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Just_a_loser
03/07/23 1:48:20 PM
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The dude has pretty much the whole world just screaming at him to hurry up and finish writing his series.

Yet, he's off doing everything under the sun except for writing them.

You gotta give it to him. He is living his life. He is not beholden to what everyone else wants him to be doing, he just does what he wants. It's highly respectable.

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FurryPhilosifer
03/07/23 1:50:18 PM
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you do gotta hand it to him

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BurmesePenguin
03/07/23 1:50:38 PM
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I don't really gotta give him anything. And I won't. He can write how he wants for sure, but I have ceased caring and I can't imagine I can be assed to read the next book when/if it comes out.
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dummy420
03/07/23 1:51:20 PM
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He still has people believe him when he says he is working on the book. It's a great long con.

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Hornswoggled
03/07/23 1:51:35 PM
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I imagine that one could take a certain pleasure in amassing a fanbase, and then systematically torturing and abusing them.
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masterpug53
03/07/23 1:52:14 PM
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FurryPhilosifer posted...
you do gotta hand it to him

Maybe an extra hand would help him write faster.

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Baha05
03/07/23 1:53:02 PM
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https://youtu.be/QpNFqg99dwo

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VeggetaX
03/07/23 1:53:54 PM
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I wonder how much he got paid for his part in Elden Ring.

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Euripides
03/07/23 1:54:54 PM
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I hate his stupid smug face
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Squall28
03/07/23 1:55:01 PM
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I don't think it's even possible for him to finish. I gave up reading Winds of Winter halfway because instead of wrapping things up, it's just new thread after thread.

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marthsheretoo
03/07/23 1:55:31 PM
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Haven't read the books and have zero emotional investment in getting the next one.

But as an author, if I release book 1 in a series, it's an informal commitment to anyone who buys it that there will be sequels/a conclusion. They are buying an incomplete product based on the assurance that it will eventually be complete. Can't say I respect leaving them hanging like he has.

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Euripides
03/07/23 1:56:11 PM
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I mean, I guess you have to respect him letting HBO spend millions to test out the ending of his book so that he could learn if people like it or not
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Just_a_loser
03/07/23 1:57:21 PM
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BurmesePenguin posted...
I don't really gotta give him anything. And I won't. He can write how he wants for sure, but I have ceased caring and I can't imagine I can be assed to read the next book when/if it comes out.
People like you will be first in line when his next book officially releases. Or you'll be trying to get an early copy. Either way

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MC_BatCommander
03/07/23 1:58:09 PM
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Meh, I'd rather respect authors who care enough about their work to finish it.

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Irony
03/07/23 1:58:23 PM
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I don't actually

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Hornswoggled
03/07/23 1:58:59 PM
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I hope he does the unexpected and releases a sequel to The Nightflyers.
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theAteam
03/07/23 1:59:19 PM
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If he doesn't want to finish it then that's fine but if he really goes through with not allowing anyone else to finish it after he dies then that would suck.

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Gritty
03/07/23 2:00:23 PM
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Sounds like tc woke up and choose violence
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Alteres
03/07/23 2:15:41 PM
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I have far more respect for Patrick Rothfuss.

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Supersex420
03/07/23 2:18:14 PM
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Pretty much

Dude went from being a no one to people caring about his BOOKS ffs. You know how hard it is to get a mf to care about a story?

Now that people care it doesn't matter what happens, since people caring is the end goal anyway

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masterbarf
03/07/23 2:19:11 PM
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His writing is poor.

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StormSignal
03/07/23 2:25:30 PM
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i will give him more money for more books

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GrandConjuraton
03/07/23 2:26:21 PM
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dummy420 posted...
He still has people believe him when he says he is working on the book. It's a great long con.


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AngelsNAirwav3s
03/07/23 2:29:57 PM
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Crazy how we are already almost 4 years out from the final season airing, and GRRM still seems no where close to releasing Winds lol

A Game of Thrones - August 1996
A Clash of Kings - February 1999
A Storm of Swords - November 2000
A Feast for Crows - November 2005
A Dance with Dragons - July 2011
The Winds of Winter - ????
A Dream of Spring - Never going to fucking happen


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Gwynevere
03/07/23 2:43:37 PM
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Interesting that we're now living in a world where Berserk is more likely to see an ending than ASoIaF

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MICHALECOLE
03/07/23 2:44:24 PM
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George r r Martin doesnt owe anybody anything
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Seaman_Prime
03/07/23 2:55:44 PM
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a song of ice and fire will be completed by a youtuber lol
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Alucard188
03/07/23 2:57:33 PM
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The only thing that's done is show me not to buy into book series that isn't completed yet.

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Pitlord_Special
03/07/23 3:04:17 PM
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JRR Martin waiting until AI becomes sophisticated enough to ghostwrite the story for him.

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vycebrand2
03/07/23 4:25:22 PM
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Alteres posted...
I have far more respect for Patrick Rothfuss.
I found a series years ago, that was a fantasy western. I think it was Reap the Whrilwind. Sadly alot of westerns have that title. I can't remember the author. He was on the same level as Rothfuss.

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Proto_Spark
03/07/23 4:30:23 PM
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Its hard to really be that upset at GRRM. I imagine he doesn't have the slightest idea how to tie the story together either, and after seeing how bad the reception was to the show (that GRRM like, gave notes for or an outline or something like that IIRC after they ran out of books) that it might just not be worth bothering to try and finish, since its kind of impossible to live up to the hype.
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008Zulu
03/07/23 4:35:35 PM
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I'd respect him if he finished the book he started writing more than a decade ago.

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uwnim
03/07/23 4:37:31 PM
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Id respect him if he just admitted that the series will never be finished.

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MICHALECOLE
03/07/23 4:37:59 PM
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008Zulu posted...
I'd respect him if he finished the book he started writing more than a decade ago.
How many books have you written
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pauIie
03/07/23 4:38:17 PM
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i'm not a reader, but as someone married to a person that starts projects and doesn't finish them, i'm like dude just finish your shit and be done with it.

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Euripides
03/07/23 4:46:46 PM
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MICHALECOLE posted...
How many books have you written

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MICHALECOLE
03/07/23 4:49:23 PM
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Euripides posted...
*world's biggest eyeroll*
What? This guy is saying he doesnt respect George r r Martin for not finishing his books.. that he wrote. Theyre his books. He doesnt have to finish them, he doesnt owe anybody anything. And to say that he doesnt deserve respect because of that is absurd.
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Southernfatman
03/07/23 4:49:37 PM
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I want to get into the GOT books, but don't want to be left hanging with an incomplete story.

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garan
03/07/23 4:50:31 PM
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MC_BatCommander posted...
Meh, I'd rather respect authors who care enough about their work to finish it.


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MICHALECOLE
03/07/23 4:51:25 PM
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You guys think he doesnt care about his work? You think you care more about his work than he does?

Ridiculous.
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Kurt_Russel
03/07/23 4:52:32 PM
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Hes probably already finished them and theyll be published after his death to get the last laugh on all the doubters.

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dummy420
03/07/23 4:54:04 PM
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MICHALECOLE posted...
George r r Martin doesnt owe anybody anything
He keeps stringing people along and tries to gain interest in his new not WoW project by saying he is working on the book as well. He owes either the book or the truth that hes not actually doing it.

I really dont care if he finishes it but yeah he is using it as an excuse like when a school child says he finished the homework but forgot to bring it in. You know its not true, the teacher knows its not true, but hey its an excuse.

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Euripides
03/07/23 4:54:12 PM
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MICHALECOLE posted...
You guys think he doesnt care about his work? You think you care more about his work than he does?

Ridiculous.

He hasn't released a new book in the series in 12 years. He clearly cares less about finishing it than he does doing other projects
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MICHALECOLE
03/07/23 4:56:21 PM
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Euripides posted...
He hasn't released a new book in the series in 12 years. He clearly cares less about finishing it than he does doing other projects
Who the fuck are you to say what he should and should not care about? He can do whatever project he wants to do. If you care so much, write a fan fiction.

dummy420 posted...
He keeps stringing people along and tries to gain interest in his new not WoW project by saying he is working on the book as well. He owes either the book or the truth that hes not actually doing it.

I really dont care if he finishes it but yeah he is using it as an excuse like when a school child says he finished the homework but forgot to bring it in. You know its not true, the teacher knows its not true, but hey its an excuse.
You have no idea if hes working on it or not. He is a human and can work on whatever he wants. Stringing people along as if people dont want to see all of the things hes doing. We all watched house of the dragon. We will all watch anything he works on.
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Euripides
03/07/23 4:59:23 PM
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I haven't seen simping this hard in a long time. JFC
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Gwynevere
03/07/23 5:00:12 PM
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MICHALECOLE posted...
What? This guy is saying he doesnt respect George r r Martin for not finishing his books.. that he wrote. Theyre his books. He doesnt have to finish them, he doesnt owe anybody anything. And to say that he doesnt deserve respect because of that is absurd.
By the same token, he isn't owed respect either. You can respect his choice to not finish the series; I respect that he's old, and is probably sick of writing the books and wants to do other things. Not everyone has that same perspective though, and that's totally justifiable to think less of him for it

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dummy420
03/07/23 5:00:25 PM
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MICHALECOLE posted...
Who the fuck are you to say what he should and should not care about? He can do whatever project he wants to do. If you care so much, write a fan fiction.

You have no idea if hes working on it or not. He is a human and can work on whatever he wants. Stringing people along as if people dont want to see all of the things hes doing. We all watched house of the dragon. We will all watch anything he works on.
I mean it's OK if you want to be wrong. Your allowed to be.

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MICHALECOLE
03/07/23 5:03:01 PM
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Gwynevere posted...
By the same token, he isn't owed respect either. You can respect his choice to not finish the series; I respect that he's old, and is probably sick of writing the books and wants to do other things. Not everyone has that same perspective though, and that's totally justifiable to think less of him for it
Everybody is owed respect. He hasnt done a single thing to lose peoples respect. He is not a racist, he hasnt abused women, he doesnt treat people like shit, he just hasnt finished the book you want.

Euripides posted...
I haven't seen simping this hard in a long time. JFC
Haha yeah, if you defend somebody who is constantly shit on for no reason youre such a simp. How dare somebody not want people to be shitty for no reason!

dummy420 posted...
I mean it's OK if you want to be wrong. Your allowed to be.
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MICHALECOLE
03/07/23 5:04:47 PM
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And if he finishes the book and you guys dont like it, youll all cry and say you wish he had never finished it in the first place.
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