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Winds of Winter Expected Early 2016

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  • #52
    JRant
    Registered Users Posts: 13,151 ✭✭✭✭JRant


    Jofspring wrote: »
    Ya he seems to be getting side tracked very easily with these other projects. I understand he wants to take time and make the books as good as they can be but at some stage he has to just put everything else aside and crack on with them.

    I don't like the thoughts of the tv show going ahead of the books. While they keep saying they are deviating separately with different things happening and different people dying or surviving, I still think it's heading to the same ultimate end and the important storylines will not change enough to un-spoil the books.

    Like last season went off on a tangent in a lot of storylines but ultimately it felt like they squeezed everything in to the last few episodes to come back in line with the books. That and the fact it looks like next season will fill in some of the other things that have already happened in the books like the Greyjoys.

    I get the feeling from his interviews and the way the previous couple of books have gone that he hasn't a clue how to wrap up his storylines.

    Each story thread has become more tangled as he's gone on with no end in sight.

    "Well, yeah, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man"



  • #53
    weemcd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,435 ✭✭✭weemcd


    Quite clear for a number of reasons that GRR indulges himself a lot, he has so much power at this point there isn't going to be anyone who can reign him in and get him to meet a damm deadline. The series quality will diminish because of this, a bit of pressure does no harm, actually helps you get things done better imo.


  • #54
    Ascendant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 196 ✭✭Ascendant


    JRant wrote: »
    I get the feeling from his interviews and the way the previous couple of books have gone that he hasn't a clue how to wrap up his storylines.

    Each story thread has become more tangled as he's gone on with no end in sight.

    He has said himself that he prefers not knowing how the story will turn out as he writes and prefers to let him come to him or evolve naturally.

    We're now seeing the downside of this approach.


  • #55
    OwaynOTT
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,564 ✭✭✭✭OwaynOTT


    Ascendant wrote: »
    He has said himself that he prefers not knowing how the story will turn out as he writes and prefers to let him come to him or evolve naturally.

    We're now seeing the downside of this approach.

    He best stop watching the tv show so.


  • #56
    JRant
    Registered Users Posts: 13,151 ✭✭✭✭JRant


    Ascendant wrote: »
    He has said himself that he prefers not knowing how the story will turn out as he writes and prefers to let him come to him or evolve naturally.

    We're now seeing the downside of this approach.

    I could live with that if it wasn't for the fact that he has very clearly lined up an ending for the tv show.

    Personally, I think he has pretty much given up on the books, which is fine as it's his prerogative.

    All that's happening now is a few realeases to keep his editors on the long finger and off his back.

    The tv show will finish the series and we'll get an ending one way or another. That in itself is enough for me as I have lost interest in the books, waiting years for them to come out.

    In the end, he's an old man and it must be extremely difficult for him to focus on finishing such an extensive work. Thankfully the tv show is top notch and I will certainly enjoy seeing how that pans out.

    "Well, yeah, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man"



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