--- title: George R.R. Martin: Winds of Winter Release Date 2017 description: Game of Thrones fans may soon be able to get their hands on the sixth installment of George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series. canonical: https://time.com/4631350/george-r-r-martin-the-winds-of-winter-release/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-01-11T16:53:11.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:36.437Z og:title: George R.R. Martin: The Winds of Winter Will Maybe Be Out This Year og:description: "Not done yet, but I’ve made progress" og:url: https://time.com/4631350/george-r-r-martin-the-winds-of-winter-release/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfe7df794ef4916db/6988b51da988ca3f466ba9b5/george-rr-martin-winds-of-winter-release-date.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: HBO's "Game Of Thrones" Season 5 - San Francisco Premiere og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: George R.R. Martin: The Winds of Winter Will Maybe Be Out This Year twitter:description: "Not done yet, but I’ve made progress" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfe7df794ef4916db/6988b51da988ca3f466ba9b5/george-rr-martin-winds-of-winter-release-date.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # George R.R. 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Martin Writer/Co-Executive Producer attends HBO's 'Game Of Thrones' Season 5 San Francisco Premiere at San Francisco Opera House on March 23, 2015 in San Francisco, California. George R.R. Martin Writer/Co-Executive Producer attends HBO's 'Game Of Thrones' Season 5 San Francisco Premiere at San Francisco Opera House on March 23, 2015 in San Francisco, California.Steve Jennings/WireImage  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jan 11, 2017 4:53 PM UTC After nearly six years of waiting, [_Game of Thrones_](http://time.com/4429346/game-of-thrones-season-7-cast-news/)fans may soon be able to get their hands on the sixth installment of [George R.R. Martin’s](http://time.com/4618915/george-r-r-martin-celebrity-deaths-2016/) _A Song of Ice and Fire_ series, [_The Winds of Winter_](http://time.com/4591934/george-rr-martin-winds-of-winter/). Responding to a complaint on his most recent [Live Journal post](http://grrm.livejournal.com/515302.html) about the lengthy time gap between novels, the author explained that he is hoping to release the next installment this year. “Not done yet, but I’ve made progress,” he wrote. “But not as much as I hoped a year ago, when I thought to be done by now. I think it will be out this year. (But hey, I thought the same thing last year).” Luckily, at the very least, fans of Martin’s medieval fantasy world have the _Game of Thrones_ TV show too keep them entertained — the seventh season of which is set to premiere this summer. \[h/t [_The Huffington Post_](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/george-rr-martin-says-winds-of-winter-is-finally-coming-this-year%5Fus%5F58762c05e4b05b7a465c9ac0)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4631350/george-r-r-martin-the-winds-of-winter-release/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4631350/george-r-r-martin-the-winds-of-winter-release/"},"headline":"George R.R. 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