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Originally Posted by Flabbibulin
I don't think it will be too relevant to House of the Dragon, but I'd say it is 50/50 that it will ever come out. Same for Patrick Rothfuss and the third book of his Kingkiller trilogy- which is kind of a similar situation. Last book in both series came out in 2011 and fans are completely fed up with the delays. The cynical side of me is speculating that it is hard to put in the time and effort needed for these kinds of novels when you now have so much success, fame, and opportunities elsewhere (for easier work).
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I'll put money down on it being finished posthumously.
Only when his drafts and scribblings arounds the book conclusion come into the possession of someone else will the thing finally be finished.
Beyond the fame and easier work thing, it feels like grrm weaved too complex of a web in that series to figure out a neat ending that redeems the show ending and he probably just grew beyond it. It's like anything that we started and only half finished 1-2 decades ago and try to revisit, but we can't recapture whatever vision we had for it at the time.