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re: George RR Martin has a message for people who don't think he will finish ASOIAF
Posted on 7/9/14 at 2:27 pm to LoveThatMoney
Posted on 7/9/14 at 2:27 pm to LoveThatMoney
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He should be racing, racing to finish this masterwork, with the knowledge that time is fleeting. Nevermind that he may die, what if he begins to get Alzheimer's? At 65, he ought to be busting his arse to get done what will make him live on for years and years to come, not going to ComicCons and going on vacations.
Going to Cons are probably part of his obligations to HBO and his publishers.
As for the rest of what you said in the quote, you're basically saying he shouldn't enjoy any part of his life and possibly die slumped over his MS-DOS word possessor.
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not worry about interviews in which I tell people speculating on my death to frick off.
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Posted on 7/9/14 at 2:37 pm to thatguy1892
This is one of the dumbest threads and subjects ever.
- Would fans have been as faithful and devout if they knew he didn't care if he finished the story?
- Whoever posed that question probably posed it in a way to save his arse, blaming it on the fans and acting like he is going to die tomorrow.
- Leaving an outline is nowhere near the same as finishing the series yourself. RE: Dune 7 and 7.5.
- Martin lets himself into the spotlight willingly. You want to be an attention whore, deal with the consequences of that desire.
- George RR Martin is a self-entitled piece of crap. Anyone that says otherwise is saying so based on their fanboy attitude towards GoT. I've bought every book, and even have HBO year-round for the show. Doesn't mean I have to like the author.
- His inability to sit down and give his fans the 6th and 7th books instead of putting them off is a bigger F*** YOU than that question.
Anyone that expects Martin to stay ahead of the show is fooling themselves at this point. It won't even be close. He seems to have no sense of responsibility towards his fans to finish the series. Without that, who knows what will happen? Who cares at this point. I'm so tired of this prick and pretty much everything that he does. I don't even want him to have the satisfaction of "altering" the ending that he gave the HBO series for his own ego. Let them run with it and hopefully that is the end of it.
- Would fans have been as faithful and devout if they knew he didn't care if he finished the story?
- Whoever posed that question probably posed it in a way to save his arse, blaming it on the fans and acting like he is going to die tomorrow.
- Leaving an outline is nowhere near the same as finishing the series yourself. RE: Dune 7 and 7.5.
- Martin lets himself into the spotlight willingly. You want to be an attention whore, deal with the consequences of that desire.
- George RR Martin is a self-entitled piece of crap. Anyone that says otherwise is saying so based on their fanboy attitude towards GoT. I've bought every book, and even have HBO year-round for the show. Doesn't mean I have to like the author.
- His inability to sit down and give his fans the 6th and 7th books instead of putting them off is a bigger F*** YOU than that question.
Anyone that expects Martin to stay ahead of the show is fooling themselves at this point. It won't even be close. He seems to have no sense of responsibility towards his fans to finish the series. Without that, who knows what will happen? Who cares at this point. I'm so tired of this prick and pretty much everything that he does. I don't even want him to have the satisfaction of "altering" the ending that he gave the HBO series for his own ego. Let them run with it and hopefully that is the end of it.
Posted on 7/9/14 at 2:45 pm to thatguy1892
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Going to Cons are probably part of his obligations to HBO and his publishers.
Possibly. Doesn't matter, though. Should have negotiated better or gone to HBO and said, "Look, I can't go to all these anymore. It's seriously hindering my ability to write. And if I don't write, you don't really have a show, even if Dan and David do know the very vague picture of the ending. Let's not kid ourselves, if I don't finish these books, you will suffer a serious loss in revenue, even if you elect to continue the series without my input."
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As for the rest of what you said in the quote, you're basically saying he shouldn't enjoy any part of his life and possibly die slumped over his MS-DOS word possessor.
Because I said he shouldn't go on vacations? My understanding is that he goes on lengthy vacations routinely and doesn't work on anything other than a single typewriter at one of his homes. He should absolutely enjoy life, but if I were him, and I'm not, but if I were, I would eschew at least a few of those vacations in the name of finishing my magnum opus.
I guess I'm more worried about leaving a lasting impression on this earth than going and drinking mai thais somewhere. And if I were lucky enough to stumble upon a story of this magnitude floating around in the ether of my imagination, I would hope that my desire to see it completed would outweigh my desire to chill out on a beach.
But writer's block is writer's block, and sometimes the best way to get through it is to unplug. Just seems like he's unplugging a lot.
And as I said before, I'm sure I would be pissed too if people were sitting there speculating as to my death. I'm pretty sure there's a betting line in Vegas on it. And I'd be pissed if people continued to ask me about it and probably would flip the interviewer off for even bringing it up.
But I think I would also be hard at work finishing the novels, not doing the plethora of other shite he's reportedly doing.
This post was edited on 7/9/14 at 2:46 pm
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