my face.

Just an fyi.

I've already told my wife that she can't plan anything for at least the 12th-16th. I'm going to tape my headphones to my head and listen to the dulcet voice of Roy Dotrice until I can't stay awake, then sleep, rinse and repeat until I'm done.

Then I'm going to re-read it.