George RR Martin hints he might finish next Song of Ice and Fire book this year

Game of Thrones author announces that he will skip Comic-Con and World Fantasy Convention to write The Winds of Winter – unless he’s finished the sixth book in his fantasy series by then

So George RR Martin puts his shoulder to Dame Fortune’s wheel once more, spinning those of us tormented by the wait for the next volume of his Song of Ice and Fire series back up again to the giddy heights. Just when we had recovered from the news that we were not going to see book six this year, the man himself informs us that, well, there might just be a chance.

Writing on his blog, George RR Martin apologises that he won’t be attending the World Fantasy Convention in Saratoga this autumn. Why? Because he’s working on The Winds of Winter.

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