Oathbringer, this year baby.
Oh, yeah. The Riverlands is a lot more complicated as well.
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No Winds of Winter in 2017. Most likely 2018.
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No shit it isn't in 2017, they'd have announced a release date like months ago if that were the case.
I'm not holding my breath for 2018 either.
I am so glad my friend got me into his books. I mean the dude is a writing machine. And he ended up starting a whole quadrology of books (Wax & Wayne) as an exercise/break from finishing up WoT!.
I'm not holding my breath for 2018 either.
I am so glad my friend got me into his books. I mean the dude is a writing machine. And he ended up starting a whole quadrology of books (Wax & Wayne) as an exercise/break from finishing up WoT!.
If that's the only possible thing you can possibly think to say, then yeah, sure, no threads would probably be preferable to what we get now. In a prefect world, we'd be talking about other stuff that does get announced, like this Fire and Blood or Book of Swords.
Granted, I don't think there's much to actually say, because...well, we don't have them yet and we don't know whats in them, and any speculation will just lead to theories which is more of a ASoIaF community thread sort of thing. But still, better that than what we get now.
That's pretty much where I'm at at this point. Until proven otherwise, I'm just going to assume Martin will pass on before he finishes A Dream of Spring. So I'll be looking to the show for closure.
Actually getting through the story is obviously hugely unappealing to him and he'll do whatever he can to avoid it.
elrechazado
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That's fair, but with the show just having its premier, and officially going into untouched territory, it's unavoidable I think.
People think he's going to get another one out after this.
Several plotlines aren't included in the show. And certain characters (Stannis in particular) aren't butchered to hell like they are in the show.
Basileus777
Member
Because he hates writing the main series but still has a passion for the series lore. He can write Targaryen dynastic histories just fine.
Is this really true? I mean I hear it everywhere and I know Martin has talked about this but I sometimes feel this is just something he says to fuck with fans at this point.
timetokill
Banned
No Winds of Winter in 2017. Most likely never.
I feel like he should have done it the Tolkien way instead. Do the 20 years of world building before writing the books, not during. Especially if he's going to devote so much time to it.
Psychoward
Banned
I just hope he has a dead man's switch for all the book plotlines if the worst case scenario happens
Tawney Bomb
Member
2018? idontbelieveyou.gif
Sweeney Tom
Banned
Nothing he could say would fuck with fans more than "I'm totally still working on TWOW and plan on finishing the series before I die"
He's legit about to start and finish a completely different book before he ever finishes WoW. Every rumor from his friends and associates about him hating writing the series at this point has a whole lot of evidence for it and none against it.
Yeah. I honestly think it was a massive mistake for GRRM to outline his plot to the showrunners, even if I think they're going to deliver an incredibly different version of the story to the audience.
Yeah, but see, that puts me in a conflicted position. I want to get hyped about Book of Swords and Fire and Blood. Book of Swords more for Scott Lynch, but I'm looking forward to hearing about Aegon and Maegor as well. The World of Ice and Fire gave a pretty cool summary of their conflict, even if I think that the "Historian talking about them lecture room style" is not as interesting as a full prose novel could be.
It's not the announcement that bothers me, it's the community culture. It becomes so ubiquitous that it's hard to even make other threads about stuff without this resentment sinking into it. So, I'd rather the community change a bit than ignore threads with things I'm a fan of.
A dead man's switch that does what? Burns everything? Because that's what I think he has. It certainly isn't a dump of all his notes ready to be handed to a different author, because he doesn't want someone else to finish it.
timetokill
Banned
He only likes writing the bad things that happen to his characters, and now we're at the point where something good has to happen and he can't stand it.
elrechazado
Banned
Asking millions of fans to stop wanting the books should be way easier than adjusting your choices. Good plan
Spyder_Monkey
Banned
Not even this decade. The show will come and go before TWoW is even out.
Man, I was one of those. Thought 2016 would be the worst case scenario.
"But there's no more Meereenese Knot!" they said. It'll take him less time now they said.
:/
He will let himself be cryogenically frozen, together with all his manuscripts until science finds a way to achieve effective immortality.
Psychoward
Banned
oh no
No I don't need or want someone else to finish it but yeah I would like to see outlines/notes of the final books
I'm 100% expecting after Winds drop to hear...
I couldn't wrap it up in one, so it will be split into two.
Astral Dog
Member
Im just waiting for the TV show
The real Dream of Spring.
"He's gonna start killing off some of the POVs, that'll speed things up too!"
Every time I see news about Winds of Winter I just remember a shitty animation a friend made/posted on facebook for friends with RR Martin and Patric Rothfuss very, very shittily photoshopped onto an Initial D clip with some eurobeat playing the background.
I don't know, I loved both series but I'm not really waiting for them anymore - I'm gonna enjoy them when they come out, don't get me wrong, but I'm not eagerly anticipating them anymore.
I don't know, I loved both series but I'm not really waiting for them anymore - I'm gonna enjoy them when they come out, don't get me wrong, but I'm not eagerly anticipating them anymore.
Not easier, but better. Besides, I'm not asking the community to stop wanting the books. The books are awesome, they should be wanted. I just want the community to stop whining about not having them.
You must be new to this whole fandom thing.
elrechazado
Banned
Good luck with that.
The Sum of Zero
Member
Alright, fuck it. I've waited long enough.
Time to binge watch the show. Stopped after Season 3 hoping TWOW would be out relatively soon, how naive of me.
Time to binge watch the show. Stopped after Season 3 hoping TWOW would be out relatively soon, how naive of me.
TimeEffect
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Dude in nearly 70. If it takes 8 years for WoW, and then another 4 or 5 for the next one, he'd be around 75.
And then if there's another, he'd be in his 80s.
No offences, but is he in good health? Doesn't he want to do other things with his life? What happens if he doesn't finish?
And then if there's another, he'd be in his 80s.
No offences, but is he in good health? Doesn't he want to do other things with his life? What happens if he doesn't finish?
Sanderson is not human. Like, granted his prose is not anything to write about--Emperor's Soul aside--but the sheer consistency he puts out is insane. There's steady improvements in every corner too, it's crazy.
Sweeney Tom
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People born the day the third book came out have been able to drive for a year
Straight Edge
Member
This is me. The show, for better or worse, has become the real ASOIAF for me.
