At this point, Game of Thrones fans have been waiting longer for Winds of Winter for longer than Daenerys has waited for the Iron Throne.
To be fair to George, it must be hard to sit down to finish a book when HBO are constantly showering you with TV rights money. By this point he must have a Red Keep stacked with hunnids.
But alas there is some progress on the book, finally. The author posted the chapter to his blog Tuesday. The passage follows Arianne Martell as she travels on behalf of her father, Prince Doran Martell of Dorne.
Courtesy of Mashable, here is some of the passage:
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"Look how the stone's been shaped," he said. "Those columns, and the wall there. See them?"
"Faces," said Arianne. So many sad eyes, staring.
"This place belonged to the children of the forest."
"A thousand years ago."
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Fans of the TV show won't get too much new information from the chapter as it focuses on characters the showrunners have killed off. In the books though, Prince Doran is alive and well (thankfully), though he was killed by the Sand Snakes in the show's sixth season, which was a waste of a terrific cast member.
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There are however, a few mentions of Dany in the chapter:
"Daenerys Targaryen is of our blood as well. Daughter of King Aerys, Rhaegar's sister. And she has dragons, or so the tales would have us believe." Fire and blood. "Where is she?"
"Half a world away on Slaver's Bay," said Lysono Maar. "As for these purported dragons, I have not seen them. In cyvasse, it is true, the dragon is mightier than the elephant. On the battlefield, give me elephants I can see and touch and send against my foes, not dragons made of words and wishes."
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Martin was quick to explain on his LiveJournal that he has read moments from this chapter at various conventions over the years.
Oh and don't get too excited, he also stressed that he wanted to "spike any bullshit rumors" about Winds of Winter being finished. It still isn't.
Words by Matthew Cooper
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