03-05-2011, 01:39 PM
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Crazy
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They've set a date for the next book, A Dance With Dragons!
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Mar 3 2011 08:47 AM
Huge 'Game of Thrones' news: 'Dance With Dragons' publication date revealed! -- EXCLUSIVE
by James Hibberd
Categories: Exclusive!, Game of Thrones, George R. R. Martin
Are you ready for the biggest fantasy news since HBO decided to make a TV show called Game of Thrones?
The next book in George R.R. Martin’s bestselling A Song of Ice and Fire series has a publication date.
Yes, we swear, after waiting six long years since the release of the last novel in the saga, the fabled Book 5 A Dance With Dragons is close enough to being finished* for Martin’s publisher to set a release date. We have that date, exclusively, along with a first look at the book’s cover art and an interview with the man himself.
A Dance With Dragons will be published by Bantam on July 12, 2011. The manuscript is huge — the publisher estimates the hardcover edition will run more than 900 pages, putting it about the same length as the longest book in the series, A Storm of Swords. Schedule your summer vacation accordingly.
Plus, if that weren’t enough, there’s a new HBO Game of Thrones trailer out today that’s exclusive to EW — full-length, new footage (The Wall!) and slightly NSFW.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: What took so long?
GEORGE R. R. MARTIN: I’m not sure I have a good answer. If I did, I would have taken less time. It’s enormous. It’s as long as A Storm of Swords. It’s very complicated. I have a lot of characters and points of view. And I’ve been doing a ton of rewriting, trying to get it where I wanted it to be. Some of these chapters I’ve rewritten more times than I can count before I’m satisfied with them.
Can you tease something from the book?
I don’t want to spoil any surprises. I can say all the characters people have been waiting for are there: Daenerys, Jon Snow, and Tyrion. There’s also new characters, and viewpoints from characters who did not have viewpoints before.
For more of Martin’s interview — where he compares Dragons to the previous four books, and weighs in on the HBO adaptation — pick up this week’s print edition of Entertainment Weekly.
*That the author is still writing might worry some longtime fans (giving Martin a deadline is a bit like making a photo request of J.D. Salinger) but his publisher assures us the date is firm. Winter, and A Dance With Dragons, is coming.
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Huge 'Game of Thrones' news: 'Dance With Dragons' publication date revealed! -- EXCLUSIVE | Shelf Life | EW.com
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