Current Events > Ian McElhinney (Barristan Selmy): 'GRRM has already written books 6 and 7'

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeftoI3c81c&feature=youtu.be&t=1900

fucking PLEEEEASE
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I always figured he was just waiting for the show to end at this point.
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"What I've been told is"

Important part you left off there m8
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bump
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Awesome if true. I might actually read the books.
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au_gold posted...

Awesome if true. I might actually read the books.

Same. I've been putting them off because I assumed they would be a waste of time because they never are going to be finished.
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I kinda doubt it, but wouldn't be surprised if that's true. The show has gone in a completely different direction that would most likely be impossible to reconcile with whatever GRRM actually came up with. Besides, the show's popularity outstripped the books long ago; financially, it only makes sense to not potentially challenge the more mainstream product.
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It would benefit literally no one to do this.
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Bump
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Im telling you guys he's going to release both at da same time
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bump
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I'll never complain about GoT subverting my expectations again if this actually happens.
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http://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2019/05/13/idiocy-on-the-internet/

Internet journalism is an oxymoron, I am more and more convinced.

Of late it seems theres a new story about me somewhere on the net every day, or near enough to make no matter. Many get things wrong. For the most part I ignore them. I have better things to do than try and track down every weird rumor or out-and-out fabrication that pops up on some obscure website trolling for traffic.

Every so often, however, one of these stories gains an improbable currency, and just chuckling at the insanity no longer suffices.

That seems to be happening right now. All of a sudden this crazy story about my finishing THE WINDS OF WINTER and A DREAM OF SPRING years ago is popping up everywhere. No, I am not going to provide links. I dont want to reward purveyors of misinformation with hits.

I will, however, say for the record no, THE WINDS OF WINTER and A DREAM OF SPRING are not finished. DREAM is not even begun; I am not going to start writing volume seven until I finish volume six

It seems absurd to me that I need to state this. The world is round, the Earth revolves around the sun, water is wet do I need to say that too? It boggles me that anyone would believe this story, even for an instant. It makes not a whit of sense. Why would I sit for years on completed novels? Why would my publishers not just here in the US, but all around the world ever consent to this? They make millions and millions of dollars every time a new Ice & Fire book comes out, as do I. Delaying makes no sense. Why would HBO want the books delayed? The books help create interest in the show, just as the show creates interest in the books.

So no, the books are not done. HBO did not ask me to delay them. Nor did David & Dan. There is no deal to hold back on the books. I assure you, HBO and David & Dan would both have been thrilled and delighted if THE WINDS OF WINTER had been delivered and published four or five years ago and NO ONE would have been more delighted than me.

I have said it before: dont believe everything you read on the internet.

Except here, of course.

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