Now that Game of Thrones is over for good , the focal point is on when George R.R. Martin is finally rifle to completehis side of the story . Thanks to an airway ’s offer to fly Martin out so he can have some peace and quiet to finish The Winds of Winter , he ’s jokingly promised a deadline . If he does n’t fulfill it , New Zealand gets to arrest him .

Martin recentlybloggedabout a TV Air New Zealand relinquish , where they offered to fell him out to New Zealand for an epic workcation — give him the space and inspiration need to completeThe wind of Winter . Martin courteously declined , noting how he ’s been to New Zealand on multiple occasions , but added a suggestion that they extend the pass to Game of Thrones buff and up - and - coming writers who have less money than him .

However , there was one detail he included at the end of the stake . He ’s plan on returning to New Zealand in 2020 to service as Toastmaster for Worldcon ’s Hugo Awards — no date has been announced , but the result usually takes place in August . There , he promised he would finally have a make out edition of The Winds of Winter to present . If he does n’t , New Zealand has permission to quarantine him until it ’s finished :

George R.R. Martin at the 2018 Emmy Awards.

George R.R. Martin at the 2018 Emmy Awards.Photo: Getty Images

As for cease my volume … I fear that New Zealand would distract me entirely too much . sound leave behind me here in Westeros for the nonce . But I say you this — if I do n’t have The wind of Winter in hand when I arrive in New Zealand for Worldcon , you have here my formal write permission to imprison me in a minuscule cabin on White Island , overlooking that lake of sulfuric Elvis , until I ’m done . Just so long as the acrid smoke do not screw up my old DOS word processor , I ’ll be o.k. .

There you have it . Martin says we can at long last anticipate The wind of Winter to be out by August 2020 . That ’s in addition to all of his other projection , including the Game of Thronesprequel showhe ’s working on with Jane Goldman . If he does n’t present on this announced button date ( againoragainoragain ) , the multitude of New Zealand know what they have to do .

https://gizmodo.com/hbo-gives-official-updates-on-game-of-thrones-prequel-s-1834704884

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