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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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[–] sheogorath@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

On the other hand we have Brandon Sanderson with 20 year roadmap and consistent release coupled with all the secret novels that he wrote.

I have this sneaking suspicion that he has this black magic power to suck all the creative will of writers, including GRRM and Patrick Rothfuss.

[–] Atrichum@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I stopped reading Sanderson specifically because he puts out so many books with unnecessarily huge page counts that I just don't care anymore.

I'm not allergic to long books either, having read the entire WoT series 3+ times. But I'd much rather read stuff that authors have spent time on instead of mass producing.