>I know, I know. Some of you will just be pissed off by this, as you are by everything I announce here that is not about Westeros or THE WINDS OF WINTER. You have given up on me, or on the book. I will never finish WINDS. If I do, I will never finish A DREAM OF SPRING. If I do, it won’t be any good. I ought to get some other writer to pinch hit for me… I am going to die soon anyway, because I am so old. I lost all interest in A Song of Ice and Fire decades ago. I don’t give a shit about writing any longer, I just sit around and spend my money. I edit the Wild Cards books too, but you hate Wild Cards. You may hate everything else I have ever written, the Hugo-winners and Hugo-losers, “A Song for Lya” and DYING OF THE LIGHT, “Sandkings” and BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, “This Tower of Ashes” and “The Stone City,” OLD MARS and OLD VENUS and ROGUES and WARRIORS and DANGEROUS WOMEN and all the other anthologies I edited with my friend Gardner Dozois. You don’t care about any of those, I know. You don’t care about anything but WINDS OF WINTER. You’ve told me so often enough).
>Thing is, I do care about them.
>And I care about Westeros and WINDS as well. The Starks and Lannisters and Targaryens, Tyrion and Asha, Dany and Daenerys, the dragons and the direwolves, I care about them all. More than you can ever imagine.
>I loved “A Dozen Tough Jobs” the first time I read it, ages ago. I loved Howard too. It saddens me that he did not live long enough to see the film; I hope we do him justice. How can we not? Hercules, Howard, Joe, Lion Forge… I wish you all could share my excitement at the prospect of this movie.
drewogatory on
Dude, I gave up on you in like 2004.
Not_Cleaver on
Give us a timeline George. Even if you don’t meet it, just give us a little hope.
Sporty_Nerd_64 on
No George, you gave up on the books, and by extension the fans, because the show executed your story poorly. Unfortunately I think ASOIF will go down as forgotten due to being left unfinished, it’s not even that great of a stopping point for an open ended story where it is.
PittHockey on
I’m not pissed off; I don’t care anymore.
DrHalibutMD on
Yes absolutely I’ve given up. I loved what you put out, this is an amazing series but It’s clear we’re never getting a conclusion and I’m fine with it. Thank you George for everything you’ve done, it’s been great. Now please just admit it to yourself and let the rest of us move on. No hate in this at all, will gladly check out every side project to see if they are any good.
eeeee217 on
Finish the book then sunshine
Dumbledick6 on
Yeah give your notes to Sanderson and Abercrombie. They can bang out the rest
Really_McNamington on
Yep. Even if you get it done I’m past it. I’d have to reread the lot to get to it and life is too short.
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Can you blame them?
I mean yes, pretty much. If WoW is finished the expectation is that it’ll be heavily supported by ghost-writers at best, AI at worst.
He’s 76 and working on tv shows. Chances that he finishes Winds are slim at best. As for the whole series, it’s near impossible at this point.
[GRRM](https://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2025/05/28/howard-meets-hercules/):
>I know, I know. Some of you will just be pissed off by this, as you are by everything I announce here that is not about Westeros or THE WINDS OF WINTER. You have given up on me, or on the book. I will never finish WINDS. If I do, I will never finish A DREAM OF SPRING. If I do, it won’t be any good. I ought to get some other writer to pinch hit for me… I am going to die soon anyway, because I am so old. I lost all interest in A Song of Ice and Fire decades ago. I don’t give a shit about writing any longer, I just sit around and spend my money. I edit the Wild Cards books too, but you hate Wild Cards. You may hate everything else I have ever written, the Hugo-winners and Hugo-losers, “A Song for Lya” and DYING OF THE LIGHT, “Sandkings” and BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, “This Tower of Ashes” and “The Stone City,” OLD MARS and OLD VENUS and ROGUES and WARRIORS and DANGEROUS WOMEN and all the other anthologies I edited with my friend Gardner Dozois. You don’t care about any of those, I know. You don’t care about anything but WINDS OF WINTER. You’ve told me so often enough).
>Thing is, I do care about them.
>And I care about Westeros and WINDS as well. The Starks and Lannisters and Targaryens, Tyrion and Asha, Dany and Daenerys, the dragons and the direwolves, I care about them all. More than you can ever imagine.
>I loved “A Dozen Tough Jobs” the first time I read it, ages ago. I loved Howard too. It saddens me that he did not live long enough to see the film; I hope we do him justice. How can we not? Hercules, Howard, Joe, Lion Forge… I wish you all could share my excitement at the prospect of this movie.
Dude, I gave up on you in like 2004.
Give us a timeline George. Even if you don’t meet it, just give us a little hope.
No George, you gave up on the books, and by extension the fans, because the show executed your story poorly. Unfortunately I think ASOIF will go down as forgotten due to being left unfinished, it’s not even that great of a stopping point for an open ended story where it is.
I’m not pissed off; I don’t care anymore.
Yes absolutely I’ve given up. I loved what you put out, this is an amazing series but It’s clear we’re never getting a conclusion and I’m fine with it. Thank you George for everything you’ve done, it’s been great. Now please just admit it to yourself and let the rest of us move on. No hate in this at all, will gladly check out every side project to see if they are any good.
Finish the book then sunshine
Yeah give your notes to Sanderson and Abercrombie. They can bang out the rest
Yep. Even if you get it done I’m past it. I’d have to reread the lot to get to it and life is too short.