A Song of Ice and Fire comic book adaptation

[Albertosaurus Rex]

Hmm...I see on Pat's Fantasy Hotlist that they are also releasing a new HBO/TV tie-in edition of A Game of Thrones (I might add an image link for it in the covers thread and continue a cover art-specific discussion there?) so maybe the plan really is to generate even more interest in the GRRM name now, and the whole ASOIAF series, so sales for the next installment will sky-rocket to unheard of heights...? After all, it is to also be the last installment in the series isn't it? Please correct me if I'm wrong in that...I just thought I had read something somewhere that alluded to that?

Nope. Two more books are to follow after A Dance with Dragons, being The Winds of Winter and A Dream of Spring.

I'd guess that you've all seen this but I have just found it on Wikipedia:

Martin has been criticized by many fans for the long delay between books in the A Song of Ice and Fire series, most recently the many-year gap before the next volume, A Dance with Dragons, which has led the author to respond, accusing angry fans of unfairly demanding he devote all his time to the series.

I'm not sure how long ago this was added but what say all of you? Apologies if you have all discussed this on the ASOIAF thread...I try to avoid it!!

I'm sure the delay has its reasons. No author wants to miss his deadline, especially not by six years. Robin Hobb recently wrote how embarrased she was by missing her deadline by thirteen days.

Some people claim that GRRM's passion is gone. Maybe. I mean, he has been working on the series since 1996, so I imagine he must need a break sometimes. Maybe that's the reason for all those side projects, like Wild Cards and those anthologies. To keep himself sane. But Doorways just screams of milking the cash cow for all its worth. I read the script of the pilot episode in his Dreamsongs collection and it was good stuff. Basically Sliders with an added chase. But alternate universes are a common trope in SF, so why make a Doorways comic instead of an original work? To cash in on a famous name.

But back to ASOIAF, I do think it's fair to say that if you start a series, you are implicitly promising your readers that you will finish it. And if he doesn't die first, I'm sure he will. We can only wait and hope.

Yes, that was a reference to The Count of Monte Cristo!