# Any news on the next RJ or Martin books? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 12, 2002, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-news-on-the-next-rj-or-martin-books/97739 "2002-03-12T00:57:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2002, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-news-on-the-next-rj-or-martin-books/97739/1 "2002-03-12T00:57:12Z")
That’s Robert Jordan and George RR Martin, if you’re confused. I just checked [www.tor.com](http://www.tor.com), where I’ve found news in the past, but they have nothing. I think I heard from somewhere that the next Martin book should be…either this summer or next - I forget. But I can’t remember where I heard that. Oh, and please refrain from telling me how bad Jordan’s books are. I’m well aware of their shortcomings and flaws, but I enjoy them anyway. In fact, I had given the series one more book to get back on track, and I think the last book did that. Very little sniffing and skirt-twitching, and the plot finally advanced. Plus Rand got some action. Except he spent too much time with Perrin chasing his wife. I like Perrin, but Faile can go hang as far as I’m concerned. In fact, I wish she would, because that would cause Perrin to go bitchcakes and kick all kinds of ass, which would be fun to see. Anyway, sorry - where was I? Oh, yeah. Please, no discussion of the Jordan books. 😃 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2002, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-news-on-the-next-rj-or-martin-books/97739/2 "2002-03-12T01:21:42Z")
JORDAN SUX! 😃 😉 Seriously, I dunno about Jordan, but, IIRC the next Martin book is due out this Summer. It’s an unplanned addition the story, which was originally only going to be six books, with a (20? 30?) year gap between books 3 and 4. Somewhere along the way, he decided to add one more book to the series, that’ll fill in that (20? 30?) year gap: that’s the book that’ll be coming soon. I also heard a completely unsubstatiated rumor a while back that when the whole thing was said and done, he was going to go back and do a the story of how…um…whatshisname…the guy who was King at the beginning of the book, and Papa Stark overthrew the old monarch. But he was going to do it in a much more traditional fantasy-novel style. Fenris, who can’t wait. ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Guy)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2002, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-news-on-the-next-rj-or-martin-books/97739/3 "2002-03-12T02:52:47Z")
RJ’s next book is gonna be called \* Crossroads of Twilight\*; the release date is either unknown and unknowable, or this November, depending whom you ask. Incidentally, Tor’s website is the last place you want to go for current news; the last I checked (and it was this past week), they were still referring to RJ’s “upcoming book, _The Path of Daggers_” :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2002, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-news-on-the-next-rj-or-martin-books/97739/4 "2002-03-12T03:56:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Some Guy \* > \*\*Incidentally, Tor’s website is the last place you want to go for current news; the last I checked (and it was this past week), they were still referring to RJ’s “upcoming book, _The Path of Daggers_” :rolleyes: \*\* Yeah, I should have been more specific. Their website is horrible, but they have their publishing schedule on there, which is updated up through August.