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A Song of Ice and Fire (Released Spoilers)
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Guest, did you like the last podcast notification?? Well here's the second one, and for the third podcast! Yep. This Thursday 8-8-24 at 7pm Central
Go here to check out his podcast thread for info on topics and links!Go into the FoH discord and find the Happy Time Fun Hour channel and give it a listen!
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Hasn't he always said there are no notes or outlines, so when he goes, no one else can finish it?
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It's pretty obvious GRRM has checked out. He's one of my favorite modern writers. I'd say him and Simmons are probably the most pleasing authors in terms of how enjoyable it is to read their works, but they are both very frustrating in their own ways. GRRM because he decided to keel over dead and become a living football zombie, and Simmons because every one of his stories is a gut rumbling, stomach churning ride where you think you need to run to the bathroom for the most glorious explosion that mankind has ever experienced. As you dash into the pot and sit down, breathing a sigh of relief that you've saved yourself from an incredibly embarrassing event and prepare yourself for the satisfaction that will now flow to mark your victory, nothing ever comes out.
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Runnen
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I'm not even convinced he's still trying to get it finished.
I think when the ending of the TV series was heavily criticized, he realized even if he somehow did drag his fat ass from the couch watching football to his writing chair, he'd still have a bunch of unhappy readers, since a lot of them deluded themselves that the TV series was only bad because they had no idea how to end it due to the lack of books.
He never flat out said the ending they did was or wasn't the one he planned because he keeps raking in cash from book sales due to his old and new readers' hope that "his" ending will be better and redeem the franchise, but I don't buy that.
He's just gonna ride his royalties to the grave and as said above, it's going to be someone else's problem.
I think when the ending of the TV series was heavily criticized, he realized even if he somehow did drag his fat ass from the couch watching football to his writing chair, he'd still have a bunch of unhappy readers, since a lot of them deluded themselves that the TV series was only bad because they had no idea how to end it due to the lack of books.
He never flat out said the ending they did was or wasn't the one he planned because he keeps raking in cash from book sales due to his old and new readers' hope that "his" ending will be better and redeem the franchise, but I don't buy that.
He's just gonna ride his royalties to the grave and as said above, it's going to be someone else's problem.
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Since 2011, he has released the below:
Been series editor (along with sometimes contributing to) eight Wild Cards books. Co-edited another 4 anthologies. Also did the worldbuilding for Elden Ring (which I'll give him a pass on).
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Chukzombi
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yeah, you could see that no way 2 books was going to complete this story and wrap up all the characters/subplots he added. it was a great feeling reading all these little side stories and pieces of lore, but it really sucks when you dont even bother to start ending the story.
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this came out last month, c&p the bullet points, article talks about each
A complete timeline of George R.R. Martin's progress on The Winds of Winter
The much-anticipated sequel has been a long, long, long time coming
theweek.com
A complete timeline of George R.R. Martin's progress on The Winds of Winter
The much-anticipated sequel has been a long, long, long time coming
theweek.com
June 2010: Martin has written 4 chapters of 'The Winds of Winter'
July 2010: Martin has written more than 100 pages
April 2011: Martin predicts 'The Winds of Winter' will take 3 years to finish
July 2011: 'A Dance with Dragons' is published
October 2012: Martin has written 400 pages
April 2015: Martin hopes to release the book by 2016
January 2016: Martin reveals he missed multiple deadlines in 2015
February 2016: Martin isn't writing anything else until 'Winds' is finished
January 2017: Martin predicts the book will be out 'this year'
July 2017: Martin confirms he'll release 'a Westeros book' in 2018
April 2018: Martin confirms 'Winds' isn't coming in 2018
June 2018: Martin says 'Winds' is still his 'top priority'
November 2018: 'Fire & Blood' is published
May 2019: Martin jokes fans can 'imprison me' if he's not finished by July 2020
June 2020: Martin still has a 'long way to go'
February 2021: Martin still has 'hundreds of more pages to write'
March 2022: Martin admits he made 'less' progress in 2021
October 2022: Martin is 'three-quarters of the way done'
December 2022: Martin has 400 or 500 pages left to write
April 2023: Martin to produce new 'Game of Thrones' spinoff
Martin says his current plan is to "finish The Winds of Winter, and then do either A Dream of Spring or volume two of Fire & Blood, and slip in a new Dunk & Egg between each of those in my copious spare time," which should "keep me ahead of" HBO's A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.
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that fat fuck needs to die so that his estate or whoever will hold the rights to his work will publish the unfinished book. I wouldn't be surprised if the bozo hasn't written anything at all, and it's all just a bunch of notes and ideas. He spends way more time milking the IP than writing.
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I can’t wait for the Kevin Anderson Song of ice and fire expanded universe. This is like dune to me. Once the fat fuck Keels over dead I’m done.
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Oh, I'm going to get some haaaate for posting in this thread. It's worth it because this could *literally* be about 10 people from this thread (me included).
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moonarchia
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I hope OpenAI countersue him for damages and take all his book/movie money away so he has to actually work on them again to afford a ham sammich.
Honestly, what the actual fuck do they think copyright has to do with ChatGPT?
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We said months ago AI going to remove writers and journalists from their jobs really quick along with script writers and so on.
He can sue a computer all he wants, other than his unfinished book no one knows if he has even started other than his claims, he is past his use by date.
He can sue a computer all he wants, other than his unfinished book no one knows if he has even started other than his claims, he is past his use by date.
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Thread necro comment: But then we get the Brian Herbert-like extension of the Game of Thrones universe that becomes worse than the story of Season 8.
And ain't no one got time for that.
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When I was playing around with it, it seemed fairly basic. It's going to lack the creativity required for top tier stuff.
It will hit low quality writers hard though. Like journalists and shit TV shows.
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Game of Thrones AI Completed Books Removed After Being Named In George R.R. Martin Lawsuit
The fan who utilized AI to generate completed versions of the Game of Thrones books has taken them down from circulation after being identified in George R.R.
www.bingehulu.com
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George R.R. Martin Has Written 1,100 Pages of The Winds of Winter, the Same Number as Last Year - IGN
A Song of Ice and Fire author George R.R. Martin has said he's written 1,100 pages of next book The Winds of Winter, the same amount he'd written as of December 2022, while also revealing there are eight Game of Thrones spin-off shows being worked on.
"I have like 1,100 pages written but I still have hundreds more pages to go. It's a big mother of a book for whatever reason. Maybe I should've started writing smaller books when I began this but it's tough. That's the main thing that dominates most of my working life."
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"for whatever reason" He knows that we know that he knows the reason. So, why such a stupid remark?
Honestly, I had to recheck 1.1k pages because it didn't set off any alarms when I first read it. I have 0 expectations at this point. WoW could be 1 page containing a giant middle finger subtitled "Get fucked, nerds". And it would still be better than the last three seasons of GoT.
Honestly, I had to recheck 1.1k pages because it didn't set off any alarms when I first read it. I have 0 expectations at this point. WoW could be 1 page containing a giant middle finger subtitled "Get fucked, nerds". And it would still be better than the last three seasons of GoT.
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