Hopefully, "The Winds of Winter" Will Give Us the Proper Ending So Many of Us Wanted.
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LeopoldBloom · M
The series was written in short chapters that each focused on a different character. Martin has admitted that he has a lot of the next book written, but needs to write more to tie everything together. Part of the problem is that he's now competing with the HBO series, which has to be intimidating. I'm afraid he's going to leave a bunch of manuscripts for his literary executor who will have the task of completing them, kind of like what Christopher Tolkien had to do with his father's unfinished work.
Burnley123 · 41-45, M
Dances with Dragons was a slog to get through. I only read them because I am a fan but I stopped enjoying reading them.
Whisper it quietly but the TV series was actually better than the books during the middle period. Martin's book series starts brilliantly but peters out.
Still, given the botched final season of the TV series, I'm mildly interested to see if he can do a better job.
Whisper it quietly but the TV series was actually better than the books during the middle period. Martin's book series starts brilliantly but peters out.
Still, given the botched final season of the TV series, I'm mildly interested to see if he can do a better job.
ElwoodBlues · M
I have my doubts. George R.R. loves to break conventions and foil expectations. For myself, I'm done with the World of Ice & Fire. I'd be willing to read a ten page summary of whatever future books he releases, but I'm not gonna sink any more serious time into his work. I've had my fill of his special forms of cruelty and sexual violence.
beckyromero · 36-40, F
@ElwoodBlues "I have my doubts. George R.R. loves to break conventions and foil expectations."
Perhaps, but D. B. Weiss and David Benioff already foiled expectations and disappointed most fans with season eight.
What producers and writers should understand is fans of a show that runs that long have devoted a good part of their free time in not just watching the show but in developing a connection to their beloved characters.
And when the writers mess with those characters, kill them off near the end of a series or change their behavior in an unrealistic way, they are left not only unsatisified but are unlikely to watch spin-offs or other shows that those writers create. So it's one and done. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice...
Perhaps, but D. B. Weiss and David Benioff already foiled expectations and disappointed most fans with season eight.
What producers and writers should understand is fans of a show that runs that long have devoted a good part of their free time in not just watching the show but in developing a connection to their beloved characters.
And when the writers mess with those characters, kill them off near the end of a series or change their behavior in an unrealistic way, they are left not only unsatisified but are unlikely to watch spin-offs or other shows that those writers create. So it's one and done. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice...
beckyromero · 36-40, F
walabby · 70-79, M
@beckyromero The Kingkiller Chronicle by Patrick Rothfuss is another unfinished series. The first two books are excellent, but we have been waiting 12 years for the last book.. 😣
Greyjedi · M
Sorry, it was clear from the end of book 1 Danny was not going to rule.