There is a book series called a Song of Ice and Fire that started off incredibly well. The last two books, both of which took years to come out, were atrociously written, intolerably slow and just generally shitty. If the series were never to be completed it would be no great loss to humanity in any way, shape or form.
There is also a TV series called A Game of Thrones. Because it is not the hostage of the writing caprice of a single elderly man, but rather, subject to market forces and given a dedicated team to keep the momentum up, the TV series has not lost its way. There have been some issues here and there, but the ratings have been consistently high and next April we will see the last episodes come to what is hopefully a very satisfying conclusion.
Given all of this, the books have become irrelevant. High literature they are not, and the story is told better by HBO.
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
