Recent stuff from future GRRM books

thranathiril

I don't see any posts mentioning this, but there are is some information floating around from the next volume in the series. GRRM has already released a spoiler chapter on his blog site, featuring

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Theon

and he has done a couple of readings as well at conventions from chapters from the PoVs of

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Arianne and Victarion (separate PoVs, not together)

at WorldCon and Bubonicon, George also did a reading from the upcoming world book, which gave a lot of history about

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The time between the Targaryens arriving on Dragonstone and Aegon's Conquest

GRRM's website is here -

www.georgerrmartin.com/

and there is discussion on his reading from the World book here -

asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/topic/72313-reading-from-the-world-of-ice-and-fire/

Enjoy!

thranathiril

Further snippets of updates. The next Dunk and Egg short story, which was going to be included in an upcmoing anthology entitled "Dangerouos Women", has been postponed until after GRRM completes the next novel in the main series.

The anthology is still going ahead. In order to fill his commitment to it, GRRM has submitted a piece - "The Princess and the Queen" - concerning the time of the Dance of Dragons in Westeros' history (sister and half-brother contend for the throne, back when the Targaryens still had dragons). Today we learned that this short piece will be c. 35,000 words.

thranathiril · Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2013 4:04 pm Post subject:

If anyone is still reading anything in this forum, a different sample chapter is up at GRRM's site. Now we have a chapter from

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Arianne, in which we learn of how she is being sent off by her father to meet with Aegon and Jon Connington, presumably after they (Aegon and JC) have contacted Dorne at the end of aDwD. From the chapter, it is obvious that news of Quentyn's death has still not made it to Westeros.

Akasri · Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2013 4:09 pm Post subject:

I am 80% through ADwD so I have started looking around for excerpts from the next book - thanks for posting these. I'd seen the last one you mentioned, but not the earlier one.

Also, there is supposedly a chapter floating around from the viewpoint of:

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Tyrion

Maybe it's something he read at a con or something. Can't find a link to it.

Have you heard of it Thranathiril?

thranathiril · Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2013 4:31 pm Post subject:

There was indeed a chapter that was read at a con, but not has not been released on his website.

It is from the viewpoint of the character you mention, and seems to happen very shortly after that of

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Victarion. Tyrion and Brown Benn Plumm are playing cyvasse, and bantering. towards the end of the excerpt read, someone comes running in and says there are many sails hoving into sight.

The con readings and the chapters released on his website have so far been different. For the convention readings, we rely on reports from attendees.

There has also been a reading from the PoV of

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Barristan, as he leads the forces of Meereen into battle against the besiegers. Towards the end of the excerpt, he too gets reports of the sails of Vic's fleet coming into view.

GRRM has stated that the following were not included in aDwD, and it looks like we are getting to see some of the PoVs involved in the later

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a "battle of ice" which is probably a confrontation between Stannis and the forces occupying Winterfell, and a "battle of fire" which is the battle between Dany's forces and her opponents outside Meereen

I know that GRRM is attending a convention on the weekend of May 25th, somewhere in the midwest, so there is a chance that there will be a new reading at that.

thranathiril · Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2013 4:35 pm Post subject:

Over at Westeros, here is the forum that relates specifically to discussing the next book in the series, The Winds of Winter.

Warning - some of the thread titles on this forum may in themselves be considered spoilers -

asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/forum/58-the-winds-of-winter/

Akasri · Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2013 6:01 pm Post subject:

Thanks for those - it's about time those fights happened :0

Avatar · Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2013 4:31 am Post subject:

My problem is I've only read them all once, so I no longer have any idea of what was going on in the earlier books. Very Happy

I suppose I shall have to re-read them before the next one is out.

Right now, I'm somewhat surprised to note, the thought does not inspire me. And I'm given to multiple rereads of everything. Maybe once I get started again.

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Avatar · Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 4:33 am Post subject:

Whereas we don't really have heinous posters. Very Happy

I think SerScot is on that forum too.

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Billy G. · Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 2:44 pm Post subject:

I have a hard time over there, if the search new posts function is shut off, which usually is Saturday through Wednesdays...

I hate weeding through all their numerous subforums. Rolling Eyes

Avatar · Posted: Fri May 03, 2013 4:27 am Post subject:

Why do they shut off the search? Confused

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Billy G. · Posted: Fri May 03, 2013 8:33 pm Post subject:

One of the admins told me that new post searches shut down their servers because sometimes they have 200 or more users online at any given time.

Wow.

Avatar · Posted: Mon May 06, 2013 4:29 am Post subject:

Hahaha, now that sorta puts things into perspective...

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MsMary · Posted: Wed May 08, 2013 1:34 am Post subject:

I signed up for that forum, but I've never posted. Mostly I signed up cause when I'm signed in I can keep track of what I have and haven't read.

But I do wonder if they will remove me at some point for not posting...
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thranathiril · Posted: Wed May 08, 2013 4:03 pm Post subject:

As a moderator over on that board, I can say categorically that we will not.

There is a graduated series of penalties for posters who repeatedly violate the posting rules that have been set, but 'not posting' is not something we are concerned about.

Just happy to have as many fans reading the boards and enjoying the books.

Billy G. · Posted: Wed May 08, 2013 5:27 pm Post subject:

Saw this over on Facebook. Too funny not to share.

thranathiril · Posted: Thu May 09, 2013 7:38 pm Post subject:

Depressingly, it is being reported over at Westeros that the World of Ice and Fire book that was scheduled to be published this year has been pushed back until October 2014.

So that leaves only the Dangerous Women anthology, plus any further chapters that GRRM decides to release, as new material to look forward to in 2013.

Akasri · Posted: Fri May 10, 2013 12:58 am Post subject:

But on the plus side, maybe that means he's focusing on TWoW and it will come out sooner now? Smile