# 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:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-rr-martin-finishes-a-dance-with-dragons/491588/21 "2009-04-02T01:02:10Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > It’s about damn time! When can I pre-order it? [Allegedly you can pre-order it](http://www.amazon.com/Dance-Dragons-Song-Ice-Fire/dp/0553801473/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1238634052&sr=8-1) for delivery on September 29, 2009, but we are far too jaded to believe that now, aren’t we? ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-rr-martin-finishes-a-dance-with-dragons/491588/22 "2009-04-02T01:06:00Z")
I checked my handy-dandy AfterlifeMonitor[sup]tm[/sup], and it confirmed that Hell hadn’t frozen over. So I knew it must be a hoax. ---
**Author:** ![Otanx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Otanx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otanx)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-rr-martin-finishes-a-dance-with-dragons/491588/23 "2009-04-02T01:14:06Z")
Just so you know, you made a grown man cry. At work no less. I love the quotes from GRRM. I was a little upset he wasn’t going to cover my favorite POVs, but the Dragon, and Hodor ones would have made up for it. I say for his great cleverness we grant the OP with Harrenhall, and all the curses that go with it. -Otanx ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-rr-martin-finishes-a-dance-with-dragons/491588/24 "2009-04-02T01:21:29Z")
> [@Rubystreak](#): > > [Allegedly you can pre-order it](http://www.amazon.com/Dance-Dragons-Song-Ice-Fire/dp/0553801473/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1238634052&sr=8-1) for delivery on September 29, 2009, but we are far too jaded to believe that now, aren’t we? > > ☹ Yes, as a matter fact, we are too jaded. {If I finish the writing; it’ll be published.} We’ve all been there before. I’m at the point where I hope Martin finishes it before I die, let alone before he dies. Now he’s got HBO to distract him, not to mention a new Wild Cards. Fuck this. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-rr-martin-finishes-a-dance-with-dragons/491588/25 "2009-04-02T03:03:55Z")
> [@Drain\_Bead](#): > > This is one joke that didn’t get me–just one look at the subject line and I knew it couldn’t be true. QFT ---
**Author:** ![Algorithm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/algorithm/32/12204_2.png) [@Algorithm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algorithm)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-rr-martin-finishes-a-dance-with-dragons/491588/26 "2009-04-02T03:22:31Z")
He didn’t finish, but he’s enlisted [some help](http://grrm.livejournal.com/81642.html) for the remaining chapters/books! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-rr-martin-finishes-a-dance-with-dragons/491588.md?page=1)