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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 2207 Views
I don't hate him. But, like you, I'm fed up with him. LiterateDog - 22/09/2010 04:47:31 AM 1239 Views
I'm pretty much in the same camp as you and Tom. everynametaken - 22/09/2010 06:17:53 AM 1361 Views
I'm beginning to agree. Ghavrel - 22/09/2010 09:55:07 AM 1246 Views
I do like Neil Gaiman's writing, though. *NM* Ghavrel - 22/09/2010 10:01:24 AM 539 Views
I can forgive you. *NM* Tom - 22/09/2010 02:08:46 PM 574 Views
Not only is he a writer, but he has really only one successful series. Tom - 23/09/2010 03:40:30 AM 1167 Views
Far more people watched B&B than have read ASoIaF. Werthead - 23/09/2010 07:01:22 PM 1380 Views
good point *NM* aragornital - 22/09/2010 08:07:16 AM 644 Views
Wait a minute... Larry - 22/09/2010 11:33:37 PM 1283 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 1162 Views
bahahahahahahahahaha temeraire - 22/09/2010 06:10:26 AM 1279 Views
I was in an odd mood last night Tom - 23/09/2010 03:36:46 AM 1114 Views
Hahaha Darth_Katie - 22/09/2010 01:24:17 PM 1251 Views
I'm not sure I'd be dictating chapters from my deathbed Tom - 23/09/2010 03:35:43 AM 1129 Views
I was thinking the same things a couple days ago Fox and Ravens - 22/09/2010 02:22:49 PM 1384 Views
I'm not sure Brandon Sanderson could finish the series, either. Tom - 23/09/2010 03:33:52 AM 1157 Views
Sadly, I would be satisfied with this. StormCrow - 23/09/2010 03:01:04 PM 1251 Views
If I was an author I wouldn't defend him. Tigr - 22/09/2010 03:35:17 PM 1241 Views
I agree but emphatically endorse use of the subjunctive "were". Tom - 23/09/2010 03:31:25 AM 1103 Views
If I were to be grammatically correct, the world would stop spinning. *NM* Tigr - 23/09/2010 02:27:00 PM 573 Views
Martin is not the only one... ajah - 02/10/2010 08:16:51 AM 1213 Views
If he had only ever written stand-alone books... Gher - 22/09/2010 03:42:48 PM 1254 Views
There is more than an expectation. Tom - 23/09/2010 03:30:32 AM 1217 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 545 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 543 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 1270 Views
Bisson was already working on it when Miller died, IIRC Werthead - 22/09/2010 11:17:50 PM 1256 Views
Close enough Larry - 22/09/2010 11:26:51 PM 1274 Views
There's a huge difference between Song of Ice and Fire and Miller's Leibowitz. Tom - 23/09/2010 03:28:31 AM 1181 Views
I know - I was just thinking about wait times for stories Larry - 23/09/2010 03:40:09 AM 1108 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 1105 Views
Don't mistake yourself for the average consumer Larry - 24/09/2010 04:03:57 AM 1361 Views
Re: Don't mistake yourself for the average consumer Werthead - 24/09/2010 08:55:29 AM 1254 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 1175 Views
That's why I always do. Werthead - 25/09/2010 04:51:49 PM 1113 Views
Re: Mostly, because I don't buy from Amazon. *NM* Danae al'Thor - 26/09/2010 12:09:03 AM 564 Views
I don't plan to read it. nossy - 26/09/2010 03:28:02 PM 1356 Views
As I said in a previous response... Larry - 26/09/2010 11:15:13 PM 1147 Views
I only recently started reading the books fistofpainx - 23/09/2010 04:17:14 AM 1180 Views
Re: I only recently started reading the books Fox and Ravens - 23/09/2010 03:36:17 PM 1150 Views
Where's your evidence that Neil Gaiman thinks he's God? Tim - 23/09/2010 01:31:03 PM 1218 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 511 Views
I'm always amused by these threads. Variant - 24/09/2010 08:22:54 AM 1195 Views
Re: I'm always amused by these threads. Fox and Ravens - 24/09/2010 02:42:27 PM 1268 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 1178 Views
I never said it was hypocritical, just saying it's amusing. *NM* Variant - 25/09/2010 11:06:42 AM 538 Views
So y'all just bitching? Variant - 25/09/2010 10:31:23 AM 1206 Views
Re: I'm always amused by these threads. Werthead - 25/09/2010 05:04:56 PM 1138 Views
Re: This is funny beyond the telling. Danae al'Thor - 26/09/2010 12:07:40 AM 1150 Views
Re: Because George R.R. Martin does everything but write these days... Mossman - 02/10/2010 02:57:29 AM 1096 Views
Here's the thing... ajah - 02/10/2010 08:23:14 AM 1521 Views
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