'Winds of Winter' Release Date: Author Talks Series Ending, George RR Martin Says It Will Be 'Bittersweet' [Details]

Everyone is eyeing for the sixth installment of the popular book series "A Song of Ice and Fire." Since the celebrity author George RR Martin hinted that it will be out before the next season of "Game of Thrones," many are looking forward that the anticipated book, "Winds of Winter," will be released by March. However, with the 66-year-old author continuously teasing his audience about its release, many believe that the book is already done and are hoping that it will be released by the end of the year.

In an earlier report from Parent Herald, Martin is reminding a crowd in New York that "winter is coming", which might suggest that the release date of "Winds of Winter" could be near. However, despite the flooding speculations about the book on the internet, its release date is still unannounced.

According to International Business Times, HBO has already revealed spoilers of the upcoming book and fans weren't happy that they took their disappointments to Martin's blog.

"I cannot control what anyone else says or does, or make them stop saying or doing it, be it on the fannish or professional fronts," Martin wrote in his blog as a response. "What I can control is what happens in my books, so I am going to return to that chapter I've been writing on THE WINDS OF WINTER now, thank you very much."

In a separate report from International Business Times, with five books already published, there are still two more books to go. However, "Winds of Winter" will soon be released and that would mean that the popular novel series is left with one book, which means that the audience will soon witness how things would end in Westeros. This gives Martin a reason to talk about the series' ending.

"I haven't written the ending yet, so I don't know, but no. That's certainly not my intent. I've said before that the tone of the ending that I'm going for is bittersweet. I mean, it's no secret that Tolkien has been a huge influence on me, and I love the way he ended Lord of the Rings. It ends with victory, but it's a bittersweet victory," Martin told Observer when asked how he would supposedly end his series novel, which was the inspiration of HBO's hit series "Game of Thrones."

George shared how he appreciates the brilliance of Tolkien's work. He admitted that when he was 13, he finds it difficult to understand how the segments work, but now as he reads it, it becomes more clear to him. He wanted to pursue the same tone in his work and would leave the people to decide if he is successful on his pursuit or not.