{"id":8124,"date":"2015-01-30T17:57:53","date_gmt":"2015-01-30T22:57:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ezrasf.com\/wplog\/?p=8124"},"modified":"2015-01-30T17:03:03","modified_gmt":"2015-01-30T22:03:03","slug":"updated-got-timeline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ezrasf.com\/wplog\/2015\/01\/30\/updated-got-timeline\/","title":{"rendered":"Updated GoT Timeline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A friend posted about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.esquire.com\/blogs\/culture\/winds-of-winter-release\"><em>Winds of Winter<\/em> not coming in 2015<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Back in 2011, I posted about George R. R. Martin and the question &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ezrasf.com\/wplog\/2011\/01\/13\/timeline\/\">whether GRRM\u00c2\u00a0has the time to finish the books before the HBO TV series catches up to him<\/a>.&#8221; He had estimated the TV series will take multiple seasons for some books. Let&#8217;s compare his prediction with the reality so far.<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Book<\/th>\n<th>Between Publishing<\/th>\n<th>TV ETA<\/th>\n<th>TV Real<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>One (<em>Game of Thrones<\/em>)<\/td>\n<td>N\/A<\/td>\n<td>2011<\/td>\n<td>2011<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Two (<em>Clash of Kings<\/em>)<\/td>\n<td>2 years<\/td>\n<td>2012<\/td>\n<td>2012<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Three (<em>Storm of Swords<\/em>)<\/td>\n<td>2 years<\/td>\n<td>2013 \/ 2014<\/td>\n<td>2013 \/ 2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Four (<em>Feast for Crows<\/em>) and<br \/>\nFive (<em>Dance With Dragons<\/em>)<\/td>\n<td>11 years<\/td>\n<td>2015 \/ 2016<br \/>\n(\/ maybe 2017)<\/td>\n<td>2015<br \/>\n(rest not yet announced)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>That looks pretty spot on through 2015. Season four starts April 12rh.\u00c2\u00a0Based on\u00c2\u00a0the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/2015\/01\/game-of-thrones-season-5-trailer\">leaked GoT trailer<\/a>, they do recombine books 4 and 5. Combined they are a monstrous almost 2k pages.\u00c2\u00a0GRRM also claimed 2-3 seasons for the recombined Feast and Dance books. Three seems more likely given the 1200 page Storm took two, 1800 page Feast\/Dance should be about three.<\/p>\n<p>Ideally Winds would come out well prior to the HBO season covering it, giving us a chance to read it first. So ideally 2016 but it could be 2018 or later. \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A friend posted about Winds of Winter not coming in 2015. Back in 2011, I posted about George R. R. Martin and the question &#8220;whether GRRM\u00c2\u00a0has the time to finish the books before the HBO TV series catches up to him.&#8221; He had estimated the TV series will take multiple seasons for some books. 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