You did too much math. Come back. All they're saying is that if he's estimating 500 pages left, then that's half the size of his last book, which was the longest book in the series. It doesn't sound good.
i’ve had the dunk and egg collection for a bit now but only just finally cracked it and read the first story this week. fucking loved it. i was legitimately moved at times and the climax was thrilling. good to be back in this world again under martin’s words
once you’re done reading them all, the audiobook is worth it too. Harry Lloyd (Viserys in GOT) is the narrator and does a good job with it out of the three I think one is my favorite but I’m a sucker for “origin stories”. 2 and 3 are both also very good
Even if he finishes this book, which he won't, but if he did, he still has at least one more book to go.
Why doesn't he just split the book in half? Honestly it feels like he has lost any ambition. If he wanted to finish the book in 11 years then he would have.