Hopefully 2017 will turn out to be a more eventful year for his fans, but it’s hard to decode the current signs. We’ve been getting mixed reports about what to expect from the next year in terms of Martin’s work, and the author himself seems reluctant to commit to any specific release dates.
While some of his fans claim that bringing out the book in 2017 would be a bit too late, there is hardly any other option at that point. It’s out of the question that we could see it by the end of this year, and fans will have to hope that Martin even manages to get it done by the end of the next one.
It’s going to be a tense wait over the next few months, that’s for sure, and fans of George R. R. Martin should arm themselves with a lot of patience.
It’s also guaranteed that we’re going to see multiple reports about the book, including many misleading ones, and fans should be wary of any information they see published online unless it comes from an official source. Now, more than ever, is a ripe opportunity for those who want to spread false rumors about “Winds of Winter”. Hopefully most fans of “A Song of Ice and Fire” will be sensible enough to avoid the obvious red herrings.