Martin, 71, wrote on his blog that his “enforced isolation” in his cabin has helped him write, and that he is “making steady progress” with the story. “I finished a new chapter yesterday Game Of Thrones is breathing fire down our necks with the final season just around the corner — but for fans who's been into A Song Of Ice And Fire long before the adaptation hit HBO, this is The mastermind behind Game of Thrones - George R.R. Martin - has promised fans he'll finish writing his famed book series. This news comes despite the fact that Martin had previously discussed his "struggle" to finish The Winds of Winter, the sixth novel in his A Song of Ice and Fire series. Clamoring fans were offered an olive branch of sorts George RR Martin has rebuffed the rumour that he has secretly finished the final two books in his Song of Ice and Fire series, after a Game of Thrones actor made the claim last month. "Anything is possible,” said the author when GeekWire asked what he thought about the show possibly finishing before the books in a recent Q&A at the Sasquan science fiction convention in Spokane, Washington. Martin acknowledged the show seems to be speeding through the story like "a jet locomotive," and though he used to worry about it 35. coleyham1295 • 2 yr. ago. The consensus that I think is the most likely outcome: Winds of Winter is released in the next few years. The last book is published posthumously after Martin passes away and another author uses his notes to try to finish the series. George R.R Martin will probably never finish Game of Thrones. He’s yet to finish the sixth of seven books and unfortunately with his age, I fully believe he won’t be able to finish the seventh book before he shuffles off this mortal coil. Archived post. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. Popular opinion. Game of Thrones actor Ian McElhinney, who played Barristan Selmy until 2015 on the hit HBO show, claims Martin has finished books six and seven after an eight year wait. Back when the show started jhq5.