If you pre-ordered a Dance with Dragons like me, you might also be waiting for it to be delivered. While you internally debate the value of thriftiness in pre-ordering it (48% off!) versus more immediate gratification, you can instead read this spolier-free Q&A interview with George R.R. Martin about the book and the rest his series, A Song of Ice & Fire.

The aspects of Martin\'s work that have endeared him to fans are abundant here---rich world building, narrative twists and turns, and gritty depictions of the human struggle for power. Characters who were sorely missed in Feast---Daenerys Targaryen, Tyrion Lannister, and Jon Snow---make up more than a third of the novel, and Martin is wise enough to give us at least a chapter from (almost) everyone else.

George R.R. Martin on Sex, Fantasy, and \'A Dance With Dragons\' - Rachael Brown - Entertainment - The Atlantic