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George R.R. Martin Has 48 Days of Freedom Left
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Bladed Thesis
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This guy writes so many fucking blog posts, if he just didn't write one blog a month, he'd easily have another 10,000 words for this book.
Let's face it, he isn't getting them done, he has no interest in getting the books done, he wants to spend his time and money enjoying life and will leave them to others when he dies ala Frank Herbert.
Let's face it, he isn't getting them done, he has no interest in getting the books done, he wants to spend his time and money enjoying life and will leave them to others when he dies ala Frank Herbert.
TheContact
Member
So GRMM writes his books on a DOS computer using WordStar. What's the likelihood he didn't back up his word star files and the thing crashed and that's why WoW hasn't come out yet? =\
GAMETA
Banned
I wouldn't mind if the said he doesn't feel like finishing it and is passing the continuation to someone else to finish based on his manuscripts and ideas...
The guy's old and he's now rich, and there must be lots of different stuff he's interested in doing other than finishing what at this point is basically pure pressure from a project he started 25 years ago. It's hard to be in that position, the load is too heavy.
I get it and I respect the guy, just say you won't finish it and end the suffering to both sides.
The guy's old and he's now rich, and there must be lots of different stuff he's interested in doing other than finishing what at this point is basically pure pressure from a project he started 25 years ago. It's hard to be in that position, the load is too heavy.
I get it and I respect the guy, just say you won't finish it and end the suffering to both sides.
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Deleted member 17706
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I'll be excited to read it if a release date ever gets announced, but I've made my peace and really don't care anymore. I think the HBO show shitting the bed made it a lot easier to just move on (although I do have hopes that the books, should they ever be completed, would wrap things up better).
TheMan
Member
exactly. HBO lifted ASOIAF up and then brought it crashing back down to earth.
BTW, are there still a bunch of spin offs in development?
Hans Bubby
Banned
Winds of Winter will come out but we all know there is no fucking chance A Dream of Spring is EVER coming out. I bet the dude has no desire to even start the last book.
Slings and Arrows
Banned
Just re-shoot season 8 of GoT for the love of all that is holy.
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Deleted member 1159
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I can’t believe DWD came out when I just started living with my now wife
Goro Majima
Kitty Genovese Member
HBO already kinda ruined this whole series for me.
He probably feels even worse about the whole thing than any fan. At this point if he just came out and admitted that his heart isn't really in it anymore I wouldn't blame him.
He probably feels even worse about the whole thing than any fan. At this point if he just came out and admitted that his heart isn't really in it anymore I wouldn't blame him.
EverythingsOverrated
Member
I've wanted to start reading the books but this is the main reason why I never did. I remember when the last book came out,I still hadn't gotten into the show. Dude I worked with was obsessed with the books and kept telling me that I need to read them.
I started watching during the next season, but it's been almost a decade since then and I'm feeling justified in my decision in not reading the books.
I started watching during the next season, but it's been almost a decade since then and I'm feeling justified in my decision in not reading the books.
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slade
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I read the books 2 decades ago before they became popular. Stopped at the 3rd book until the whole story was finished. Consequently, skipped books 4 and 5.
20 years later, the tv show was enough. The fantasy genre since those days has brought out works that have surpassed A Song of Ice and Fire.
20 years later, the tv show was enough. The fantasy genre since those days has brought out works that have surpassed A Song of Ice and Fire.
Stiflers Mom
Banned
If I were him, I'd say fuck you to writing those books.
The TV series trashed any good will towards it anyway, and in the end he would have spent the last years of his life writing something that he didn't want to and that will certainly be not what people expect.
The TV series trashed any good will towards it anyway, and in the end he would have spent the last years of his life writing something that he didn't want to and that will certainly be not what people expect.
O-N-E
Member
Please George..... please.
Any you can name?
The only things on par for me are Name of the Wind and Blood Song.
I really like the Cosmere works too (particularly Stormlight).
Any you can name?
The only things on par for me are Name of the Wind and Blood Song.
I really like the Cosmere works too (particularly Stormlight).
420bits
Member
Read the "GoT"-books ages ago and loved them, but after a few years of waiting for "the next one", I just gave up...
That was a few years ago and I doubt they will ever see the light of day, i'd say its a 30% chance the next book is coming out and about 0% that the book after that will come out. Just like the last book in the "name of the wind"-series.
Luckily, I found something way better and someone who doesn't seem to have any problem releasing books, Joe Abercrombie and the first law series (and the books in the same universe), they are soooooo good.
That was a few years ago and I doubt they will ever see the light of day, i'd say its a 30% chance the next book is coming out and about 0% that the book after that will come out. Just like the last book in the "name of the wind"-series.
Luckily, I found something way better and someone who doesn't seem to have any problem releasing books, Joe Abercrombie and the first law series (and the books in the same universe), they are soooooo good.
Pirog123
Banned
I'm very exited at the thought that Winds of Winter might be relased this year. I have read most books authored by GRRM, definitely all books set in ASOIAF universe, I read and watch blogs and podcast about it and I think GRRM wants to relase next books asap but he wants to deliver the best quality possible so he must wrap up all the threads - and it's a complicated structure, because every POV delivers a piece of puzzle of the overwhelming mysteries of this world - like what the core concept of Ice and Fire Song for instance is.
DKehoe
Member
The Foresaken is incredible. Quite possibly my favourite chapter of the series so far. If it's any indication of what's to come from The Winds of Winter then it should be something special.
DisguiseArrsick
Member
GRRM wrote that post in May 2019. Always promising next year it will be different. Now thanks to Covid-19 he has plenty of time to write it but Worldcon is a virtual event this year so no fear of his imprisonment. Words are wind. Winter has come and gone.
DKehoe
Member
People are still talking about it. So I don’t see how that’s the case. There’s new articles about it everyday with some click bait speculating about when Winds Of Winter might be coming out. That wouldn’t be happening if no one cared anymore.
Doom85
Member
Plot twist: he shows up with Winds of Winter ready, but he just had Stephen King write it.
Seriously, if I was King this is how I would talk to Martin:
King: So I make sure to write 1000 words every day.
Martin: But what if there's some mistakes, or things can be improved upon, or what about-
King: It's why it's called a first draft, George.
Martin: .....but what about-
King: IT'S A FIRST DRAFT, GEORGE!!!
But honestly, I just don't really care anymore. Even ignoring how the show went, you make me wait this long for a continuation of an incomplete story, I just move on to different things. I'm not saying I might not ever go back to it lord knows how many years from now, but it won't be any time soon even if books 6 and even 7 come out soon.
slade
Member
Of the top of my head:
The first five books of the Malazan series
The First Law series
The first two Acts of Caine novels
The Sarantium Mosaic
The Lightbringer series
The Dresden Files (if you like the urban fantasy stuff)
The Joe Ledger novels
Last two are just personal favorites. Guy Kay's stuff in particular, I always preferred to Martin's. Anyway, lots of stuff out there.
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triplestation
Member
that's a fun and creative way of saying it's finished
O-N-E
Member
Oh yuck. Not for me. Got a decent way into Tigana before I had to dump it due to its egregious breaking of the show-don't-tell rule.
Sakura Doritos
Member
Coldfire Trilogy by Friedman