George R.R. Martin, the author behind HBO's most lucrative fantasy franchise, has admitted in a new profile with The Hollywood Reporter that he is 'not in the mood' to write The Winds of Winter, the sixth instalment of his A Song of Ice and Fire series.The book has been in progress for fourteen years, reigniting frustration among millions of readers who have waited with growing impatience for a novel that has yet to arrive.
Martin's saga of warring dynasties and supernatural dread formed the backbone of Game of Thrones, one of the most-watched television series in broadcasting history, which ran on HBO from 2011 to 2019. The franchise has since expanded into House of the Dragon and the more recently launched A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms. Throughout, Martin has insisted that his own books will deliver endings meaningfully different from the divisive television finale. He has yet to deliver either.
