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No, that's not his attitude. Werthead Send a noteboard - 24/03/2011 11:53:55 PM
Really, that's his attitude? What a prick.


This appears to be a misquote, apparently from a conflating of Martin and Robert Jordan's old attitude (who in 1996 said he'd left orders to have his hard drive formatted five times and then smashed with a hammer if he died before WoT was finished, which obviously was an opinion he changed over the years).

What Martin has said is that there are no notes for ASoIaF another writer could work from. There's timelines, some worldbuilding notes, some unpublished maps and so on, but there's nothing someone could pick up and use to finish the series. He's also said, quite recently, that if he was similarly on the last book and was diagnosed with an illness with some years' warning, like Robert Jordan was, he would make some notes and consider allowing another writer to finish the series. If he falls under a bus tomorrow though, we're screwed. But the same is true of almost any other author writing a long-running series as well.
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A Dance With Dragons - 22/03/2011 11:43:01 PM 2685 Views
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The way I see it ... - 23/03/2011 03:59:35 AM 1707 Views
If people are upset with him, don't buy the book. - 23/03/2011 07:52:02 AM 1569 Views
Re: If people are upset with him, don't buy the book. - 23/03/2011 01:22:09 PM 1504 Views
Do you guys literally have nothing else to read? - 24/03/2011 06:40:51 AM 1454 Views
do you realize how little time is spent on whining and bitching? - 24/03/2011 10:06:16 AM 1486 Views
Well, you're spending time on it right now. *NM* - 25/03/2011 03:35:10 AM 771 Views
Some is not necessarily a lot. Open a logic textbook. *NM* - 25/03/2011 12:18:38 PM 807 Views
Re: Do you guys literally have nothing else to read? - 24/03/2011 03:58:11 PM 1575 Views
Personally, I completely forgot about the series... - 25/03/2011 03:46:58 AM 1483 Views
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No, that's not his attitude. - 24/03/2011 11:53:55 PM 1490 Views
The reason some authors say such things is.. - 28/03/2011 09:33:01 AM 1548 Views
yeah - 24/03/2011 10:02:38 AM 1539 Views
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accidental double click >< *NM* - 24/03/2011 10:02:39 AM 809 Views
*complain* - 23/03/2011 10:19:33 PM 1614 Views
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Well - 24/03/2011 02:44:00 PM 1575 Views
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apparently you cant read... - 25/03/2011 12:37:51 AM 1617 Views
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I'm glad you mentioned LotR - 25/03/2011 03:21:46 AM 1521 Views
Can we please stop making baseless comparisons to Lord of the Rings? Thanks. - 25/03/2011 06:22:50 AM 1539 Views
And can we try to strive for accuracy in what we are saying? Thanks. - 25/03/2011 08:24:51 AM 1568 Views
He still went to work, bucko. - 25/03/2011 06:57:26 PM 1412 Views
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You, uh, just started arguing my position. - 26/03/2011 10:55:19 AM 1357 Views
Are you seriously that naive? - 25/03/2011 01:07:39 PM 1701 Views
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I think you're right, and I also think it doesn't matter - 24/03/2011 12:37:35 AM 1426 Views
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^^^ This ^^^ *NM* - 26/03/2011 11:32:40 AM 849 Views
He's lazy and selfish and has every right to be *NM* - 24/03/2011 02:18:14 AM 878 Views
Your complaints would find more resonance if he hadn't announced a publication date yet. - 24/03/2011 01:55:01 PM 1364 Views
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Was it really? Which one was this? *NM* - 25/03/2011 03:40:58 AM 829 Views
ToM. Still was better than what Jordan was writing, though. - 25/03/2011 06:21:49 AM 1285 Views
Interesting. - 27/03/2011 11:32:39 PM 1535 Views
I enjoyed them too! They were just a mess structurally. - 29/03/2011 01:54:57 AM 1501 Views
In some places, yeah. - 29/03/2011 04:17:38 AM 1983 Views
I thought it was pretty damn good, personally. *NM* - 25/03/2011 05:13:25 AM 878 Views
I enjoyed it a lot more than I enjoyed any of Jordan's recent books. - 25/03/2011 06:20:47 AM 1568 Views
I enjoyed it immensely as well, but im still torn - 25/03/2011 03:07:59 PM 1566 Views
I'm torn too. - 27/03/2011 11:34:35 PM 1687 Views
Re: A Dance With Dragons - 25/03/2011 05:19:01 AM 1623 Views
This thread is becoming vaguely ridiculous. - 25/03/2011 01:31:40 PM 1604 Views
These threads are always ridiculous. I'm both astounded & not at all surprised that there's another - 25/03/2011 06:39:34 PM 1471 Views
EVERYTHING IS TERRIBLE! - 25/03/2011 08:28:10 PM 1434 Views
I love threads like these. *NM* - 26/03/2011 10:53:38 AM 635 Views
Are you familiar with Minecraft? - 25/03/2011 07:05:56 PM 1478 Views
Whoops. - 26/03/2011 09:25:28 PM 1451 Views
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Jaysus, it's not like he's maliciously holding back the book on you - 25/03/2011 03:46:00 PM 1481 Views
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If you redo it ... - 25/03/2011 04:57:29 PM 1498 Views
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That was gentle ribbing, not ad hom. Calm down. - 26/03/2011 04:22:24 PM 1429 Views
I used a smiley and everything! - 26/03/2011 04:52:48 PM 1630 Views
That's a great line. - 26/03/2011 07:01:42 PM 1371 Views
Re: That was gentle ribbing, not ad hom. Calm down. - 26/03/2011 05:09:19 PM 1656 Views
When you see people like Nate, Tash, or Rebekah, you don't have to worry. - 26/03/2011 06:59:01 PM 1439 Views
I see that I need to work on my reputation. - 28/03/2011 05:49:30 PM 1512 Views
Perhaps it is the same as one does not speak ill of fairies or elves. - 28/03/2011 11:22:17 PM 1482 Views
YEAH YOU'RE A TERRIBLE ADMIN - 29/03/2011 01:58:41 AM 1431 Views
A very wise man once informed people that George R. R. Martin is not their bitch. - 26/03/2011 09:26:15 PM 1527 Views
How very true. *NM* - 26/03/2011 10:19:59 PM 764 Views

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