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George RR Martin has already revealed the extreme measures he will allow fans to take if he hasn’t finished his next Game of Thrones novel The Winds of Winter by next year, but it looks like he might have to rethink that.
Instead of chaining himself to his desk to meet his self-set deadline, he’s dived into another project.
According to Deadline, he has been named the Chief World Builder for Meow Wolf, an immersive entertainment company that aims to transport audiences to fantastic realms.
He’s has been linked with the group for over a decade, after he helped secure the building that would be converted into its mysterious House of Eternal Return attraction in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
“From the very beginning, the Meow Wolf team captured my curiosity,” Martin said.
“They really sparked my interest and their vision pushed all my buttons – a sci-fi world spanning multiple universes – they delivered something we’ve never seen before. I look forward to continuing to grow the Meow Wolf storyworld for years to come.”
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The upcoming novel from the A Song of Fire and Ice series has been promised for what feels like forever, but the novelist recently insisted he’ll have it finished before the World Science Fiction Convention, which will take place on July 29 next year in New Zealand.
“I tell you this,” he wrote on his blog. “If I don’t have The Winds of Winter in hand when I arrive in New Zealand for worldcon, you have here my formal written permission to imprison me in a small cabin on White Island, overlooking that lake of sulfuric acid, until I’m done.”
We’re holding him to this promise.
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