
George RR Martin, the fantasy titan behind A Song of Ice and Fire, has branded his long-awaited novel The Winds of Winter 'the curse of my life' in a stark admission during a 2025 Time interview, now 15 years since he first teased chapters from it.
Fans clinging to hopes of closure for Jon Snow and Daenerys face another blow, as Martin, at 77, battles distractions from HBO spinoffs while stuck at roughly 1,100 manuscript pages.