The Winds of Winter

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The Winds of Winter
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Author George R. R. Martin
Country United States
Language English
Series A Song of Ice and Fire
Genre(s) Fantasy
Publisher Bantam Books (US) & Voyager Books (UK)
Released Unknown
Media Type Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages Unknown
Preceded by A Dance with Dragons
Followed by A Dream of Spring

The Winds of Winter is the forthcoming sixth novel in the award-winning epic fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin. It takes place after the concurrent fourth and fifth books in the series, A Feast for Crows (2005) and A Dance with Dragons (2011).

Plot

The previous installment, A Dance with Dragons covered less story than Martin intended, omitting at least one planned large battle sequence and leaving several character threads ending in cliff-hangers.[1] Martin intended to resolve these cliffhangers "very early" in The Winds of Winter, saying "I'm going to open with the two big battles that I was building up to, the battle in the ice and the battle at Mereen—the battle of Slaver's Bay. And then take it from there."[2]

Martin confirmed in March 2012 that the final two novels will take readers further north than any of the previous books: "What lies really north in my books—we haven't explored that yet, but we will in the last two books."[2] He added, "you're definitely going to see more of the Others".[2] Martin would not comment on Jon Snow's cliffhanger fate after A Dance with Dragons.[2]

At 2011 WorldCon, Martin read an Arianne chapter, during which she heads for Griffin's Roost to see the young boy who is calling himself Aegon.[citation needed] Victarion's chapter will take off five minutes after A Dance with Dragons, taking place on the eve of the Iron Islanders' surprise attack on the cities in Slaver's Bay.[3] Mago, who was killed in the first season of Game of Thrones TV Series, will be a recurring character in the sixth book.[4] The sample chapter on Martin's website is written from Theon Greyjoy's viewpoint and shows his interactions with Stannis Baratheon as they are camped in the snow on his march to Winterfell.[5][6]

POV Characters

George R. R. Martin confirmed the following characters to have POV chapters in The Winds of Winter:

Previews

Background and publication

The sixth book is going to be called The Winds of Winter,[7] taking the title of the originally last book of the trilogy[8] and the later planned fifth of six books.[9] By June 2010, Martin had finished four chapters for The Winds of Winter, from the viewpoints of Sansa Stark, Arya Stark, and Arianne Martell.[7] In July 2010, he added that an Aeron Greyjoy chapter had been moved from A Dance with Dragons to The Winds of Winter, accumulating to around 100 completed pages.[10] After the publication of A Dance with Dragons, Martin announced to return to writing in January 2012,[1] spending the meantime on book tours, conventions, and continuing his work on the long-overdue The World of Ice and Fire companion guide that he wanted to have finished by the end of 2011. He also worked on a new Tales of Dunk and Egg novella that will appear in an anthology called Dangerous Women.[11][12]

In December 2011, Martin posted a chapter from The Winds of Winter from the viewpoint of Theon Greyjoy and added that another sample chapter would be included at the end of the US paperback version of A Dance with Dragons, originally expected to be released in summer 2012[13][2] (international A Dance with Dragons paper-pack releases in March 2012 had no sample chapter).[14] Martin also read a portion of a Victarion Greyjoy chapter at Toronto's TIFF Bell Lightbox in March 2012.[3]

With 200 finished pages by March 2012,[15] Martin hopes to finish The Winds of Winter much faster than the fifth book.[16] He has previously gotten in trouble from fans for repeatedly estimating his publication dates too optimistically and thus refrains from making absolute estimates for book six.[1] A realistic estimation for finishing The Winds of Winter might be three years for him at a good pace,[17] but ultimately the book "will be done when it's done".[8] Martin does not intend to separate the characters geographically again but acknowledged that "Three years from [2011] when I'm sitting on 1,800 pages of manuscript with no end in sight, who the hell knows".[4]

See Also



References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Hibberd, James (July 22, 2011). "The Fantasy King". ew.com. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20470532_20511966,00.html. Retrieved 2012-01-21. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "George R.R. Martin Talks Season Two, 'The Winds of Winter,' and Real-World Influences for 'A Song of Ice and Fire'". SmarterTravel. March 26, 2012. http://www.smartertravel.com/blogs/today-in-travel/game-of-thrones-exclusive-george-martin-talks-season-the-winds-of-winter-and-real-world-influences-for-song-of-ice-and-fire.html?id=10593041. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Martin, George R. R. (2012). In Conversation With... George R.R. Martin on Game of Thrones Part 3 – TIFF Bell Lightbox. TIFF Bell Lightbox. Event occurs at 30:50 min. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlJblxV3QHQ. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 Hibberd, James (July 12, 2011). "EW interview: George R.R. Martin talks A Dance With Dragons". ew.com. http://shelf-life.ew.com/2011/07/12/george-martin-talks-a-dance-with-dragons/. Retrieved 2012-01-21. 
  5. "The Winds of Winter: Theon Chapter". georgerrmartin.com. Archived from the original on 2012-06-29. http://archive.is/eoIl. Retrieved 08 January 2012. 
  6. Sacks, Ethan (December 30, 2011). "George R.R. Martin surprises Song of Ice and Fire fans with free chapter of next book". nydailynews.com. http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/pageviews/2011/12/george-rr-martin-surprises-song-of-ice-and-fire-fans-with-free-chapter-of-next-boo. Retrieved 2012-01-21. 
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 Martin, George R. R. (June 27, 2010). "Dancing in Circles". grrm.livejournal.com. http://grrm.livejournal.com/159060.html. Retrieved 2012-02-04. 
  8. 8.0 8.1 Brown, Rachael (July 11, 2011). "George R.R. Martin on Sex, Fantasy, and A Dance With Dragons". theatlantic.com. http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2011/07/george-r-r-martin-on-sex-fantasy-and-a-dance-with-dragons/241738/. Retrieved 2012-02-02. 
  9. Gevers, Nick (December 2000). "Sunsets of High Renown – An Interview with George R. R. Martin". infinityplus.co.uk. http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/nonfiction/intgrrm.htm. Retrieved 2012-01-21.  (Interview approved by GRRM.)
  10. Martin, George R. R. (July 31, 2010). "Dancing". grrm.livejournal.com. http://grrm.livejournal.com/169899.html. Retrieved 2012-02-04. 
  11. Farley, Christopher John (July 8, 2011). "Game of Thrones Author George R.R. Martin Spills the Secrets of A Dance with Dragons". wsj.com. http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2011/07/08/game-of-thrones-author-george-r-r-martin-spills-the-secrets-of-a-dance-with-dragons/. Retrieved 2012-02-15. 
  12. Pasick, Adam (October 20, 2011). "George R.R. Martin on His Favorite Game of Thrones Actors, and the Butterfly Effect of TV Adaptations". nymag.com. http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2011/10/george_rr_martin_on_his_favori.html. Retrieved 2012-02-15. 
  13. Kepler, Adam W. (1 January 2012). "‘Game of Thrones’ Treat". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/02/arts/television/game-of-thrones-treat.html?_r=1. Retrieved 2 January 2012. 
  14. "A Dance with Dragons: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Five". amazon.de. http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/0553841122. Retrieved 2012-02-09. 
  15. Visser, Josh (March 13, 2012). "Game of Thrones author preparing for final books". CTV.ca. http://m.ctv.ca/topstories/20120312/george-martin-game-of-thrones-120313.html. Retrieved 2012-03-20. 
  16. Miller, Laura (April 11, 2011). "Just Write It! A fantasy author and his impatient fans.". newyorker.com. http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/04/11/110411fa_fact_miller. Retrieved 2010-04-23. 
  17. Flood, Alison (April 13, 2011). "George RR Martin: Barbarians at the gate". guardian.co.uk. http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/apr/13/george-rr-martin-game-thrones. Retrieved 2012-01-21. 

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