George R R Martin developing multiple sequel projects to A Game of Thrones for HBO
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Miyazaki’s Slave
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No reason he should ever finish his story. Why paint yourself into a corner if people are just going to pay you for prequels and speculations.
IntentionalPun
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Nice. As someone who doesn't read fiction I love it lol
kruis
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In my dreams GRRM would have a car accident during a snow storm, then get rescued by his biggest fan and after his recovery he won't be able to return home but will be forced to finish "Winds of Winter" and "A Dream of Spring". If he doesn't cooperate, he will lose all access to live American Football broadcasts. Or he'd be hobbled. Whatever scares him most. Just force that fat fuck to finish the damn books.
DreamcastSkies
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Disappointing to see the show story continue while Winds continues to go unfinished.
Edit: I understand you can't force creativity and sometimes you're hit with inspiration and that produces good writing and other times you just aren't feeling producing certain material but the wait for Winds is getting crazy.
Edit: I understand you can't force creativity and sometimes you're hit with inspiration and that produces good writing and other times you just aren't feeling producing certain material but the wait for Winds is getting crazy.
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Wilhelm_85
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He was always more interested in writing for television than he was in writing books. Guess he just couldn't resist following his dreams when he got a big break.
DeepEnigma
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Starting to feel like the Star Citizen of writers.
March Climber
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I don't mind this, but his name is so big at this point that HBO should let him make a different fantasy property. It is extremely odd building a cinematic universe around a show that ended in a wet fart.
HBO should have just purchased the rights to an Elden Ring tv show.
kruis
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Every new GRRM project based on A Game of Thrones is a raised middle finger to his most loyal, most patient longtime fans. I read the first book of the series months before it was first published, I got the UK ARC (Advance Reader Copy) early for a book review and I absolutely loved that book. I think that particular edition must be very rare, I could only find one image of it on Google Images.
My 1st print US HC of "A Game of Thrones" is still unread and pristine for that reason. It's been almost 30 years since I read the first book in the series and I'm getting really tired of GRRM's endless procrastination. I of course realize that GRRM will never finish the series, but it's still galling to hear about other projects he's working on when he could have worked on ADwD instead.
Paltheos
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We've had progress reports for years. None of it matters because we don't know how much of what he's written is finalized.
A normal person you would give the benefit of the doubt on a figure like that, but it's been 15 years. George has long since run out of rope. The story's not real until it's with the publisher.
IDKFA
I am Become Bilbo Baggins
Lol. Dance is easily the weakest book, but to be fair his writing has always been inconsistent. You get some amazing, epic, beautiful passages, but then get some bizarre stuff that reads like it was dreamed up by a teenager.
For example, I don't have my copy of Clash of Kings to hand and I'm not searching online for it, but there is a bit in that book when Theon is travelling back to the Iron Islands and he's getting a blow job on the ship. George goes to great length to tell us how the girl sucking Theon's cock thinks his cum tastes like the sea.
I'm also pretty sure this is the same book where Daenerys can't sleep, so her handmaid just randomly eats her out. Completely out of the blue and it's never mentioned again.
PrefectAboro
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What George R.R. Martin suffers from is what every single modern person on this planet is suffering from as well.
Our focus is divided.
Just this morning I had my pre-workout drink with caffeine/supplements to get my kettlebell swings in. I freakin ended up making a watchlist on letterboxd while I listened to a youtube video audio playing in another tab.
If there's one thing that's helping me a bit is the POMODORO technique. 25 minute timer counts down as you FOCUS ON ONE TASK AT HAND. Timer dings....5 minute break. Rinse and repeat for as much as you like.
I suggest Martin's wife should get him one this Christmas. Write for 25 minutes every day George. That's it!
Our focus is divided.
Just this morning I had my pre-workout drink with caffeine/supplements to get my kettlebell swings in. I freakin ended up making a watchlist on letterboxd while I listened to a youtube video audio playing in another tab.
If there's one thing that's helping me a bit is the POMODORO technique. 25 minute timer counts down as you FOCUS ON ONE TASK AT HAND. Timer dings....5 minute break. Rinse and repeat for as much as you like.
I suggest Martin's wife should get him one this Christmas. Write for 25 minutes every day George. That's it!
Avid Reading Horse
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Star Citizen actually makes a little bit of progress here and there. GRRM should just upload the unfinished manuscript and any time he changes or adds to it, upload a 'patch' just as proof of life.