The novel – the sixth book in A Song Of Ice And Fire, which started with Game of Thrones – has kept fans waiting for years on end.
Martin’s declaration earlier this week that he was stepping back from his blog in order to focus on an apparent array of projects has led fans to wonder if TWOW close after all.
“All’s good, boys and girls… lots of exciting things going on,” he had written.
“LOTS of exciting things.
“Maybe too many. I am buried in work, so much that it is starting to overwhelm me. Even with my army of loyal minions.
“So I am going to step back from blogging — okay, from NOT-a-blogging — for a while, till I get a few of these monkeys off my back.”
One fan reacted on Twitter: “lol. i am such a god damn sucker. every time i say ‘the next vague grrm [George RR Martin] post won’t get me excited.’ and yet here we are.”
“A little less blogging, a little more noveling maybe?” wrote another account.
A third excitable person tweeted: “Uh, so, WHAT THE F**K DOES THIS MEAN, GEORGE!?”
Still, there is no release date for TWOW, and it’s no secret that the first volume of anthology book Fire and Blood will be out first in any case.
That said, are we finally approaching publication?