Based on anecdotal evidence, complaints about the genre being “pure escapism”, “childish” and “uninteresting” are common. There are also reviews which accuse fantasy literature of being “formulaic”, “out of touch” and even “outdated”.
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There are two more novels being written in the ASOIAF, the first is The Winds of Winter, which George has said he is writing while in coronavirus lockdown, while the second is A Dream of Spring, which has no specified release date.
In a recent post on his website Not A Blog, George suggested 2021 will see him potentially finish the novel, maybe leading to a late 2021 release date.
He said on February 2, 2021: “I wrote hundreds and hundreds of pages of The Winds of Winter in 2020.
“The best year I’ve had on WOW since I began it. Why? I don’t know.
WINDS OF WINTER has been set to be released ‘imminently for quite some time, but is it actually the case that George RR Martin is struggling to finish the book?