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GRRM Confirms That He's Hasn't Worked On ASOIAF Since 2022 (www.gamesradar.com)

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Apologies for the slightly off-topic post...

It's not looking good, folks...

George R R Martin confirms he hasn't written anything for the 2 remaining A Song Of Ice And Fire books since 2022.

He wishes that they were finished.

The last published book in the series, A Dance With Dragons, was published in July 2011, now 13 years ago.

Obligatory song that's now 12 years old... https://youtu.be/j7lp3RhzfgI

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[–] IvanOverdrive@lemm.ee 50 points 3 months ago (4 children)

You think the ending of the show sucked? Imagine how he felt watching that shit.

[–] tankplanker@lemmy.world 23 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I would suggest that it was the broad outline of the same ending he planned and shared with DnD just implemented badly. He's probably more pissed that they made his ending so unpopular by completely botching the landing as he now can't use that same ending without risk of rejection. I still maintain it would have sucked as an ending even if it had been implemented at the same standard as series 5, but what we got made it far far worse.

[–] Blackthorn@programming.dev 21 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, he basically spoiled the ending with the tv show and now he needs to come up with a new one. Not that he actually will. He'll never finish the series

[–] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'd be happy if he did the same ending again, just with his characteristically excellent writing

[–] Blackthorn@programming.dev 2 points 3 months ago

I understand, it would probably make sense narratively, but he would receive a lot of backslash.

[–] EnderMB@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The reason he hasn't finished (or isn't even trying any more) is because he's written himself into a corner. There are a lot of loose ends and parts that don't make sense, and that's not even counting the parts that the show left out!

He probably felt dread, because he was probably hoping that they'd fix some of the mistakes he made, and make writing the book simpler.

[–] yeather@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago

He fucked himself over by not having the time skip.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

I think he was fine with it, watching from his hot tub filled with money.

[–] Blackthorn@programming.dev 8 points 3 months ago

He probably couldn't see the tv due to the big pile of money sitting between him and the screen covering his view.