No. Sorry. Not done yet.
I'm close, though. Watch this space. When the book is done, you will read it here.
original cover 2006
Meanwhile... there is news. Big news. The end is in sight, at long long last, and we're close enough so that my editors and publishers at Bantam Spectra have set an actual publication date.
revised cover 2007
A DANCE WITH DRAGONS will be in your favorite bookstore on
TUESDAY, JULY 12, 2011
new cover 2009
Yes, I know. You've all seen publication dates before: dates in 2007, 2008, 2009. None of those were ever hard dates, however. Most of them... well, call it wishful thinking, boundless optimism, cockeyed dreams, honest mistakes, whatever you like.
This date is different. This date is real.
Barring tsunamis, general strikes, world wars, or asteroid strikes, you will have the novel in your hands on July 12. I hope you like it.
((For what it's worth, the book's a monster. Think A STORM OF SWORDS))
final cover? 2011
The dragons are coming. Prepare to dance.
And hey... thanks for waiting.
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I was going to study tonight! Study, I tell you! And now I won't be able to do anything but bounce around like a happy little fangirl and smile, smile, smile, smile, smile, smile, smile...
Damn you!
When is the audiobook coming? And will it be the same reader as the others?
// Cheers from an audiobookaholic
Kidding! I started the series as soon as Book One was out in that pretty tinfoil dustjacket: September, '96. Hope you come back to Calgary, George! Congrats on the nuptials and getting this one (almost) delivered!
Back in the emails we exchanged years ago, I told you not to worry about people complaining about the length of writing time and to just keep the quality up to your usual standard. I didn't expect this one to take *quite* this long :), but I'm glad I said what I said and I still stand by it. I can't wait to read DANCE, and I am absolutely certain it will have been worth the wait!
Thank you so much for all your hard work!
Oh, and if you go on a book signing tour I hope you'll come to Dallas! :)
/ Cody
Kidding... I just hope that you will NOT keep us waiting this long for the next one...
As I just finished re-reading Harry Potter books (hardcovers during morning and evening comute) I think I will re-read your series againe... for the fifteenth time If my memory serves me... No other author except Terry Pratchet can make me re-read the same books so many times.... Allthough, I think I will schedule my summer vacation for this release...