George R. R. Martin procastinates writing The Winds of Winter in new Simpsons gag

A long wait!

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The delay has become a meme at this point and was the subject of a gag in this week’s episode of The Simpsons.

GRRM is busy watching YouTube

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400-500 pages remaining!

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