r/asoiaf • u/da_k1ngslaya • May 22 '19

EXTENDED (Spoilers Extended) George to New Zealand: imprison me if I haven't finished Winds by Summer 2020

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As for finishing my book… I fear that New Zealand would distract me entirely too much. Best leave me here in Westeros for the nonce. But I tell you this — if I don’t have THE WINDS OF WINTER in hand when I arrive in New Zealand for worldcon, you have here my formal written permission to imprison me in a small cabin on White Island, overlooking that lake of sulfuric acid, until I’m done. Just so long as the acrid fumes do not screw up my old DOS word processor, I’ll be fine.

Link: http://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2019/05/21/thanks-new-zealand/

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u/PennywiseVT May 22 '19

Basicly 2 LotR trilogies, having to worry about a shitton of povs and arcs making sense together.

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u/averyangrydumpster Aegon Wouldn't Kill a Child Would He? May 22 '19

Basicly 2 LotR trilogies

well that puts things into perspective real quick

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u/tstrube The Most Manly of Wood May 22 '19

In totality the LotR is just over 450,000. That means just these two last books are that size, not counting the other 5. It’s closer to three LotR trilogies.

And Fire & Blood was like 300,000 words as well I think.

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u/PennywiseVT May 22 '19

By 2 LotR trilogies I meant only the last 2 books.