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Fantasy author George R. R. Martin partially appeased fans who are ravenous for Book No. 6 in his "A Song of Ice and Fire" series by posting from his new novel on his website on Dec. 28.

The writer, who was recently , allowed six years to go by between the release of Book No. 4 and Book No. 5 in the "Song of Ice and Fire" series. Book No. 5, 鈥淎 Dance With Dragons,鈥� came out this past July and is still number 23 on the New York Times fiction bestseller list, with four of Martin's other books appearing on the paperback mass-market fiction list. Fans, who have been eager for more of the fictional land of Westeros, also depicted in an HBO series based on Martin鈥檚 books, have been frustrated by the fact that Martin has not yet committed to a release date for Book No. 6, which is titled 鈥淭he Winds of Winter.鈥� Martin has said the series will consist of seven books.

The excerpt of 鈥淭he Winds of Winter鈥� is more than 6,000 words long and consists of a section of the story from the viewpoint of Theon Greyjoy, the former ward of protagonist Eddard Stark. According to Martin鈥檚 , another new sample chapter from Book No. 6 will be included with the paperback version of 鈥淎 Dance with Dragons,鈥� scheduled to be released in July.

Martin said on his website that the sample chapter told from Theon鈥檚 point of view will be at the beginning of 鈥淭he Winds of Winter鈥� although the events it narrates take place before some of the events in 鈥淎 Dance with Dragons.鈥澛�

As of yet, there is no scheduled release date for 鈥淲inds.鈥�

Molly Driscoll is a Monitor contributor.

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