You can file this one under both internet hoax and “no duh.” A tweet claiming to have insider information regarding the release date of George R.R. Martin’s The Winds of Winter has turned out to be pure fantasy—just like Martin’s Westeros-based tale of zombies and dragons, though we sure do hope the book arrives one of these days. Entertainment Weekly reached out to Bantam Books as the viral tweet gained momentum and got this very direct response: “The online chatter you are seeing regarding a supposed leak is false.” You can understand why someone would want to make up a fake story about The Winds of Winter: it’s become one of the most anticipated book releases ever, a distinction that only grows as the months and years pass without its arrival. Martin’s previous release in his series, A Dance With Dragons, hit shelves all the way back in 2011—the same year Game of Thrones debuted on HBO and brought the author’s creation to an exponentially larger audience. The show ran for eight seasons and famously overtook the events chronicled in Martin’s books, and fans have long hoped The Winds of Winter might help soothe the frustration over some of Game of Thrones‘ later-season story choic
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A Song of Ice and Fire publisher Bantam Books has stepped in to debunk claims that George R.R. Martin was ready to release the long-awaited The Winds of Winter. Game of Thrones readers sounded the alarm over the weekend after an anonymous…
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A Song of Ice and Fire publisher Bantam Books has stepped in to debunk claims that George R.R. Martin was ready to release the long-awaited The Winds of Winter. Game of Thrones readers sounded the alarm over the weekend…
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A Song of Ice and Fire publisher Bantam Books has stepped in to debunk claims that George R.R. Martin was ready to release the long-awaited The Winds of Winter. Game of Thrones readers sounded the alarm over the weekend after an anonymous…
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