A co-worker of mine started watching House of the Dragon and asked me to borrow the Song of Ice and Fire books. I gave her the usual disclaimer about the fact that the series may never be finished and let her borrow them.
I am curious as to why GRRM's publisher doesn't cut ties with him or how he can get away with not doing anything with his main series. Is it because he has enough money that it wouldn't matter or that he publishes side books like Fire and Blood to make the publisher happy? Had he released Winds of Winter before season 6 it would've been massive. Granted, I'll still buy it when it comes out ( I am thinking Winds of Winter will come out eventually but I don't think book 7 will).
I honestly think what will happen is that the publisher will wait until he dies and then gather all his writing and hire someone to complete the books with it. I find it highly interesting that now GRRM is claiming the books will be different and attacking GOT. Although HBO is a fool to keep working with him because had he finished the series, GOT would've been much better at the end.
One, what do they care whether or not he actually finishes the series? The books he's written already make them lots of money, and they likely get a cut of the royalties from HBO. Two, A Song of Ice and Fire isn't the only thing George is involved. He also writes and edits a series called Wild Cards, for instance, which is still going strong today. Overall, there's no reason for the publishers to cut ties with George he's making them plenty of money even with an incomplete series.
That’s what I figured but was wondering if I could be wrong. I have a Wildcards comic book which isn’t bad but I tend to avoid buying his stuff unless it’s second hand since he doesn’t seem to care enough to finish the main series. But I’m just one person