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Tomorrow George RR Martin goes to prison
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Halo is Back
Member
I think his jimmies are rustled
MudoSkills
Volcano High Alumnus (Cum Laude)
I can't believe that even a global pandemic couldn't get him to sit down and write.
Halo is Back
Member
Im pretty damn sure he is just not interested in GOT anymore
teezzy
Banned
LisaMariaMartin
Banned
lol he don't care. He is beyond rich now.
Creative work is draining. Put in rabid fans and constant tours and conventions and it's gonna wear you down. It's been 10 years.
He probably said fuck it a looong time ago.
Creative work is draining. Put in rabid fans and constant tours and conventions and it's gonna wear you down. It's been 10 years.
He probably said fuck it a looong time ago.
West Texas CEO
GAF's Nicest Lunch Thief and Nosiest Dildo Archeologist
I welcome him to the club.
OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
I figured he was going to prison for something else. Dude always struck me as weird.
DKehoe
Gold Member
Why not? It's his story to tell and someone else handled it badly.
Spaceman292
Banned
Does anyone in the world actually care any more? Interest went from 200 to 0 in space of three weeks about a year ago.
Coolwhhip
Neophyte
Because anyone that will buy the books will have seen the show. You can't just forget it and happily accept a different ending, if there even is one.
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SLoWMoTIoN
Unconfirmed Member
dragon dicks?
MudoSkills
Volcano High Alumnus (Cum Laude)
I'm still interested in reading the books to see the story done right. It's just that either me or GRRM is gonna die before the next one gets published.
It isn't even the final book.
It isn't even the final book.
DKehoe
Gold Member
It appears like there's still plenty of interest in the book coming out. There's seemingly articles published every day providing "updates" on the release date. Also, although I think the broad strokes of the ending will be similar I think how it plays out and is built up to will be different. There's plenty of elements in the books that aren't in the show like Aegon VI being in it, Willas and Garlan Tyrell will apparently have important roles to play and Euron actually being a significant character. Dany's Mad Queen turn has also been built up a lot better in the books than it was in the show (which is to say it's actually been built up). Also this is the biggest work of Martin's career, you'd think on some level he's thinking of his audience years from now who won't have seen the show not just the people around now.
Personally I'm not that bothered when the book comes out. Soon would be great but however long it takes is however long it takes. It's not like there's a shortage of books for me to read.
-Minsc-
Member
Still waiting on that one. It was the first fiction novel series I bought into since graduating high school in 2000. Would at least like to finish the story. I suppose there's a lesson here. Only buy completed series.
teezzy
Banned
Likewise. Unfortunately:
Patrick Rothfuss's editor confirms she is yet to read a single word of THE DOORS OF STONE
In somewhat surprising news, Patrick Rothfuss's editor Betsy Wollheim has reported that she is yet to read any material from his next novel...
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ToughestSoul
Member
Lock him up!
Kadayi
Banned
If he spent less time getting his ego stroked at conventions and quit getting distracted by sidecar projects he wouldn't ended up where he did. Fat cunt had about an 8 year lead on the show (including pre-production) to pull his finger out and get the books written, but no instead he'd rather fuck about doing anything but and then after his yearly Christmas Mea Culpa to book readers as to why things weren't progressing faster, would then use their forgiveness as a license to ill for another year. Rinse repeat. If he's put the work in, the Show runners would have had some actual material to work off of in the last few seasons versus his outline.
BaneIsPain
Member
ahh, excellent. Please lock him up. I’ve been graduated, get a job and married while waiting for The Wind of Winter.
GAMETA
Banned
The old man's a perfectionist, even the smallest uncertainties can lead to procrastination and he's probably in constant stress any time the thinks to write the book...
I think it's the same with Kentaro Miura.
I don't blame him. He's old and finally rich, should enjoy the time he has left instead of feeling the stress of creative uncertainty.
Procrastination guilt is a bitch, in his situation it's better I'd say "fuck it" too.
I think it's the same with Kentaro Miura.
I don't blame him. He's old and finally rich, should enjoy the time he has left instead of feeling the stress of creative uncertainty.
Procrastination guilt is a bitch, in his situation it's better I'd say "fuck it" too.
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jts
...hate me...
Just like everyone else after the series finale.
iconmaster
Banned
This is my concern. FROM has shackled themselves to this guy -- is Elden Ring going to be dragged to development hell through his faineance?
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Deleted member 17706
Unconfirmed Member
Likewise. Unfortunately:
Patrick Rothfuss's editor confirms she is yet to read a single word of THE DOORS OF STONE
In somewhat surprising news, Patrick Rothfuss's editor Betsy Wollheim has reported that she is yet to read any material from his next novel...
I'm increasingly of the mind that The Name of the Wind was a fluke. The Wise Man's Fear was just a cringey disaster.
LaughingStock
Member
Do you guys still care? I sure don't. Season 8 completely destroyed my interest in anything GoT related.
Mossybrew
Banned
Yup. I remember the latest book just being a slog to get through. I loved these books back in the day, but like you say, that was a long time ago and I've moved on. The show wrapped it up for me for better or worse and I have zero interest in further books in this series.
Hah, I don't think a second book in a series has ever completely killed my interest as much as this turd did.
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Kadayi
Banned
Add me to the club that didn't care for Books 4 & 5. I'm not entirely sure what prompted Martin to go OTT on character viewpoints but it really sucked the life out of any momentum as far as I could tell. Honesty don't expect to ever see it concluded.
crumbs
Member
Agreed, a lot of the new "POV" characters and locations aren't interesting, plus the plot just kinda stalled out. All the new Essos stuff felt unnecessary since there's still so many unfinished story lines from Westeros. I also don't see this series being finished by GRRM, but I would probably still read the final books, although I wouldn't rush to buy them like I would have in the past.
Tesseract
Banned
i care but i'm very patient with creative types, sometimes it takes decades or more to produce something astounding
Pegasus Actual
Gold Member
"But I tell you this — if I don’t have THE WINDS OF WINTER in hand when I arrive in New Zealand for worldcon, you have here my formal written permission to imprison me in a small cabin on White Island, overlooking that lake of sulfuric acid, until I’m done. Just so long as the acrid fumes do not screw up my old DOS word processor, I’ll be fine. "
Did he show up in New Zealand for WorldCon? I'm gonna press X to doubt that one... looks like GRRM has foiled you chumps again.
Did he show up in New Zealand for WorldCon? I'm gonna press X to doubt that one... looks like GRRM has foiled you chumps again.
Jon Neu
Banned
I absolutely care, the books are phenomenal and I want to see the stories of so many characters being done justice.
The difference between the last seasons of the show and the books are perfectly encapsulated in the Show Euron vs The Forsaken chapter. It couldn’t literally be more different.
RedVIper
Banned
Have you read the books? At the point it's in, it's completely different from show Game of Thrones.
Fbh
Member
Honestly if he simply doesn't care anymore he should just say so.
Some sort of "sorry I've really tried but I can't find the motivation anymore and I'd rather not release the remaining books than release some half assed conclusion out of a sense of obligation" statement instead of this constantly "totally still working on it!!!" stuff
These posts just reminded me of this series lol.
Yeah the second book was so bad I don't even know if I would bother with the third one (if it ever comes out) unless I see positive reviews/comments from people who also disliked the A Wise Man's Fear
Some sort of "sorry I've really tried but I can't find the motivation anymore and I'd rather not release the remaining books than release some half assed conclusion out of a sense of obligation" statement instead of this constantly "totally still working on it!!!" stuff
These posts just reminded me of this series lol.
Yeah the second book was so bad I don't even know if I would bother with the third one (if it ever comes out) unless I see positive reviews/comments from people who also disliked the A Wise Man's Fear
Javthusiast
Banned
Ionian
Member
Yeah they were a massive let down after 'A Storm of Swords', just pointless filler most of the time.
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Deleted member 17706
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Most of it came across like the power fantasy of an angsty teen to me.
Fbh
Member
I personally thought it was terrible, but there's definitely tons of people who love it.
The pacing was slow, I found it spends a lot of time on stuff that isn't particularly interesting or fun while not really addressing most of the big questions and story threads set up by the first book, and I have to agree with @Zefah in that it comes across like some teen power fantasy at times.
The whole part where the main character gets captured by what is basically a sex goddess, then manages to escape partially because of his amazing sex skills (he is like 16 too), and comes out from the whole encounter having learned legendary sex techniques which have turned him into the ultimate fucker (literally) ....is when it starts to feel like it was written by some 14 years old kid.
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Tesseract
Banned
it is what it is, hope he doesn't give any fucks about that stuff
they are his ventures and verses, nobody elses
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Cutty Flam
Banned
How is that series? Are the books actually that good all-around?
It seems like focal point is violence in any way possible to gain power, right? I was told that there is some supernatural element to this series, and it sounded very intriguing, but the person who told me could not explain it properly enough. Which is odd for her, because she reads more than anyone I know. Must be a very subtle theme some wont even detect I imagine? This GOT series has me a little curious. Not the show though, only the books
It seems like focal point is violence in any way possible to gain power, right? I was told that there is some supernatural element to this series, and it sounded very intriguing, but the person who told me could not explain it properly enough. Which is odd for her, because she reads more than anyone I know. Must be a very subtle theme some wont even detect I imagine? This GOT series has me a little curious. Not the show though, only the books