New Game of Thrones book will miss deadline
He began the saga of the Song of Ice and Fire series all the way back in 1991 with A Game of Thrones, with the first book published in 1996. A Clash of Kings debuted in 1998, with A Storm of Swords (2000), A Feast for Crows (2005) and A Dance of Dragons (2011) following at fairly regular intervals. If you consider six years regular...
Martin earned significant ire from his fans for the lengthy gaps between his last few releases, which had initially prompted him to be quite vocal about the future of the series, announcing the title of book six as The Winds of Winter and further confirming a seventh book to be called A Dream of Spring.