Winds of Who Cares
I was recently
talking to someone who's read the Songs of Ice and
Fire series since the beginning with me. We talked about how we both
were dreading re-reading A Dance with Dragons because have forgotten so much
since 2011. As a test I started listening to the audiobook when I could and it
couldn't hold my attention. We were both leaning towards not reading Winds of
Winter and just reading an online synopsis.
The article that came out this week had a few tidbits that have cemented my position. Winds of Winter delayed due to changes of the ending. It is already over 3,000 pages.
Edit: I was wrong. 3,000 pages for last two book estimated by GRRM.
I'm out, I'm so fucking out. Why would I do that to myself? With the book come with a disclaimer to not have sharp objects nearby or there is a greater chance you will impulsively cut your wrists.
GRRM may not be my bitch but he is certainly to blame. He had an amazing world and managed to turn it all to ash. His inability to finish the book series ruined the show and probably the books as well.
As an early fan it is disappointing.
The article that came out this week had a few tidbits that have cemented my position. Winds of Winter delayed due to changes of the ending. It is already over 3,000 pages.
Edit: I was wrong. 3,000 pages for last two book estimated by GRRM.
I'm out, I'm so fucking out. Why would I do that to myself? With the book come with a disclaimer to not have sharp objects nearby or there is a greater chance you will impulsively cut your wrists.
GRRM may not be my bitch but he is certainly to blame. He had an amazing world and managed to turn it all to ash. His inability to finish the book series ruined the show and probably the books as well.
As an early fan it is disappointing.
Comments
My bad. I was wrong on the 3000 pages. It was in almost every article I read but I misunderstood. It is over 3000 pages for the last two books combined. That is from GRRM blog.
First, that is still way too much.
Second, how does he know? Either he has written both books before releasing WoW or he is guessing which he can be extremely wrong as all his books end up way larger than he intended.
The funny thing is what made his first three books great was his not wanting editor's interference but the remaining books could really have used a ton of editor's interference.
I wholeheartedly agree though about 4&5. I hated how many new characters and places and plots were introduced so late into the story.
The upcoming video game titled Elden Rings had also George R R Martin as the main story writer. The Winds of Winter is a big book containing several chapters and hence GRRM is giving priority to the projects that could be finished in a short time, delaying TWOW launch date.
I "read" all the books via audiobook (for awhile, I was doing a 6hr car drive, round-trip, around once a week, so it was a little easier to plow through the books this way). Had I actually tried to read a GRRM book, I would have gotten "lost in the woods". That being said, occasionally, I would zone out while listening to some chapters and what I decided to do was after I would finish a few chapters, I would go online and read a chapter by chapter synopsis of what happened to make sure I a) understood everything that transpired in the chapter and b) didn't completely miss something in the chapter. So, when Winds comes out, I'll probably do a quick synopsis read of Feast and Dance and then start the audiobook (assuming there is one) for Winds and hope I can find my chapter by chapter breakdown as well.
Pretty sure it was one of the TWD playthroughs where A.Ron was hassling @Cecily and she busted out the "Hey, no one's paying me to do this shit" line. Fucking iconic.
Still wish “The Illusion of Choosin’” would have made it onto a Bald Move shirt.
Ditto! They were the best. The playthroughs were why I became a member. Some of the best laughs, Stormin' Norma, the stone n bone, and the potato fucker. Good times.
I would rock that shirt!
Maybe I'm a sucker, but I feel like GRRM is trying. Probably not as hard as he can, but he wants people to not hate him lol. Sorry for getting morbid about this. A human life is more important than "tits and dragons". However, I think people are really underrating the chances that ASOIAF is finished posthumously. Some of greatest authors of the last couple centuries had posthumously completed works. I think there's 99% chance we still get WoW, if GRRM doesn't finish it himself. There's a 1% chance that GRRM takes legal action to stop that, but who knows. I think there's a 50/50 chance we get Dream of Spring in any form. Maybe like 1:6 odds GRRM completes the series.
https://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2021/02/02/reflections-on-a-bad-year/
Honestly just wild when you think about it.
In the meantime I'm about to dig into the 1200+ pages of "Rhythm of War." Sanderson isn't as good as Martin IMO but I've found the Stormlight Archives to be pretty entertaining and the man has kept up a solid pace of churning out books.
I can't think of any other reason that Martin isn't finishing these books than lack of focus.