Winds of Winter still ages away BUT GRRM is doing a Targ history book

Big Boss · July 23, 2017, 08:11:29 AM

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Speaking of fake history... regulars here may recall our plan to assemble an entire book of my fake histories of the Targaryen kings, a volume we called (in jest) the GRRMarillion or (more seriously) FIRE AND BLOOD. We have so much material that it's been decided to publish the book in two volumes. The first of those will cover the history of Westeros from Aegon's Conquest up to and through the regency of the boy king Aegon III (the Dragonbane). That one is largely written, and will include (for the first time) a complete detailed history of the Targaryen civil war, the Dance of the Dragons. My stories in DANGEROUS WOMEN ("The Princess and the Queen") and ROGUES ("The Rogue Prince") were abridged versions of the same histories.

No publication date has been set yet, but it's likely that we will get the first volume of FIRE AND BLOOD out in late 2018 or early 2019. The second volume, which will carry the history from Aegon III up to Robert's Rebellion, is largely unwritten, so that one will be a few more years in coming.

And, yes, I know you all want to know about THE WINDS OF WINTER too. I've seen some truly weird reports about WOW on the internet of late, by 'journalists' who make their stories up out of whole cloth. I don't know which story is more absurd, the one that says the book is finished and I've been sitting on it for some nefarious reason, or the one that says I have no pages. Both 'reports' are equally false and equally moronic. I am still working on it, I am still months away (how many? good question), I still have good days and bad days, and that's all I care to say. Whether WINDS or the first volume of FIRE AND BLOOD will be the first to hit the bookstores is hard to say at this juncture, but I do think you will have a Westeros book from me in 2018... and who knows, maybe two. A boy can dream...

Meanwhile, you'll have Gardner's anthology to fill the time. Keep your swords sharp!

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Verbatim · July 23, 2017, 08:31:25 AM

unless this is his way of preventing burnout, i think the guy should really be investing all his time on what actually matters

because he's gonna die

Turkey · July 23, 2017, 08:40:23 AM

George really ought to just get a ghost writer to pump out the last two books and retire on the profits from GoT.

maverick · July 23, 2017, 09:46:50 AM

He seemed pretty reluctant to reveal too much in his TWOIAF book. If it's going to be the same deal here, he might as well wait until asoiaf is completed.

Mordo · July 23, 2017, 09:55:17 AM

Who cares? The show's going to meme the story into oblivion anyway. At this point, WoW only exists to elucidate on the myriad plotlines that the show omitted.

Elai · July 23, 2017, 12:28:06 PM

it comes out in october

Azumarill · July 23, 2017, 04:04:50 PM

winds has got to be one fuck of a novel. jesus christ.

Mattie G Indahouse · July 23, 2017, 05:26:37 PM

Quote from: Prehistoric on July 23, 2017, 12:28:06 PM

It comes out in October.

And on the 18th as well if the rumor is true.

Risay117 · July 23, 2017, 10:16:36 PM

Quote from: Mordo on July 23, 2017, 09:55:17 AM

Who cares? The show's going to meme the story into oblivion anyway. At this point, WoW only exists to elucidate on the myriad plotlines that the show omitted.

Uhhh, I think the book end game is going to be really different. Even Hordor death scene is supposed to be different from the books.

Though I think Martin is not that interested in the story, and he is kind of losing track of all the characters. Plus he has other more interesting projects that he has been working on like the Aces book series.

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