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No Winds of Winter in 2017. Most likely 2018.
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He'll still be typing with one finger, sooo~~oo...
AntraxSuicide
Banned
I think the best comparison will be Fullmetal Alchemist and the differences between the manga and the first anime. I think GoT will end up with a mostly separate ending than what ASoIaF finishes with. There are tons of differences already, and quite a few of them seem important enough to change various endings.
Yeah, I've seen most of the show, and it made me retroactively hate Jon and Dany. The former because Kit is an awful actor, the latter because the show gets Dany's character completely wrong (she's portrayed as a lovable princess out to help people when in the books she's a raging noble who punishes disrespect like a dictator while ruling like a hypocrite; in the books, she's only just now maybe figuring out how shitty she is).
does he really type with one finger?
elrechazado
Banned
Two I believe. He's stated many times that he can't type - it's all finger hunt and peck.
Lord of Castamere
Member
He has enough money for a person to dictate. He could chill in a recliner by the fire and speak his book.
Yeah but then he recites every word one letter at a time. W... I.... N.... T.... E... R...
PHOENIXZERO
Member
George doesn't take notes, his lack of physical note taking and outlining is one of the reasons why the series is in this mess.
I'm pretty sure he's got it in writing at this point that the series won't continue without him.
Barrylocke
Member
Seriously. He's been typing this way for decades and was able to knock out CoK in 2.5 years and SoS in 1.5 years. It may be a bit faster if he were more efficient, but I think we'd still be where we are today if that were so.
Martin is a great storyteller, but as a professional writer he has virtually every single bad habit you can have, as bad as you could possibly have it. He's also in denial about his faults and super stubborn and constantly doubles down ("I finally figured out my problem! All downhill from here!" *another 4 years passes with the least amount of progress yet*
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Idk though, it sucks but I also find myself more in the "he doesn't really owe us anything" camp. Not angry, just.....disappointed. I think following the saga of his inability to publish these novels is really interesting and often funny in and of itself, lol. If the damn book EVER comes out it will be like the end of an era. A milestone event in human history.
I really do want to read the damn book though, especially as someone who once considered the show to be a fantastic adaptation but has completely soured on it (since it diverged from and past the books
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Idk though, it sucks but I also find myself more in the "he doesn't really owe us anything" camp. Not angry, just.....disappointed. I think following the saga of his inability to publish these novels is really interesting and often funny in and of itself, lol. If the damn book EVER comes out it will be like the end of an era. A milestone event in human history.
I really do want to read the damn book though, especially as someone who once considered the show to be a fantastic adaptation but has completely soured on it (since it diverged from and past the books
Chuckie
Member
I'm starting to fear I'll be dead before the last one comes out (I'm 40)
