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re: Will George R Martin ever finish Winds of Winter? Releasing another story
Posted on 2/4/17 at 12:38 pm to BluegrassBelle
Posted on 2/4/17 at 12:38 pm to BluegrassBelle
So you're entitled to him writing at a speed that isn't breakneck, but quicker than he does, got it, thanks.
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Posted on 2/4/17 at 12:40 pm to cupchu1
If the fat lazy frick wants my money he can deal with my criticism.
Posted on 2/4/17 at 12:50 pm to cupchu1
He started writing in 1991. This is hardly breakneck. The fact is he spends a lot of time not writing. That is his choice but it doesn't shelter him from criticism. He misses deadline after deadline. He takes advantage of his popularity, something many authors could never afford to do. ETA: I also wonder when books blow up in popularity if the authors and publishers think we need more, more, more when we really just want quality. I think he'd have been better off finishing it in 3-4 books and moving on to a different story. He'd likely be happier, too. He is one of my favorite authors and I would love to see more from him besides ASOIAF.
And like Belle and others mentioned before, he's a dick when that's pointed out.
I don't expect him to ever finish and I'm not sure he expects to. It's one of the reasons I think he let HBO have it when he had so much story left to tell. I haven't loved every change they've made from the books but what they've done the last 2 seasons equals GRRM's writing (maybe surpasses it in some instances). I feel like I'll be satisfied with HBO's ending and will consider it a bonus if either of the last two books are released.
And like Belle and others mentioned before, he's a dick when that's pointed out.
I don't expect him to ever finish and I'm not sure he expects to. It's one of the reasons I think he let HBO have it when he had so much story left to tell. I haven't loved every change they've made from the books but what they've done the last 2 seasons equals GRRM's writing (maybe surpasses it in some instances). I feel like I'll be satisfied with HBO's ending and will consider it a bonus if either of the last two books are released.
This post was edited on 2/4/17 at 12:57 pm
Posted on 2/4/17 at 1:01 pm to cupchu1
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So you're entitled to him writing at a speed that isn't breakneck, but quicker than he does, got it, thanks.
Two or three years to produce a book in a series isn't "breakneck". Jane Austen produced Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Manfield Park, and Emma within a 4 year span in the early 1800s. Charles Dickens produced A Tale of Two Cities and Great Expectations within a 3 years span. Stephen King produced the Dark Tower series from 1978-1981 and wrote Carrie, Salem's Lot, The Shining, Cujo, The Running Man, and Pet Cemetery from 1974-83.
Now that's what I'd call breakneck speed. And no, I don't expect that from GRRM.
You sound like one of those Westeros.org sycophants that get their panties in a bundle whenever someone mentions they'd like to not have to wait 7 years between books. Get the frick over yourself.
This post was edited on 2/4/17 at 1:03 pm
Posted on 2/4/17 at 4:53 pm to cupchu1
You seem to be one of the few that gets it. 
GRRM can wipe his arse with everything he hasn't sent to publishers, and not write another damn thing the rest of his life (however short it may be, now that he can be diagnosed by sight alone
) and still die on a bed of gold big enough for him and his ego.
As much as he struggled his ENTIRE LIFE trying to make it as a writer, as much as he was fricked by TV/Hollywood, his is TOTAL power and control, and he has no qualms about rubbing people's noses in it.
He is a writer, though, and he LOVES his series, but he's also wise enough to know that NOT finishing the series isn't the worst thing that can happen. During a talk with Joe Hill, he indicated how disgusted he was with the way people reacted to the last "The Dark Tower" books, after King wrote at "breakneck speed" after his accident FOR THE FANS and to FINISH.
And I applaud him.
frick 'em all.
GRRM can wipe his arse with everything he hasn't sent to publishers, and not write another damn thing the rest of his life (however short it may be, now that he can be diagnosed by sight alone
) and still die on a bed of gold big enough for him and his ego. As much as he struggled his ENTIRE LIFE trying to make it as a writer, as much as he was fricked by TV/Hollywood, his is TOTAL power and control, and he has no qualms about rubbing people's noses in it.
He is a writer, though, and he LOVES his series, but he's also wise enough to know that NOT finishing the series isn't the worst thing that can happen. During a talk with Joe Hill, he indicated how disgusted he was with the way people reacted to the last "The Dark Tower" books, after King wrote at "breakneck speed" after his accident FOR THE FANS and to FINISH.
And I applaud him.
frick 'em all.
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