George R.R. Martin Being Trolled by Another Fantasy Writer Over THE WINDS OF WINTER Still Not Being Finished
Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin has been working on his The Winds of Winter novel at a snail’s pace for a very long time. That fantasy book was originally supposed to be released nine years ago!
Well, Martin is now being trolled by fellow fantasy writer Larry Correia for his insanely slow writing pace.
Correia mentioned Martin in the dedication section of his new book Heart Of The Mountain, which has since been posted on X by Game of Thrones fan account Westerosies.
The dedication reads: “To George R. R. Martin. See? It’s not that hard.”
This is obviously a joke directed at the amount of time it is taking Martin to finish the final books in his A Song of Ice and Fire series.
The last and fifth book to be published was Dance of Dragons in 2011. Winds of Winter was supposed to be finished in 2016, but there is still no sign of it. Martin has also said that there’s one more book after that, but who knows if we’ll ever see either of these books released.
Martin recently addressed the fact that multiple authors had called him out on his unfinished work and he said, "A lot of people are already writing obituaries for me: 'Oh, he’ll never be finished!' Maybe they’re right. I don’t know. I’m alive right now! I seem pretty vital!”
He previously said: "Writing came hard, and though I did produce some new pages on both THE WINDS OF WINTER (yes) and BLOOD & FIRE (the sequel to FIRE & BLOOD, the second part of my Targaryen history), I would have liked to turn out a lot more.
"My various television projects ate up most of those months. Some of that was pleasant (DARK WINDS, and THE HEDGE KNIGHT), most of it was not. "
Martin previously remarked that "if I could change one thing about one of my books I'd have them finished."
Back in 2023, Martin said that he had only finished 1,100 pages of writing and that it would be a lengthy book. Once the book is finished, Martin will make a major announcement.