New GRRM Update on ADWD

[No One]

That's a beautiful thing.

Thanks for sharing Wert.

[I, Brian]

I can say all the characters people have been waiting for are there: Daenerys, Jon Snow, and Tyrion. There’s also new characters, and viewpoints from characters who did not have viewpoints before.

Nngh!! Can't we just have the characters you set up in the first three books, George? That was *more* than enough!

[I, Brian]

And bets on for the publication date of the next book.

[Werthead]

Originally Posted by I, Brian

Nngh!! Can't we just have the characters you set up in the first three books, George? That was *more* than enough!

A lot of them aren't around any more

Plus these aren't new characters appearing out of the blue, they've either appeared or been mentioned a lot before.

[TK-421]

Those POV's that are recuring and are appearing in ADWD include:

Jon
Dany
Tyrion
Arya
Asha
Bran
Davos
Sansa
Cersei

Those new POV's are:

Varamyr Six Skins
Reek (well, he's not really new)
Melissandre
Quentyn
Surprise new POV nobody but GRRM knows about...

See here for speculation:
A Dance With Dragons: Speculation?

I vote for Shireen Baratheon as the surprise POV.

[The Imp]

Originally Posted by TK-421

Those POV's that are recuring and are appearing in ADWD include:

Jon
Dany
Tyrion
Arya
Asha
Bran
Davos
Sansa
Cersei

Those new POV's are:

Varamyr Six Skins
Reek (well, he's not really new)
Melissandre
Quentyn
Surprise new POV nobody but GRRM knows about...

See here for speculation:
A Dance With Dragons: Speculation?

I vote for Shireen Baratheon as the surprise POV.

I'd like to hear more about your Shireen "precition" I'm intrigued.

[Werthead]

Sansa isn't in ADWD any more. She had a chapter written but it was moved to Book 6.

My prediction for the new POV is Barristan Selmy.

[Ursa major]

So will it be another few years before we hear what word Brienne spoke?

[Werthead]

Originally Posted by Ursa major

So will it be another few years before we hear what word Brienne spoke?

I'm hoping not. GRRM said he wanted to wrap up the major cliffhangers from AFFC in ADWD. We know Cersei and Arya are in ADWD so that's two of the three big ones, but of course GRRM can't tell us if Brienne has a POV chapter or not since that automatically tells us what her fate is (whether she's dead or alive).

[Ursa major]

I understand the delicacy of the matter, Werthead.

In any case, we should know one way or the other (whether that cliffhanger is resolved, I mena, not how it is) within four months.

[Culhwch]

Does anyone really doubt that she is alive? What's the point of that cliffhanger ending if she died? The real cliffhanger is what the words are, and what her choice is, not whether she survived.

[Ursa major]

Yes of course Brienne is hanging in there....

[Culhwch]

Just so long as she hasn't been hung out to dry...

[viZion]

Maybe Brienne's cliffhanger is resolved in the new surprise POV. We don't need Brienne's POV to find out what she said and what happened to her. Who else was there watching the scene that could potentially be a POV?

[The Imp]

Originally Posted by viZion

Maybe Brienne's cliffhanger is resolved in the new surprise POV. We don't need Brienne's POV to find out what she said and what happened to her. Who else was there watching the scene that could potentially be a POV?

Wouldn't it be "delcious" if the new POV is the Un-Cat?