Are Stars Aligning for a Winds of Winter Announcement?
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- Will this video age horribly? Probably. But we press on.
Hello everyone! Today I thought I'd discuss what I view as some positive signs for the release of the next #asongoficeandfire novel.
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Thank you all for watching! I'll be back with more theories on Sunday. Character art in this video is by TheMico!
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00:00 I am Delusional
01:09 The Last Real Update
02:27 Words of Wisdom
03:46 Is Winds Complete?
04:58 Martin's Absence
05:42 A More Realistic Take
06:30 Another Blog Post
07:41 WorldCon
08:55 Cakegate
10:30 Piecing Things Together
11:26 Publication Timing
12:27 The Pessimistic Perspective
13:37 IT WAS REVEALED TO ME IN A DREAM
14:02 Wrapping Up - บันเทิง
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“I am delusional” as an opener is a power move
We're ASOIAF fans. It's our tagline, icebreaker, and fandom name.
Being delulu is the solulu
It’s how we know this is a safe space😂😭
Absolutely delulu
He is going to school to be a lawyer, makes sense lol
Don't do that, don't give me hope.
Beat me to it! Also same! 😂
Was thinking this 😅
Quinn is an eternal optimist if nothing else.
that was my first thought!
It's called clickbait. Never heard of it?
The book will be completed in July and it will release December 24th 2024. I have seen it in a dream.
Dragon Dreamer NetoJader.
It is known
May The Seven hear you!
Maggie the frog herself said it
Keep on dreaming
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.
So you're saying there's a chance?
@@jer2689😂
@@jer2689- 😭💀💀💀 LMAOOOO
@@jer2689I can't believe someone beat me to it😂🙌🏽
I did bear a living child she is the age of the sign of the faith! I read the last book when i was three and two...
Quinn is going full damphair and is hearing the drowned got in his head
I am a godly man
@@QuinnTheGMno godless man could ever do what you do
...and rises again, harder and stronger
@@andrzejkopalnia
That's literally me, fr, fr.
@@andrzejkopalnia just like my d*** after a good dose of tadalafil
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.
Source?
Melisandre:
@@RealLifeIronManI have seen it in the flames
@@RealLifeIronMan The visions caused by the fumes of Daenerys's foul smelling stools. THE AMERICAN TOLKIEN!!!
@@fakeplaystore7991
Based and old-hippie-pilled.
Quinn: "I am delusional, this is a mangled conspiracy theory mess"
Me: "The Mahdi is too humble to admit he is the Mahdi"
Lisan-al ghaib!😂
It is written
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 TH-cam 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.
lmfao
I've missed you, Patches
lol
he is horror clown character with creepy music box music playing in the background
😂😂
I absolutely love this comment section. The ASOIAF-community is held together by copium, pain and sarcasm.
We're like a machine that is more duct tape than metal at this point.
We have spent the last decade looking at a parked car making “vroom vroom” sounds
@@guccifer764 And now it looks like the car might be move! look, the light has turned on in the rear, and the wheels look like they are turning.
Quinn is seeing visions in the flames
The book is dark and full of terrors!
I can’t wait to read The Titan’s Brother on December 17th 2024
When he searches for it all he sees is grim.
The visions never lie but sometimes we mortals err
He had a dragon dream!
"I know you're delusional, but are you delusional too?" is how we should ALL sign off our videos
I certainly have no delusions over your upcoming feast
Holy shit on Velcro Batman! Weren't you last seen a horse?.. Love the pisstakes can't wait to see more. Hope all is well.
Get that blender ready buddy.
I promise to send you some of the really good hot sauce that my sister sends me from Mexico to make all those words a little bit tastier to eat. Do you prefer roja or verde?
What is your favorite flavor of book to eat?
The announcement: "Winds of Winter will be released in 2054"
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At least is a date
… 2054 AC
Hey bro, I might still be alive by then, I'll take it.
@@Johnnythefirst 🤣🤣🤣
LET HIM COOK
Eyyy Fantasy Haven love your stuff man
Nooooo Don’t burn the stew, George 😭
Gurm can cook all he wants, as long as he doesn't eat. PUT DOWN THE FORK AND PICK UP THE PEN GEORGE!
Cool to see you here!
@@fakeplaystore7991GRRM 😂
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” 😭
Okay ngl, a Victarion chapter named “The Titan’s Brother” goes pretty hard
We’re all delusional and insane in the ASOIAF community buddy, at least we can all go crazy together :)
😂❤
100%! 😅
Write it all George... Write it all!! Write it all!
It makes me sad thinking about the number of fans who have died waiting for Winds.
I know of a user from tumblr who had great theories and sadly died a few years ago...
Their watch has ended. :(
Wow the fans of this series are wild. Talking about it like these people were family waiting for young men to return from war but dying before they did.
The book doesn't exist yet. Just think of it that way. Sadly there are many stories in books and other media that the creator never made an ending to for whatever reason. That doesn't mean you "died waiting" for the ending.
@Zwijger guess these same people died waiting for other stuff that doesn't exist... like star wars episode 10, the Lord of the Rings sequel book, The Canterbury Tales, Half-Life 3, My name is earl season 5(?). And thousands of other properties that were never finished.
@@daianad377that was sad to read. My condolences to his family and friends
The "you saw it in a dream" part really convinced me
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
Luckily we have ppl like you @mylittlethoughttree, quinn, and fantasy haven that render the wait bearable.
Thanks! Your service to the community is priceless.
Loved the Littlefinger video, one of my fav characters, it’s good seeing him get some love
a fat man standing on the world slaying doubters with a black book - i saw it in the flames
Dreaming about reading it is crazy haha
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!
“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.”
The white winds are gathering, call the banners…winter is here.
While the white winds gather, the black wind howls. ASOIAF will shortly perish.
"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
"It was revealed to me in a dream" fuck, you've done it, you've convinced me.
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.
Thats actual evidence
Hope so
This is actually quite compelling. Trying to engage so more people see your comment!
Can’t believe late stage capitalism is giving me hope for once.
@@azlanadil3646 we had late stage capitalism since the late 19th century dude
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've had the same feeling. It would be impossible to set up the conclusion w/o having final plot lines and character arcs pretty firmly figured out. I'm thinking there will be a lot of pruning in George's Winter garden before Spring, so with luck the last book should go more quickly (and probably be more fun to write?). Or I'm delusional too.
I'm telling you, it's coming, I can feel it, 2021 is gonna be the year
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.
Fr the Cubs actually won the World Series 8 years ago, this reality must not be real.
You’re doing it. You’re giving me hope. I’m scared.
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
Martin see @QuinnTheGM body and thinks: That would be a second life worthy of king
"Egg... I dreamt I was an old fat hippie"
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.
These are my exact thoughts!
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
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.
Yeah, but at that point you have to wonder if not GRRM then who the heck were they talking about?
@@FictionRaider007 As far as I know, most Deuxmoi posts are to be taken with a moderate grain of salt. So, the posts they show are all anonymous submissions that they can’t verify. So it’s definitely about George, but the source of the post could just be someone who wants to throw the fandom into defcon 2.
@@FictionRaider007itd have to be George. The only other prominent New Mexico writer is Cormac McCarthy and he died last year
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
GRRM GIVE ME ME MORE YOUNG GRIFF!!!!!
I wish the Aegon camp had more chapters
He is trying. He has been at it for more of a decade, put down the leash please.
@@mocha5742 Me too
Here to take the black for house blackfyre! ❤️
@@leandrocastello309 I know I could never truly be angry with our Lord and Savior GRRM. I just really want more Young Griff and Blackfyre stuff.
“It was revealed to me in a dream” is the most on-brand thing for ASOIAF.
I, for one, am completely on board with you
(If only to give myself false hope)
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
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.
The amount of cope, omg🤣💀
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.
Even if he hasn't finished I hope to god that he has at least decided to release the first half (or the first 1000 - 1200 pages) of it already since the wait has been so long. It's written, just give it to us!
prob he cut 10 chapters from the book, already ready to go into dream of spring
And, hey, if it doesn't happen, he gave us permission to use the acid pit.
@@felipebrugnera8326 That is what I am thinking as well. At the very least he could move some to Spring as well if he doesn’t want to split Winds.
@@Seelenverheizer That’s what I am thinking too. He has done this in the past too.
"It was revealed to me in a dream" - Jojen Reed.
"The Titan's Brother" goes hard as a chapter title ngl, very GRRM-esque
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
Literally me. Disappointed is impossible when you expect nothing.
Keep telling yourselves that. The fact that you clicked on the video means that deep inside, you still hope 😁
Funnily enough he has just made another blog post called Words of Wisdom today
"Book sales would go pretty well" is such a massive understatement lol
it came to me in a dream is the most solid evidence here
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! ❤
I've finished the video and honestly I hope you're right, for you and all the folks like you who still believe the last 2 books will be published.
For me personally, I doubt I'll buy it even if you're right. I don't want to get invested again just to wait for the last book. Maybe if they're both finished I'll consider buying them someday.
In the words of D&D: Martin just sort of forget about his world con promise
Ah yes, this delay is a deliverate action to spite specifically _you._ Its not like he actually wants to publish the damn book and be done with the harassment.
Spiting you is more important.
@@leandrocastello309 Personally, that's how I would be. Why should I make the people harassing me happy? Making the harassment stop is _way_ less important and gets less and less important as time passes. Why reward bad behavior? No one likes a nag.
You guys have a point. Barely remember the story, but there was a video game developer who made two really awesome games.
People made petitions, and letters, but eventually it went to death threats. The creator of the games relented and made game number 3.
The only thing that got him, was more of the same treatment until game 4 was out.
Martin probably doesn't want to be in a situation, like you guys pointed out, with their behavior is rewarded, and he just gets constant threats until we get book 19 and 20 till infinity LOL
I think he's going to pay for a room with a fake lake of acid and a cage and hope everyone has a good laugh about it.
Words are wind…
And words of wisdom are winds of winter!
@@alihijazi4451i like that take
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
Istg this fandom is the funniest and saddest thing simultaneously🤣🤣
So it really WAS revealed to you on a dream
@@irenegalicia834 it’ll be announced within 3 months
Did you like the book
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.
It'd be honestly hilarious if BrandoSando drove down to New Mexico from Utah and ordered a dragon cake to celebrate his book without dragons in it just to mess with people.
I'd die if, somehow, Wind and Truth and Winds of Winter were to release in the same month... The dream come true
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.
Oh okay we'll just take your word for it then
“probably” is doing a lot of heavy lifting here
yeah you're right
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
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!😁😁🤣🤣
i bet you the end of season 2 will have a cryptic announcement of an announcement happening at world con. Trust me i saw a fat man standing on the world slaying doubters with a black book in the flames.
@@SeelenverheizerThat was probably Santa.
That “Dreaming” post could mean he’s started writing “A Dream for Spring”
We are all delusional, Quinn! And it’s glorious!!!
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.
Delulu is the solulu
Bro I watched this like 3 times today because I'm insane 😭
Same here 😂
We're collectively loosing our sh!t🤣
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.
It's been said about every single book since Feast. "Now that the Meereeneesee knot is done with, Winds CAN'T take him more than like 3 years!"
I'm pretty sure he'll need more than seven books to wrap up the story. Winds, if it ever comes out, won't be the penultimate book in the series.
The timing is right. House of the Dragon airs its last episode on Aug 4. Worldcon opens Aug 8.
I’m rock hard!!!
bro what
Somehow, the news im most convinced by, is the cake and catering. GRRM is no slouch when it comes to food extravagaza
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.
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.
Were translations usually released concurrently with the original in the past, or was there a delay?
@@Andystuff800 They were
@@dabestestgoblin8495they were not, the german translation of Dance were released one year after the original release
“A number of small signs that there could be some positive progress…” said the abused spouse. Lol Right with ya brother!
I gotta say, finding out that George is aware of ASX and Glidus is in itself a piece of knowledge that makes my day
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
Imagine doing that in secret for 13 years just to fuck with everyone. Dude would deserve a statue after that. "Ah and here are all of the Dunk and Egg stories. I got bored."
@@Johnnythefirst it's the ultimate troll but I'd be here for it 😂. Especially if I got all my Dunks n Eggs 🤣🥰
That would be very Sandersonian of him. We can only hope...
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
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'm very happy to open a video in which the first screenshot reads 'I have gone insane from waiting for The Winds of Winter'. Edit: On a more serious note, I believe this truly is it. That blogpost + him attending the WorldCon all seem to point to a very big announcement. I believe he might announce it himself during a panel or something, and everybody will go crazy and someone will post a video of that and then the internet will explode. Either way, GRRM wouldn't have posted that post randomly, he knows that we know. So overall I believe you're right in everything.
Wait, what?!
GRRM talked about Glidus & Alt Schwift X?
They met up a few weeks ago, but not for any on the record interview. I can only assume it was a private performance of the Tyrion rap.
@@alantyndall85 I remember Schwift's pictionary with Glidus, and rolling with laughter. It was like two lines and a gess, that's how delusional we all got from waiting. We've been waiting 15 years, and I think the stars have finally aligned.
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 agree with you! Its happening! It isn't just the bag of hopium that I've been taking MASSIVE inhales of.
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.
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.
but how do we know that its not just some random person posting BS?
@@orcocan: We do not. One might be able to figure out whether they are a caterer, where they are based and which region they service, whether they have actually made the cake, etc. - based on their posts to date - but that validates the background facts and does not prove that their claim is fundamentally correct.
@orcocan welcome to celebrity news!
Has anyone heard of any GRRM party for 𝘏𝘰𝘵𝘋 premiere? I have not. But I 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 seen him post the Words of Wisdom thing on Facebook - separately from Not A Blog, meaning that he wants to emphasize it.
So, assuming that the original post is correct about there being any party planned at all, and that there was not one already, then it seems even more likely that it would be for a book. GRRM's birthday is not until 20 Sep. (which is my sisters birthday too), which may or may not be too distant from now to be planned in this way.
I remember when I used to get excited when I saw headlines like this. I was such a sweet summer child back in 2016.
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.
"Maybe this will finally be the year Winds comes out" -Me, every year since at least 2014
ive been coping like this for a decade
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.
Seven, George thought again, despairing. He had no chance to write seven, he knew. No chance, and no choice.
So when this was recommended to me, the video was posted 11 days ago, currently has 111k views and 1,1k comments. I'm taking this as a sign. This video must be correct.
The Winds of Winter are blowing.
My thought process clicking on this video: "I am clicking on this video because I am delusional."
Opening of this video: "I am delusional."
My brain: "Ah, I'm in the right place."
It would be poetic, perfect, sweet, etc. to release TWOW at worldcon a week after conclusion of HOTD S2 (i’m delusional)
Watching this after George’s recent post.
I need more optimism like this in my life
Some encouraging research! Great job!
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
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.
I've had this feeling since the Words of Wisdom post and I can't contain my excitement. hopefully we get an announcement soon
I just bought the whole collection of a song of ice and fire. I’m on the first book and honestly fell in love with it. My gamble was that by the time I get done with a dance of dragons winds of winter will come out. Also when you start reading the books and enter the fandom the delusion of when the next book comes out immediately takes hold. My delusion is that he’s been done writing winds of winter and he’s secretly writing a dream of spring and release then together.
Sweet Summer Child.... All us latecomers go through this.
I just started "A Storm of Swords" and that's my hope too
Copium levels: Unbearable
I really hope so, need this book!
It would be awesome if at the end of HOTD season 2 finale, after the credits finish, GRRM pops up and gives the announcement. That would be cool. I’m delusional too 😂
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.
Yes. It's happening. Every 1% likelihood sign will eventually coelesse into 100%
It is known
"The bloody wall will melt" before winds is done
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
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.
So book stores will all simultaneously have it in stock by dec 21?