Changes: The Winds of Winter

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The Winds of Winter is the sixth of seven planned novels in the epic fantasy series, A Song of Ice and Fire by American author George R.R. Martin.

The fifth book in the series, A Dance with Dragons, was released July 12, 2011, and Martin has confirmed that some chapters initially intended to be included in Dance have been moved to The Winds of Winter. He plans to re-unify all of the major POV characters in this book, rather than splitting them by location as was done with the fourth and fifth books in the series.

Viewpoint characters

1 chapter confirmed: Aeron Greyjoy.
2 chapters confirmed: Cersei Lannister.
1 chapter confirmed: Sansa Stark.
1 chapter confirmed: Arya Stark.
2 chapters confirmed: Arianne Martell.
1 chapter confirmed: Theon Greyjoy.
2 chapters confirmed: Barristan Selmy.
2 chapters confirmed: Tyrion Lannister.
1 chapter confirmed: Victarion Greyjoy.

Progress

According to George R.R. Martin, roughly 200 manuscript pages of material were moved from A Dance with Dragons into The Winds of Winter for space reasons. He envisages the novel coming in at over 1,500 manuscript pages in length, similar to A Storm of Swords and A Dance with Dragons. He has released several teaser chapters on his website and read out other preview chapters at conventions and appearances. He does not envisage finishing the novel before 2016 at the very earliest.

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+}}''The Winds of Winter'' is the sixth of seven planned novels in the epic fantasy series, '''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]''' by American author [[George R.R. Martin]].
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+The fifth book in the series, ''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'', was released July 12, 2011, and Martin has confirmed that some chapters initially intended to be included in ''Dance'' have been moved to ''The Winds of Winter''. He plans to re-unify all of the major [[POV character]]s in this book, rather than splitting them by location as was done with the fourth and fifth books in the series.
-''The Winds of Winter'' is the sixth of seven planned novels in the epic fantasy series, '''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]''' by American author [[George R.R. Martin]]. It is currently planned to be the penultimate book of the series.
-The fifth book in the series, ''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'', will be released July 12, 2011, and Martin has confirmed that some chapters innitially intended to be included in ''Dance'' have been moved to ''The Winds of Winter''. He plans to re-unify all of the major [[POV character]]s in this book, rather than splitting them by location as was done with the fourth and fifth books in the series.
-GRRM has also said that he has written several chapters for [[Cersei Lannister]] which are intended for the sixth book, but could be moved up to the fifth depending on editorial decisions.
 ==Viewpoint characters==
+*1 chapter confirmed: [[Aeron Greyjoy]].
+*2 chapters confirmed: [[Cersei Lannister]].
 *1 chapter confirmed: [[Sansa Stark]].
 *1 chapter confirmed: [[Arya Stark]].
-*2 chapters confirmed: [[Cersei Lannister]].
+*2 chapters confirmed: [[Arianne Martell]].
+*1 chapter confirmed: [[Theon Greyjoy]].
+*2 chapters confirmed: [[Barristan Selmy]].
+*2 chapters confirmed: [[Tyrion Lannister]].
+*1 chapter confirmed: [[Victarion Greyjoy]].
+==Progress==
+According to George R.R. Martin, roughly 200 manuscript pages of material were moved from ''A Dance with Dragons'' into ''The Winds of Winter'' for space reasons. He envisages the novel coming in at over 1,500 manuscript pages in length, similar to ''[[A Storm of Swords]]'' and ''A Dance with Dragons''. He has released several teaser chapters on his website and read out other preview chapters at conventions and appearances. He does not envisage finishing the novel before 2016 at the very earliest.
 [[Category:Books]]
+[[Category:Novels]]