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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 1983 Views
I don't hate him. But, like you, I'm fed up with him. LiterateDog - 22/09/2010 04:47:31 AM 1014 Views
I'm pretty much in the same camp as you and Tom. everynametaken - 22/09/2010 06:17:53 AM 1114 Views
I'm beginning to agree. Ghavrel - 22/09/2010 09:55:07 AM 1006 Views
I do like Neil Gaiman's writing, though. *NM* Ghavrel - 22/09/2010 10:01:24 AM 430 Views
I can forgive you. *NM* Tom - 22/09/2010 02:08:46 PM 466 Views
Not only is he a writer, but he has really only one successful series. Tom - 23/09/2010 03:40:30 AM 932 Views
Far more people watched B&B than have read ASoIaF. Werthead - 23/09/2010 07:01:22 PM 1108 Views
good point *NM* aragornital - 22/09/2010 08:07:16 AM 534 Views
Wait a minute... Larry - 22/09/2010 11:33:37 PM 1061 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 949 Views
bahahahahahahahahaha temeraire - 22/09/2010 06:10:26 AM 1038 Views
I was in an odd mood last night Tom - 23/09/2010 03:36:46 AM 886 Views
Hahaha Darth_Katie - 22/09/2010 01:24:17 PM 1016 Views
I'm not sure I'd be dictating chapters from my deathbed Tom - 23/09/2010 03:35:43 AM 911 Views
I was thinking the same things a couple days ago Fox and Ravens - 22/09/2010 02:22:49 PM 1148 Views
I'm not sure Brandon Sanderson could finish the series, either. Tom - 23/09/2010 03:33:52 AM 938 Views
Sadly, I would be satisfied with this. StormCrow - 23/09/2010 03:01:04 PM 1030 Views
If I was an author I wouldn't defend him. Tigr - 22/09/2010 03:35:17 PM 1014 Views
I agree but emphatically endorse use of the subjunctive "were". Tom - 23/09/2010 03:31:25 AM 887 Views
If I were to be grammatically correct, the world would stop spinning. *NM* Tigr - 23/09/2010 02:27:00 PM 464 Views
Martin is not the only one... ajah - 02/10/2010 08:16:51 AM 984 Views
If he had only ever written stand-alone books... Gher - 22/09/2010 03:42:48 PM 993 Views
There is more than an expectation. Tom - 23/09/2010 03:30:32 AM 998 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 431 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 429 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 1042 Views
Bisson was already working on it when Miller died, IIRC Werthead - 22/09/2010 11:17:50 PM 1019 Views
Close enough Larry - 22/09/2010 11:26:51 PM 1061 Views
There's a huge difference between Song of Ice and Fire and Miller's Leibowitz. Tom - 23/09/2010 03:28:31 AM 933 Views
I know - I was just thinking about wait times for stories Larry - 23/09/2010 03:40:09 AM 876 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 865 Views
Don't mistake yourself for the average consumer Larry - 24/09/2010 04:03:57 AM 1117 Views
Re: Don't mistake yourself for the average consumer Werthead - 24/09/2010 08:55:29 AM 1033 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 966 Views
That's why I always do. Werthead - 25/09/2010 04:51:49 PM 876 Views
Re: Mostly, because I don't buy from Amazon. *NM* Danae al'Thor - 26/09/2010 12:09:03 AM 456 Views
I don't plan to read it. nossy - 26/09/2010 03:28:02 PM 1134 Views
As I said in a previous response... Larry - 26/09/2010 11:15:13 PM 913 Views
I only recently started reading the books fistofpainx - 23/09/2010 04:17:14 AM 953 Views
Re: I only recently started reading the books Fox and Ravens - 23/09/2010 03:36:17 PM 922 Views
Where's your evidence that Neil Gaiman thinks he's God? Tim - 23/09/2010 01:31:03 PM 984 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 396 Views
I'm always amused by these threads. Variant - 24/09/2010 08:22:54 AM 960 Views
Re: I'm always amused by these threads. Fox and Ravens - 24/09/2010 02:42:27 PM 1045 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 929 Views
I never said it was hypocritical, just saying it's amusing. *NM* Variant - 25/09/2010 11:06:42 AM 432 Views
So y'all just bitching? Variant - 25/09/2010 10:31:23 AM 964 Views
Re: I'm always amused by these threads. Werthead - 25/09/2010 05:04:56 PM 884 Views
Re: This is funny beyond the telling. Danae al'Thor - 26/09/2010 12:07:40 AM 925 Views
Re: Because George R.R. Martin does everything but write these days... Mossman - 02/10/2010 02:57:29 AM 866 Views
Here's the thing... ajah - 02/10/2010 08:23:14 AM 1271 Views
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