Game Of Thrones author George R.R. Martin is planning to finish his latest A Song Of Ice And Fire novel by next year.Fans of his books, and the hit HBO fantasy series based on them, have long been kept waiting for new installments, with the last, A Dance with Dragons, coming out in 2011 as the first season of the TV show aired.However, in an update published on his blog, the 71-year-old novelist told fans the Covid-19 pandemic means he is making swift progress on the next book, The Winds of Winter, and plans to have it “done” in time for a trip to Wellington, New Zealand “next year.”He wrote that he is working on the novel in “an actual cabin in the mountains” and is staying healthy by self-isolating during the coronavirus crisis.Updating