He didn't say this to his fans, he said it to the people speculating on his death. Those that are doing this claim to be fans, but what type of fan sits around speculating on an author's death? "George RR Martin is not your bitch."

I find it funny when people claim that story tellers and artist "owe them something." Because last time I checked they've GIVEN "fans" time, thought, effort, imagination, and a world to explore that allows them to escape to places they would have never thought of. The only thing that "fans" give is a anywhere from $1.99 to $30 to read, watch, or listen to that artist's work. Those same "fans" become entitled when it doesn't come out the way they theorized, or expected.

Every time I see "fans" get pissy about an artist taking their time about getting something done, all I can think is: let's see you do any better if you think it's so easy. If they try to attempt something they find it's not easy.

"Fans" that get pissed about how long it takes George to turn in a 2000 page manuscript, I want to point out that it took TS Eliot a little over a year and help from his friend Ezra Pound to write a 64 page, 430 line poem called The Wasteland. George doesn't have that luxury of having a colleague who worked with just about every other literary name of his day sitting next to him pointing out where he needs to make changes.

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Posted by BluegrassBelle

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Posted on 7/9/14 at 12:02 pm to thatguy1892

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He didn't say this to his fans, he said it to the people speculating on his death. Those that are doing this claim to be fans, but what type of fan sits around speculating on an author's death? "George RR Martin is not your bitch."

If you think fans, especially ones who have been reading the series long before it became this popular, hasn't speculated whether he'll live to finish the series then I don't know what to tell you.

That doesn't make them any less of a fan either. It's a legitimate discussion when you consider other writers have died before series have been finished and it required other writers or mediums to finish it.

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Posted by OFWHAP

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Posted on 7/9/14 at 12:21 pm to thatguy1892

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Every time I see "fans" get pissy about an artist taking their time about getting something done, all I can think is: let's see you do any better if you think it's so easy. If they try to attempt something they find it's not easy.

I would be pissed if someone were to tell me, "Hey Fatass, you need to sit in your house everyday until you finish your book series, which I'll still bitch about upon completion because the story didn't end the way I wanted it to. That means no vacations and no free time. Oh and by the way, you better not die before completing ASOIAF, Fatass!"

And for everyone who's complaining about supporting his work, what about all the people I see sending pirated EPUBs of his novellas around on these message boards? As for his health, this vitriol that fans are spewing on the internet can't be good for his cardiovascular health.

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