Everyone’s procrastinated at some point in their lives: you’ve turned in homework late, abandoned a creative project, or put off an important errand. But George R. R. Martin has turned that vice into a running joke. Martin has been working on The Winds of Winter, the next book in the Song of Ice and Fire fantasy series that served as the source material for Game of Thrones, since 2010, and his first tentative completion goal was 2014.
It’s now 2025, there’s still no signs of Winds of Winter, and Game of Thrones veered from the books to forge its own path long ago. Martin still provides updates on the book every now and then, but many fans now doubt that he’ll ever manage to finish Winds and its planned sequel, A Dream of Spring. A new update from Martin, however, reassures fans that he’s heard their concerns, and that he’s still determined to finish his story.
