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George R R Martin is typing

Martin, who is 71 and lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, has for years blown past deadlines to deliver the final manuscript for The Winds of Winter, the sixth book in the series.

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4 min read Last Updated : Jun 26 2020 | 11:42 PM IST

Winter may finally be on its way to Westeros. Eventually. Or not.

But all that fans of A Song of Ice and Fire, the sweeping fantasy series that led to the HBO hit show Game of Thrones, have to go on is the word of George R R Martin, its creator.

Martin, who is 71 and lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, has for years blown past deadlines to deliver the final manuscript for The Winds of Winter, the sixth book in the series, which began publishing in 1996. On Wednesday, he tweeted that “the enforced isolation” of life during

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