If you’re a Game of Thrones fan, there’s a good chance your timeline got hijacked this weekend by yet another The Winds of Winter rumor. That’s kind of the cycle at this point: a supposed leak pops up, fans try not to get their hopes up, and then the whole thing starts spreading anyway. This time, the chatter centered on a claim that George R.R. Martin’s long-delayed sixth A Song of Ice and Fire novel was secretly set for a 2026 release. It got enough traction online that people started wondering whether this was finally the real thing. It wasn’t.
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