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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you are the teller of a story that's real
the bard of the unheard song of the heart
the juggler of Fates
the wind on the sea
and the dragon beneath...
but really what I wanted to say is:
thank You...
thanks for writing!
I have to confess to being a new reader -- I started book one in January and finished book two in February and am about to start book 3, so by July I'll definitely be ready for book 5. But what's ALSO nice about having the next book to read is ... all of the fans who find out I'm reading the series won't have to purse their lips and say, "I'm sorry ... you'll be waiting a long time for the next one."
That said, I'm sure after DWD I'll be in the same cauldron as everyone else. Keep the water hot, folks.
Thanks for all your hard work and perseverance. I'm sure you could have hacked it out sooner -- if only you didn't care about how it came out. Thank you for caring! :)
Thanks for all your hard work, George. I'm sure DANCE will be just as amazing as the rest of the series.
I'm excited!
Thank you, George!!
Between you and Jim Butcher, I'm going to have a happy reading July!
Make it happen
we so hope there would be no tsunami or flu.
Would there be a world tour? When will we hear about translations into other languages?
Second--I really wish the covers would stop changing. I bought the books over when the covers changed the first time, just so my set would match. Now they won't match again? Not cool.
Time to reread them all.
Thanks! :)
I look forward to a release and am gonna have to start piling through the books again ^o^
Thanks for creating a world that is so vibrant and alive for we readers, and thanks for sticking with it through the difficult parts.