User blog comment:TheUnknown285/What Other Sci-Fi or Fantasy Do You Like?/@comment-2088100-20130220024355/@comment-4950455-20130220054453

Martin has said (or so I hear, anyway) that the series will ultimately have a "bittersweet" ending.

Although to be honest, the waiting time between books has virtually killed my interest in that series anyway - especially when they keep ending on cliffhangers. The TV adaption is much more satisfying in its time factor, although I'm wondering what they're going to do if they finish adapting Dragons and the sixth book still isn't out yet.