A dance with dragons turned 10 today.
We're halfway to August. Unless he gets done before or slightly after September 1st, this shyt isn't coming out this year. It takes nearly two months for editing, processing, manufacturing etc which would mean a November release at the earliest. Just in time for Black Friday sales. It's not happening...
I waited the entire wait for ADWD. It was worse because I was more hyped, there was no show, all we had were rumors and his tour speaking engagements where he'd answer questions. I legit thought TWOW would come out in 3-5 years because Martin made a major breakthrough during ADWD. Basically he was trying to figure out which characters arrive to meet Dany at specific times and making Barristan a POV character solved it for him. So what’s the issue now? I got a theory but man this shyt is just pathetic to the point I’ve lost interest.