Several fans were disappointed when George R.R. Martin announced few weeks ago that "The Winds of Winter" is not yet available before the comeback of "Game of Thrones." However, despite the said declaration, some remained hopeful that the most-awaited tome will be released before the end of March.
To recall, George admitted that he is also disappointed to the fact that he will not be finishing "The Winds of Winter" on time. "Believe me, it gave me no pleasure to type those words. You're disappointed, and you're not alone," he wrote on his personal blog. "My editors and publishers are disappointed, HBO is disappointed, my agents and foreign publishers and translators are disappointed... but no one could possibly be more disappointed than me. For months now I have wanted nothing so much as to be able to say, 'I have completed and delivered THE WINDS OF WINTER' on or before the last day of 2015."
However, despite several delays, The Washington Post claimed that the most-awaited sixth installment of George's "A Song of Ice and Fire" saga might be on schedule. Assembling a graph of famous book series, the news outlet compared how often J.K. Rowling published new volumes of the "Harry Potter" series relative to page-count.
TWP claimed that George and Rowling's publishing rates are generally alike. As a matter of fact, it praised the New Mexican author for writing faster than "The Hobbit" and "Lord of the Rings" trilogy author J.R.R. Tolkien and the writer of the popular "Chronicles of Narnia" series, C.S. Lewis.
In fact, Bustle stated that George has been "more productive" than Lewis and Tolkien, who are considered as two of the biggest names in fantasy. "In four years, C.S. Lewis put out the first five books in his Chronicles of Narnia - just a smidge more than 1,000 pages. Martin used that same timespan to release three ASOIAF books, but those titles clocked in with more than 3,000 total pages," the report read. "And in the 17 years (!!!) between The Hobbit and The Fellowship of the Ring, J.R.R. Tolkien didn't even manage to hit 1,000 pages, much less the 5,500 or so that Martin had under his belt after 16 years of ASOIAF."
"Given how much grief GRRM gets on a pretty much daily basis for The Winds of Winter, I figured he deserves to have this information disseminated as widely as possible," Rob Briken of io9 wrote in a report. "Honestly, if I were him I'd buy a few billboards in major metropolitan areas and put this thing on them."
Basing on the map that TWP unveiled, it might be true that George is having a hard time finishing the book because of its lengthy story; the novel may be more than 300 pages.
Up to this writing, no official word from George or his publisher has been released yet. Hopefully, with these new updates, "The Winds of Winter" fans would not end up tired of waiting for the book's release.
If true, what can you say about "The Winds of Winter" having a story of more than 300-page long? Do you believe that George R.R. Martin is writing faster than C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien? Share to us your thoughts in the comment section below.
