Yes, the fascism of leftist hand-wringers who are "concerned" about the level of violence against women and minorities in his books. That, and the fascists fans who didn't like how the show ended, because George knows better than anyone how many of those plotlines were what he had planned for the novels.
I can't figure out how this guy ever wrote his first books. I guess low barrier to entry to write books. Were they successful at all before the TV show?
Oh, interesting. I hadn't followed the theory, just heard it briefly, so didn't realize all the players involved. So, basically, "assistants" to George RR Martin went on to be established and successful writers, while Martin can't seem to produce a single book for years. Yeah, I see why people might be a tad suspicious.
So, basically, "assistants" to George RR Martin went on to be established and successful writers
Oh, it gets worse. Martin published A Dance With Dragons July 12, 2011, and the first book in The Expanse series was published in June of that year. Since that point, Abraham and Franck (the guys writing The Expanse) have published 8 more novels and 10 short novels in the series. Martin has published one prequel novel and three prequel novellas, and no further books in the ASOIaF series.
Oh, and The Expanse began, completed, and finished the TV series in the same time period.
Yes, his books were very popular before the TV show. I got my start reading GRRM when Asimov's s.f. magazine published the Daenerys chapters from A Game of Thrones as a novella. The first three books were absolutely some of my favorite fantasy books, but, imho, GRRM fell into a great trap.
His novels are popular for many reasons, but one of them is that they are surprising. Good, well-liked characters die sometimes. Evil characters are rewarded sometimes. Etc. I won't get into spoiler territory (hah), but GRRM and his fans got addicted to Red Weddings, and, well, how do you do better than the Red Wedding?
Turns out that consistently killing off your best characters leaves you with a bare stable. Replacing them is not so easy. His original plan had been a large year skip to give some of the younger generation time to grow up. That was a stupid idea, and it failed.
AFfC and ADwD were just painful slogs, both literally (half the books comprises characters slogging through winter snows and getting nowhere fast) and figuratively.
He's written himself into a hole, the reaction to the later seasons of the show are terrifying to GRRM, and what does he do now?
He's still not as lame and gay as Patrick Rothfuss who shits on his fans left and right!
100% true. The issue of ASoIaF being a subversion of heroic fantasy only complicates the writing of the ending for 'Hard R' Martin. See-- the 'traditional' ending would be a marriage. (Snow/Daenerys with her as the crown is what's usually proposed.) Martin has been so thoroughly subversive of the genre that now he's stuck having to either write a traditional/standard ending or not finish at all. Anything else, like the way the show ended, won't satisfy. So he's stuck.
You can just admit that your "hit tv show" fumbling the ending so badly that everyone turned to you to "fix it" was too much pressure. Especially because we all know that half the problems with it came from George himself's plan and now he had to scrap all of that.
This is a guy who wants us to see the shades of grey in a multi-fronted conflict between a family of power-hungry usurpers, an island nation of pirates, an army of exiles, criminals and other undesirables, a wannabe warlord with dreams of conquest and her personal army of indoctrinated slave foot soldiers, a city-state of slavers, and...all sorts of other people and factions that do morally-reprehensible things. And yet he can't look at someone who thinks differently from him, but who hasn't done anything nearly as malignant, without putting the mark of his lefty religion's version of the Beast on their heads.
He's right. Although I doubt he means the left-wing fascism that's actually on the rise everywhere in the West. Western "democratic" governments have become increasingly oppressive the more their policies are questioned.
Well at least we don't have to have Daenerys coming out as trans, Jon turning gay for no reason, and the Seven Kingdoms going to a bunch of fat twerking Summer Islanders
It’s actually genius. He knows the next book will not meet expectations so it’s on indefinite hiatus. All he needs to do is post something like this once a year and most everyone just accepts it (for different reasons.) People then still enjoy the other books and merchandise so he keeps getting paid.
I don't think he's blaming fascism. Looks like he's blaming Covid if anything. Which is still dumb and retarded because Covid only sets you back 2 weeks. Not 10 years.
Name a year in the last 100 there hasn't been a war going, George. Or does it only apply to pet projects?
When you can't admit that you just don't know how to end your series so you blame fascism ....
The only thing Railroad can finish is a wedding cake.
Yes, the fascism of leftist hand-wringers who are "concerned" about the level of violence against women and minorities in his books. That, and the fascists fans who didn't like how the show ended, because George knows better than anyone how many of those plotlines were what he had planned for the novels.
Is there anyone left that thinks he'll finish this before he dies?
He already lost a ton of interest but not releasing it while the show was still in the air, I doubt anyone even cares if this even releases anymore.
Someone pointed out how pathetic this was by mentioning that Tolkien, a WWI veteran, wrote Fellowship of The Ring during WWII.
[current thing] is to blame for me being legendarily slow and bad at writing.
Sure it is George.
Sure it is.
The faggots who rushed the ending of the show because they thought they were going to work on Star Wars at least did finish it.
oh no anyway.
I can't figure out how this guy ever wrote his first books. I guess low barrier to entry to write books. Were they successful at all before the TV show?
Conspiracy theories say he didn't. He had help from, I think the theory is his assistant...who then left. Which is why he's struggling so hard.
The assistant[s] being the one[s] who then wrote The Expanse.
Oh, interesting. I hadn't followed the theory, just heard it briefly, so didn't realize all the players involved. So, basically, "assistants" to George RR Martin went on to be established and successful writers, while Martin can't seem to produce a single book for years. Yeah, I see why people might be a tad suspicious.
Oh, it gets worse. Martin published A Dance With Dragons July 12, 2011, and the first book in The Expanse series was published in June of that year. Since that point, Abraham and Franck (the guys writing The Expanse) have published 8 more novels and 10 short novels in the series. Martin has published one prequel novel and three prequel novellas, and no further books in the ASOIaF series.
Oh, and The Expanse began, completed, and finished the TV series in the same time period.
And it's among the greatest adaptations of our time, that kept extremely true to the books.
Was it, though?
I haven't watched the last season, but compared to most contemporary series they did a damned good job.
Yes, his books were very popular before the TV show. I got my start reading GRRM when Asimov's s.f. magazine published the Daenerys chapters from A Game of Thrones as a novella. The first three books were absolutely some of my favorite fantasy books, but, imho, GRRM fell into a great trap.
His novels are popular for many reasons, but one of them is that they are surprising. Good, well-liked characters die sometimes. Evil characters are rewarded sometimes. Etc. I won't get into spoiler territory (hah), but GRRM and his fans got addicted to Red Weddings, and, well, how do you do better than the Red Wedding?
Turns out that consistently killing off your best characters leaves you with a bare stable. Replacing them is not so easy. His original plan had been a large year skip to give some of the younger generation time to grow up. That was a stupid idea, and it failed.
AFfC and ADwD were just painful slogs, both literally (half the books comprises characters slogging through winter snows and getting nowhere fast) and figuratively.
He's written himself into a hole, the reaction to the later seasons of the show are terrifying to GRRM, and what does he do now?
He's still not as lame and gay as Patrick Rothfuss who shits on his fans left and right!
But I liked the Kingkiller books :(
I did too! I thought they were great!
Then I made the mistake of going to the Kingkiller reddit and seeing how Rothfuss treats his fans. Not pretty.
If he comes out with the 3rd book ever, I'll no doubt come crawling back, but I am not, personally, a fan of Rothfuss.
Brandon Sanderson is my ideal of a hardworking author who treats his fans amazingly.
Fan: I had a rough day.
Sanderson: Here, read this book I wrote that will cheer you up.
Fan: But I've read all your books.
Sanderson: This is new, wrote it last night.
Fan: But how, when do you slee-
Sanderson: Here's three more books I just wrote while you were replying.
Fan: Bu-
Sanderson: Here's several background short stories for those new books.
Fan: Wh-
Sanderson: Here's a sequel to the first book I sent.
Fan: Ho-
Sanderson: Here's a link to a 3 hour podcast I recorded in the last 2 minutes going into greater detail about all the new books.
Fan: That's not even possible, how do you record 3 hours from 2 minutes?
Sanderson: Shh, no questions, only books.
Beginning the story is much easier than finishing it satisfactorily.
100% true. The issue of ASoIaF being a subversion of heroic fantasy only complicates the writing of the ending for 'Hard R' Martin. See-- the 'traditional' ending would be a marriage. (Snow/Daenerys with her as the crown is what's usually proposed.) Martin has been so thoroughly subversive of the genre that now he's stuck having to either write a traditional/standard ending or not finish at all. Anything else, like the way the show ended, won't satisfy. So he's stuck.
If this is what he's slow walking over, he really is a giant faggot.
Legit, good endings are hard.
It is easier to start wars than to end them. Same for books.
I'm surprised he even still feels he needs to make excuses. Him not getting off his ass is his normal.
That hamburger ain't fascism.
No free healthcare to save him from the dragons Diabeetus and Heart Failure
You can just admit that your "hit tv show" fumbling the ending so badly that everyone turned to you to "fix it" was too much pressure. Especially because we all know that half the problems with it came from George himself's plan and now he had to scrap all of that.
This is a guy who wants us to see the shades of grey in a multi-fronted conflict between a family of power-hungry usurpers, an island nation of pirates, an army of exiles, criminals and other undesirables, a wannabe warlord with dreams of conquest and her personal army of indoctrinated slave foot soldiers, a city-state of slavers, and...all sorts of other people and factions that do morally-reprehensible things. And yet he can't look at someone who thinks differently from him, but who hasn't done anything nearly as malignant, without putting the mark of his lefty religion's version of the Beast on their heads.
He handed out the * awards. So, I can give out the ending.
Jon Snow finds out he's actually the Doctor and gets the hell out of there. Everyone else dies.
Remember how he blamed the Bush administration for the first large gap in his writing?
He's right. Although I doubt he means the left-wing fascism that's actually on the rise everywhere in the West. Western "democratic" governments have become increasingly oppressive the more their policies are questioned.
Well at least we don't have to have Daenerys coming out as trans, Jon turning gay for no reason, and the Seven Kingdoms going to a bunch of fat twerking Summer Islanders
People should just give up on this guy.
He’s not finishing his books for DEMOCRACY
It’s actually genius. He knows the next book will not meet expectations so it’s on indefinite hiatus. All he needs to do is post something like this once a year and most everyone just accepts it (for different reasons.) People then still enjoy the other books and merchandise so he keeps getting paid.
I don't think he's blaming fascism. Looks like he's blaming Covid if anything. Which is still dumb and retarded because Covid only sets you back 2 weeks. Not 10 years.
Fat fuck slipped on the staircase muffin again huh.