WINDS OF WINTER does not yet have a release date and legendary author Stephen King expressed fear he would never find out how the Song of Ice and Fire story would end if George RR Martin were to George RR Martin has publicly set a deadline to finish his long-awaited novel The Winds of Winter.. The author did so while responding to an appeal put out by Air New Zealand, which implored him George is trying, bless him. In September 2018, he revealed that he'd skipped visiting the set of Game of Thrones' final season in order to finish his "complex" next novel. "Going to set is a lot The author of the hit novels behind HBO's Game of Thrones shares his reaction to some fans' "vicious" demand for the next book, The Winds of Winter. George R.R. Martin, author of the A Song of Ice and Fire books that became Game of Thrones, has shared his reaction to the intense demand for the latest novel, The Winds of Winter. The Wheel of Time. The Stormlight Archive. Hainish Cycle. Books Martin himself recommends. Our free, fast, and fun briefing on the global economy, delivered every weekday morning. These books But seriously, it'd be awful if he don't manage to at least finish The Winds of Winter. The story needs an ending and one better than the Dumb & Dumber version. I'm planning to read the novels properly now but i don't think someone in the future would invest their time in a unfinished huge novel. Either admit you aren’t really writing and are overwhelmed/wrote yourself into a corner you can’t unknot w the Mereenese plot and the Dornish plot; and give it to like Elias and Linda and like Neil Gaiman to finish. Or get. To. Work. No one told you publish your long form role playing George. In Defense of George R.R. Martin Never Finishing the Last Two ‘Game of Thrones’ Novels. If you’ve read Game of Thrones, you know the series is actually called A Song of Ice and Fire — Game of Thrones was merely the first novel in the collection. You also know that Sansa never actually marries Ramsey, Barristan Selmy is still alive and This week has been a big week for George R.R. Martin, the man behind Game of Thrones.After announcing that he would not be a part of the writing process for Season 6 of the critically-acclaimed Blah blah George R.R. Martin blah blah The Winds of Winter blah blah 11 years since A Dance With Dragons came out blah blah waiting forever blah blah never finishing it blah blah etc. But now R2L5I6.