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82. The first book is A Game of Thrones

Mon Jun 3, 2013, 08:39 PM

Jun 2013

It came out in 1996, I think, and was Season 1 on HBO.

A Clash of Kings was 1998. That was covered in Season 2

A Storm of Swords came out in 2000, and the first part is Season 3, and the remainder will be Season 4.

A Feast for Crows came out in 2005 and A Dance with Dragons came out in 2011. Martin, a noted liberal, had trouble writing volumes 4 and 5 and ended up restarting book 4 and breaking it up into 2 concurrent parts - half was Feast and the second half was the first 2/3 of A Dance with Dragons.

Volume 6 will be The Winds of Winter and Volume 7 is A Dream of Spring.

Martin has said the ending will be bittersweet.

I just hope he writes books 6 and 7 at a pace that was closer to the first 3 books, as he's 63 or 64 and has had some health problems and is kind of heavyset.

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