Westeros is already freezing over.
Many fans, however, are starting to worry that Hell will also have a particularly cold snap before they ever see the long-awaited sixth book in the cycle.
George RR Martin has promised that one or possibly two Westeros works will hit bookshelves this year, although the spin off Targaryen history, Blood and Fire, is likely to be the first out of the gate.
A new post yeasterday shocked fans by claiming that advance copies were in circulation – and it was a day late to be an April Fool’s joke.
Reddit user JudasCrinitus posted: “The Winds of Winter is completed and I have a copy.”
The post also included a spoiler link to the cover art showing a redhead beauty with a handsome blond man against a snowy background, with dark woods and a tower in the background.
While some commentators were swift to rejoice at the union of ‘Sansa and Jaime’, others were flabbergasted at how short the book seemed.
Naturally, by now everyone had worked out that it was a good-natured jest and revelled in a chance to poke some affectionate fun at the long wait and dawdling author.
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The best comments include:
“Is that Jaime with Sansa!?!”
“That is Jaime and Melisandre about to get it on and create a shadow Barristan Selmy.”
“So Sansa finally gets her knight in shinning armour, and a dragon slaying one too!”
“Seriously George, that’s what you were working on for 7 years!?”
“He spent the last 4 years trimming it down. Some argue he may have trimmed too much.”
“He left out the food descriptions.”
“He spent so many years making us wait and yet it’s so short?? No wonder he used a pen name. Clearly ashamed. Digging the new art style though. Very classy.”
