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The Independent
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Game of Thrones author sets fans straight on next book
George RR Martin has addressed fans' concerns about the delayed release of The Winds of Winter, the sixth book in his A Song of Ice and Fire series. Martin announced he is producing an adaptation of Howard Waldrop's novella, A Dozen Tough Jobs, which triggered complaints about his work on projects unrelated to The Winds of Winter. Martin responded to criticisms that he doesn't care about finishing the series, detailing the typical negative comments he receives, including that his writing has deteriorated and he will die soon due to his age. He said he had worked on numerous other projects, but 'you don't care about anything but Winds of Winter. You've told me so often enough'. Martin has been working on The Winds of Winter since 2010, and despite expressing frustration and delays due to other projects, he stated in 2022 that the book was about "three-quarters of the way done".
Geek Tyrant
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Geek Tyrant
George R.R. Martin Rants About WINDS OF WINTER Pressure: 'You Don't Care About Anything but WINDS" — GeekTyrant
If you've been on the internet any time in the past decade, you've probably seen the familiar chorus: 'Where's The Winds of Winter ?' It's become a meme, a plea, and sometimes a demand hurled at Game of Thrones creator George R.R. Martin every time he announces… well, anything that's not the next book in A Song of Ice and Fire series. This week, Martin addressed that ever-persistent noise head-on in a characteristically frank and personal post on his Not a Blog, triggered by the announcement of a new project: an animated adaptation of Howard Waldrop's A Dozen Tough Jobs . 'I know, I know. Some of you will just be pissed off by this, as you are by everything I announce here that is not about Westeros or THE WINDS OF WINTER. You have given up on me, or on the book.' From there, the post took a sharp turn into brutal honesty, and maybe a little sarcasm, as Martin rattled off the recurring criticisms he's heard over the years. 'I will never finish WINDS, If I do, I will never finish A DREAM OF SPRING. If I do, it won't be any good. I ought to get some other writer to pinch hit [finish it] for me… 'I am going to die soon anyway, because I am so old. I lost all interest in A Song of Ice and Fire decades ago. I don't give a shit about writing any longer, I just sit around and spend my money.' He didn't stop there. Martin pointed out that many fans seem to resent anything he does outside Westeros, whether it's Wild Cards , his award-winning short stories, or the many anthologies he's edited with the late Gardner Dozois. 'You may hate everything else I have ever written… You don't care about any of those, I know. You don't care about anything but WINDS OF WINTER. You've told me so often enough.' But if it sounds like Martin's throwing in the towel, think again. 'Thing is, I do care about them, and I care about Westeros and WINDS as well. The Starks and Lannisters and Targaryens, Tyrion and Asha, Dany and Daenerys, the dragons and the direwolves—I care about them all. More than you can ever imagine.' Martin isn't brushing off Winds of Winter . He's telling fans, in his own slightly grumbly, very George R.R. Martin way: I'm still in this. I still love these characters. I'm just not going to sacrifice every other part of my creative life to satisfy one demand. Fair enough, but it's taking so damn long! Martin hasn't abandoned Westeros. He's just trying to live a full creative life outside of Westeros. Fans have been waiting so long for the book, though, that there's not much more patience.
Gizmodo
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Gizmodo
George R.R. Martin Is Really Starting to Get Sick of Your ‘Winds of Winter' Complaining
The longer it's taken the 'Song of Ice and Fire' author to finish its latest chapter, the more it feels like addressing it is like warning a child not to touch a hot stove. George R.R. Martin has been writing The Winds of Winter for a very long time, and in that process, he's also happened to do a lot of things that are not 'write The Winds of Winter.' Most of Game of Thrones' production, the birth and death of multiple of its spinoffs, movies, TV shows, book anthologies, video games, updates on his blog about how he is indeed writing The Winds of Winter, begging us to not ask him about updates on Winds of Winter, giving us the updates on Winds of Winter anyway: the man's been doing stuff. But that is still not enough for some who have made the wait for Winds of Winter become as excruciating for the writer as it is for them. And Martin is letting it be known through his medium of choice, his Not a Blog blog, that it's really starting to annoy him. As part of an update announcing his involvement in producing an animated feature adaptation of Howard Waldrop's novella A Dozen Tough Jobs—a mythic riff on the story of Hercules and the Greek gods, reimagined in 1920s Mississippi—with Lion Forge, Martin took a moment to pop off at anyone priming to make a joke about him adding yet another side quest to his list of projects. 'I know, I know. Some of you will just be pissed off by this, as you are by everything I announce here that is not about Westeros or The Winds of Winter,' Martin wrote. :You have given up on me, or on the book. I will never finish Winds, If I do, I will never finish A Dream of Spring. If I do, it won't be any good. I ought to get some other writer to pinch hit for me… I am going to die soon anyway, because I am so old. I lost all interest in A Song of Ice and Fire decades ago.' 'I don't give a shit about writing any longer, I just sit around and spend my money. I edit the Wild Cards books too, but you hate Wild Cards. You may hate everything else I have ever written, the Hugo-winners and Hugo-losers, 'A Song for Lya' and Dying of the Light, 'Sandkings' and Beauty and the Beast, 'This Tower of Ashes' and 'The Stone City,' Old Mars and Old Venus and Rogues and Warriors and Dangerous Women and all the other anthologies I edited with my friend Gardner Dozois, You don't care about any of those, I know. You don't care about anything but Winds of Winter. You've told me so often enough,' Martin added. The point Martin, continues, is that he does care about Winds and the world it inhabits, it's just more than who he is as a writer—and in this case, a producer acting on the behalf of a late friend to bring their work to life. 'Thing is, I do care about them. And I care about Westeros and Winds as well,' Martin continued. 'The Starks and Lannisters and Targaryens, Tyrion and Asha, Dany and Daenerys, the dragons and the direwolves, I care about them all. More than you can ever imagine.' 'I loved A Dozen Tough Jobs the first time I read it, ages ago. I loved Howard too. It saddens me that he did not live long enough to see the film; I hope we do him justice. How can we not? Hercules, Howard, Joe, Lion Forge… I wish you all could share my excitement at the prospect of this movie.' It's the sort of frankness that Martin has, for better or worse, become known for on his personal blog–where has has, of course, done everything from rail on his Winds of Winter progress detractors to engage in a bit of backroom drama with HBO over changes to House of the Dragon. Martin has also used the blog to announce that he's no longer giving the world updates on Winds of Winter, before promptly giving them anyway. It's clear that, for as long as it is taking to finish the novel, Martin does have the passion for it that people sometimes, jokingly otherwise, accuse him of lacking. Otherwise he just wouldn't keep telling us about it anyway, even as he rails against people's response to those updates in turn. People are still going to complain over how long it's taken him, but woe betide anyone who accuses the author of not caring about it. Whenever Winds of Winter finally comes our way, there's probably going to be plenty more Martin-affiliated projects that get announced or come along before it regardless. No one's going to stop him from doing them±just as Martin himself insists that no one will stop him from finishing Winds on his own terms.
Forbes
05-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Today's NYT Mini Crossword Clues And Answers For Monday, May 5th
Looking for help with today's NYT Mini Crossword puzzle? Here are some hints and answers for the ... More puzzle. In case you missed Sunday's NYT Mini Crossword puzzle, you can find the answers here: It's Monday and the birds are chirping and the sirens are wailing and the students are crunching their finals and the teachers are dreaming of summer and I'm still waiting for George R.R. Martin to finish Winds Of Winter and GTA6 has been delayed into 2026. What a day! What a year! You're just lucky I didn't list all the insane political shenanigans going on or we'd be here all day. Yes, I'm rambling. Yes, I plan on stopping now. After all, we have a Mini Crossword to solve. The NYT Mini is a smaller, quicker, more digestible, bite-sized version of the larger and more challenging NYT Crossword, and unlike its larger sibling, it's free to play on the New York Times website or NYT Games app. However, you'll need an NYT Games subscription to access previous puzzles in the archives. If you need a little help solving the Mini Crossword as fast as possible, read on for all of today's answers. Spoilers ahead! FEATURED | Frase ByForbes™ Unscramble The Anagram To Reveal The Phrase Pinpoint By Linkedin Guess The Category Queens By Linkedin Crown Each Region Crossclimb By Linkedin Unlock A Trivia Ladder 1 — Thinnest U.S. coins at around 1/20th of an inch — DIMES 6 — 'Sorry, already have plans' — ICANT 7 — Silent but deadly sort — NINJA (you were thinking farts, though, weren't you?) 8 — George ____, pen name of the Victorian writer Mary Ann Evans — ELIOT 9 — 'That's great news!' — YAY 1 — Wine pairing? — DINE 2 — In a chilly manner — ICILY 3 — Ending with kepto or ego — MANIAC 4 — Waiter's 'Hope you like the food!' — ENJOY 5 — Batting average, e.g. — STAT Today's Mini This was pretty easy but some of the answers are . . . peculiar. Wine pairing would be cheese, maybe, or dish. But DINE? You don't pair wine with DINE, though I suppose wine and a wine pairing are part of dining. There's a bit of a food theme here with the waiter and already having plans. I imagine the waiter saying ENJOY to the NINJA who responds ICILY because they're busy reading George ELIOT. This one took me 50 seconds. How did you do? Let me know on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook. If you also play Wordle, I write guides about that as well. You can find those and all my TV guides, reviews and much more here on my blog. Thanks for reading!
