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I'm pretty much in the same camp as you and Tom. everynametaken Send a noteboard - 22/09/2010 06:17:53 AM
He made a commitment to write the books, so he damned well needs to write the books. I know his defenders are always saying shit like, "but he's given us these wonderful books, he doesn't owe us anything." To which I say: bullshit. To use an old phrase, you dance with the one who brung you. Your fans made you, dude. You can write until your fingers bleed, but without readers, you're nothing. I bought his books and he made a commitment to finish them by choosing to write them as he did. And, by his own statements. Finish the damned books, man. If you die and don't finish them because you're a jerk, then you won't be remembered as some great author. You'll be remembered as a hack who couldn't finish what he started.


I've never slammed the guy in the past but I am about fed up. I also don't like his defender's who say he doesn't owe us anything. He is an author, that is his job. If he doesn't want to write the books then fine but I have every right on our relationship to not buy any of his other books. It's just business. I'm now annoyed with him.
But hey, if he wants to piss off thousands and thousands of fans and lose millions of dollars because he is whatever (lazy, a perfectionist, has writer's block, etc.) then that is on him.
And if I feel like this then I imagine others who have waited patiently and held back from bagging on the guy are starting to feel the same way. Not a good thing for him and his job.
But wine was the great assassin of both tradition and propriety...
-Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings
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Because George R.R. Martin does everything but write these days... Tom - 22/09/2010 04:15:04 AM 2102 Views
I don't hate him. But, like you, I'm fed up with him. LiterateDog - 22/09/2010 04:47:31 AM 1128 Views
I'm pretty much in the same camp as you and Tom. everynametaken - 22/09/2010 06:17:53 AM 1247 Views
I'm beginning to agree. Ghavrel - 22/09/2010 09:55:07 AM 1132 Views
I do like Neil Gaiman's writing, though. *NM* Ghavrel - 22/09/2010 10:01:24 AM 486 Views
I can forgive you. *NM* Tom - 22/09/2010 02:08:46 PM 520 Views
Not only is he a writer, but he has really only one successful series. Tom - 23/09/2010 03:40:30 AM 1063 Views
Far more people watched B&B than have read ASoIaF. Werthead - 23/09/2010 07:01:22 PM 1260 Views
good point *NM* aragornital - 22/09/2010 08:07:16 AM 594 Views
Wait a minute... Larry - 22/09/2010 11:33:37 PM 1176 Views
I said I'm "growing" to hate him. I'm not ready to pay for his death yet. Tom - 23/09/2010 03:37:53 AM 1060 Views
bahahahahahahahahaha temeraire - 22/09/2010 06:10:26 AM 1177 Views
I was in an odd mood last night Tom - 23/09/2010 03:36:46 AM 1008 Views
Hahaha Darth_Katie - 22/09/2010 01:24:17 PM 1137 Views
I'm not sure I'd be dictating chapters from my deathbed Tom - 23/09/2010 03:35:43 AM 1029 Views
I was thinking the same things a couple days ago Fox and Ravens - 22/09/2010 02:22:49 PM 1284 Views
I'm not sure Brandon Sanderson could finish the series, either. Tom - 23/09/2010 03:33:52 AM 1047 Views
Sadly, I would be satisfied with this. StormCrow - 23/09/2010 03:01:04 PM 1156 Views
If I was an author I wouldn't defend him. Tigr - 22/09/2010 03:35:17 PM 1137 Views
I agree but emphatically endorse use of the subjunctive "were". Tom - 23/09/2010 03:31:25 AM 1003 Views
If I were to be grammatically correct, the world would stop spinning. *NM* Tigr - 23/09/2010 02:27:00 PM 527 Views
Martin is not the only one... ajah - 02/10/2010 08:16:51 AM 1124 Views
If he had only ever written stand-alone books... Gher - 22/09/2010 03:42:48 PM 1152 Views
There is more than an expectation. Tom - 23/09/2010 03:30:32 AM 1110 Views
I stopped caring so long ago I don't even remember much of what it's about. *NM* Macharius - 22/09/2010 04:21:52 PM 492 Views
Wolves and incest and a big wall of ice with barrow-wights on the other side. *NM* Tom - 23/09/2010 03:36:19 AM 488 Views
You know whenever the new book is ever released, it'll sell even more copies due to the wait, right? Larry - 22/09/2010 11:06:37 PM 1171 Views
Bisson was already working on it when Miller died, IIRC Werthead - 22/09/2010 11:17:50 PM 1134 Views
Close enough Larry - 22/09/2010 11:26:51 PM 1166 Views
There's a huge difference between Song of Ice and Fire and Miller's Leibowitz. Tom - 23/09/2010 03:28:31 AM 1069 Views
I know - I was just thinking about wait times for stories Larry - 23/09/2010 03:40:09 AM 996 Views
Not neccessarily. There are plenty of series that I started but didn't finish because I lost Tashmere - 24/09/2010 12:58:10 AM 1009 Views
Don't mistake yourself for the average consumer Larry - 24/09/2010 04:03:57 AM 1263 Views
Re: Don't mistake yourself for the average consumer Werthead - 24/09/2010 08:55:29 AM 1147 Views
which is why I always rant - why review a book on your blog, but not Amazon? Aeryn - 25/09/2010 03:36:45 PM 1080 Views
That's why I always do. Werthead - 25/09/2010 04:51:49 PM 1010 Views
Re: Mostly, because I don't buy from Amazon. *NM* Danae al'Thor - 26/09/2010 12:09:03 AM 514 Views
I don't plan to read it. nossy - 26/09/2010 03:28:02 PM 1261 Views
As I said in a previous response... Larry - 26/09/2010 11:15:13 PM 1038 Views
I only recently started reading the books fistofpainx - 23/09/2010 04:17:14 AM 1087 Views
Re: I only recently started reading the books Fox and Ravens - 23/09/2010 03:36:17 PM 1052 Views
Where's your evidence that Neil Gaiman thinks he's God? Tim - 23/09/2010 01:31:03 PM 1110 Views
Re: Nothing wrong with him if does have a high opinion of himself. *NM* Danae al'Thor - 26/09/2010 12:11:06 AM 461 Views
I'm always amused by these threads. Variant - 24/09/2010 08:22:54 AM 1090 Views
Re: I'm always amused by these threads. Fox and Ravens - 24/09/2010 02:42:27 PM 1167 Views
Truly, there's really no reason that you can't be both angry at him and planning to buy the book. Kotagg - 25/09/2010 12:46:03 AM 1078 Views
I never said it was hypocritical, just saying it's amusing. *NM* Variant - 25/09/2010 11:06:42 AM 483 Views
So y'all just bitching? Variant - 25/09/2010 10:31:23 AM 1089 Views
Re: I'm always amused by these threads. Werthead - 25/09/2010 05:04:56 PM 1039 Views
Re: This is funny beyond the telling. Danae al'Thor - 26/09/2010 12:07:40 AM 1056 Views
Re: Because George R.R. Martin does everything but write these days... Mossman - 02/10/2010 02:57:29 AM 997 Views
Here's the thing... ajah - 02/10/2010 08:23:14 AM 1427 Views
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