# George RR Martin finishes A Dance with Dragons! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 1, 2009, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-rr-martin-finishes-a-dance-with-dragons/491588 "2009-04-01T16:32:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2009, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-rr-martin-finishes-a-dance-with-dragons/491588/1 "2009-04-01T16:32:58Z")
> [@](#): > > _Associated Press_ - George RR Martin, best known for his epic series “A Song of Ice and Fire,” has completed his long awaited fifth book A Dance with Dragons. Originally scheduled for publication in early 2006, Martin cited pressing football needs and a hectic poker schedule as cause for the delay. > “I promised my avid readers I wouldn’t revise my Ice and Fire update page until the book was finished,” Martin said from his Santa Fe, New Mexico home. “I felt it important to keep my word on this issue,” he explained citing an unchanged status page from January 1, 2008. > “I think my readers are going to very pleased with the focus this novel has taken,” he said. “I realized early on that a book about dragons necessitated a singling out of the Daenerys storyline. So 90% of the book will encompass her backstory and adventures, including one chapter from the dragon’s point of view.” The other 10% of Dragons will be a conglomerate of The Red Woman, Beric Dondarrion, and a special section devoted to Hodor. > Those wishing to learn more about other favorite characters may have to wait for The Winds of Winter due out in Mid 2013 by Bantam Books. > “In the meantime, I have some lovely Brienne of Tarth figurines for sale,” Martin said. You can read more of the story [Here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Fools'_Day) ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2009, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-rr-martin-finishes-a-dance-with-dragons/491588/2 "2009-04-01T17:05:58Z")
I’m not sure I’m going to be pleased about this… All those other story lines and I have to wait until 2013? Le sigh. ETA: Dammit! Never trust ANYONE! ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2009, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-rr-martin-finishes-a-dance-with-dragons/491588/3 "2009-04-01T17:07:23Z")
Well played ---
**Author:** ![awldune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@awldune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/awldune)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2009, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-rr-martin-finishes-a-dance-with-dragons/491588/4 "2009-04-01T17:13:15Z")
My thought process: “Yes! Finally!” … “Wait, what?” … “Hmm, that sucks…” … “Ohhh!” :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Springtime_for_Spacers)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2009, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-rr-martin-finishes-a-dance-with-dragons/491588/5 "2009-04-01T17:35:27Z")
Yep, you got me, first time today. One of the elements opf a good con: to dangle something people really really want or really really dread. A book in the song of Ice and Fire series that concentrates on Daenerys ticked both of those boxes for me. ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2009, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-rr-martin-finishes-a-dance-with-dragons/491588/6 "2009-04-01T17:53:30Z")
It took me embarrassingly long to figure this one out… -Joe ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2009, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-rr-martin-finishes-a-dance-with-dragons/491588/7 "2009-04-01T18:09:46Z")
> [@Springtime\_for\_Spacers](#): > > A book in the song of Ice and Fire series that concentrates on Daenerys ticked both of those boxes for me. Especially a dragon POV! Damn. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2009, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-rr-martin-finishes-a-dance-with-dragons/491588/8 "2009-04-01T18:28:58Z")
Hodor, hodor, hodor! _Hodor!!_ ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2009, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-rr-martin-finishes-a-dance-with-dragons/491588/9 "2009-04-01T18:32:25Z")
I was seconds away from calling a friend of mine in the middle of work. I didn’t read your “quote”, but I checked his website and much embarrassment was averted. ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2009, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-rr-martin-finishes-a-dance-with-dragons/491588/10 "2009-04-01T18:48:17Z")
You make me want to violate as many of Ed’s rules as I can think of. But in a good way. Well played, sir. ---
**Author:** ![picker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/picker/32/13969_2.png) [@picker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picker)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2009, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-rr-martin-finishes-a-dance-with-dragons/491588/11 "2009-04-01T19:26:15Z")
Damn you. \ ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2009, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-rr-martin-finishes-a-dance-with-dragons/491588/12 "2009-04-01T19:30:01Z")
Now do one saying that David Gerrold has finished the next Chtorr book. ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2009, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-rr-martin-finishes-a-dance-with-dragons/491588/13 "2009-04-01T20:21:15Z")
Bravo! Bravo! Dammit. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2009, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-rr-martin-finishes-a-dance-with-dragons/491588/14 "2009-04-01T21:17:04Z")
This is one joke that didn’t get me–just one look at the subject line and I knew it couldn’t be true. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2009, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-rr-martin-finishes-a-dance-with-dragons/491588/15 "2009-04-01T21:17:05Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > Now do one saying that David Gerrold has finished the next Chtorr book. Even April Fools jokes have to be believable. ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2009, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-rr-martin-finishes-a-dance-with-dragons/491588/16 "2009-04-01T22:08:47Z")
The OP is a very mean person. :mad:☹ ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2009, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-rr-martin-finishes-a-dance-with-dragons/491588/17 "2009-04-01T22:12:20Z")
> [@Rubystreak](#): > > The OP is a very mean person. :mad:☹ Old gods or new, no man is so accursed as the SoIaF-teaser! ---
**Author:** ![Estilicon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@Estilicon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Estilicon)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-rr-martin-finishes-a-dance-with-dragons/491588/18 "2009-04-02T00:34:22Z")
Well played sir. (let’s find out where he lives and then…) ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-rr-martin-finishes-a-dance-with-dragons/491588/19 "2009-04-02T00:47:57Z")
You evil, evil person! ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-rr-martin-finishes-a-dance-with-dragons/491588/20 "2009-04-02T00:55:49Z")
It’s about damn time! When can I pre-order it? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-rr-martin-finishes-a-dance-with-dragons/491588.md?page=2)