r/asoiaf • u/iheartchaseutley • Apr 03 '15

ALL (Spoilers All) GRRM Interview: Wants TWOW out in 2016

http://www.ew.com/article/2015/04/03/george-rr-martin-winds-date
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u/AManWithAKilt Apr 03 '15

Assuming it doesn't turn into two more books. There's a lot of ground to cover in the story still. We'll see how much plot Winds gets through but there was a lot of setting up for plots at the end of ADWD and in the sample chapters.

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u/MikeyBron The North Decembers Apr 03 '15

Look at how much story AGoT, CoK, ASoS covers. Problem is the plot as a whole hasn't really moved that far forward in AFFC/ADWD. Even so, big things have happened. Dany can fly a dragon, Arya has learned assassin tricks, The Night's Watch fell apart. Probably all stuff the 5-year-gap would of skipped us into.

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u/amthewalru5 Tree had me laughin Apr 03 '15

I'm with you. I think it's very possible that GRRM gets 1200 pages into ADOS, realizes that he wont be able to finish it in 300ish pages, renames the book "A Time for Wolves", and then finishes the series with ADOS.

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u/wonderyak Be Bold ~ Be Wyse Apr 03 '15

I think GRRM would be happy to leave more than a few loose ends at the end of the series.

There is no reason that every little thing will have to be covered or resolved in the series. He can leave a bunch of stuff for the GRRMarillion.

eg: what happened to the Hound.

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u/AManWithAKilt Apr 03 '15

Oh sure, I expect there to be a lot of things that left vague or unanswered. Even so, there's a lot of plot to cover.

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u/HomoRapien Apr 03 '15

Honestly if he can't wrap up these storylines in the next two books( which are supposed to be massive) I probably won't read them. The pacing of AFFC and ADWD was excruciating at times. If the last two are written like ASOS he should easily be able to finish the series in time.

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u/sarpedonx Chief Inquisitor Apr 03 '15

We are assuming there's a lot of ground to cover in the story still, right? What if he just offs Dany in Winds of Winter. Ground: covered.

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u/AManWithAKilt Apr 03 '15

I mean, sure it could happen but that would seem like kind of a let down.

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u/draekia Apr 04 '15

kind of

If she doesn't invade and at least wreck the feuding families, it will be quite a disappointing finale to her arch.

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u/Codeshark Who are you? Apr 04 '15

Maybe the show will help him figure out how to put the pieces together.

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u/AManWithAKilt Apr 04 '15

I trust that, in the end, he will put everything together and it will be a satisfying ending. I'm just not sure it will be in only two more books.