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If Jordan had died after Book VI and the series remained unfinished, it would have been better Tom Send a noteboard - 02/08/2021 08:02:11 PM

We agree that sometimes unfinished great work is better than finished, subpar work. Of course, neither Wheel of Time nor A Song of Ice and Fire is "great". When I think of great unfinished works, I think of Dead Souls or The Brothers Karamazov, which were supposed to be the first parts of a trilogy and a duology, respectively.

The first 6 books of Wheel of Time were good by the standards usually applied to pop fiction. After that he dragged out the series for monetary reasons.

Having said that, Georgerr Martin has made any monetary considerations Jordan had seem positively insignificant. He wrote 3 good books (to Jordan's 6) and then wrote two terrible books. He also seems incapable of finishing the series now and, given both his girth and age, multiplied by his writing speed, he will also die before finishing.

Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.

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!

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Who has let readers down more, Robert Jordan or Georgerr Martin? - 01/08/2021 05:43:47 PM 596 Views
Martin - 01/08/2021 09:45:25 PM 267 Views
WRONG! Book 4 and 5 are Fabulous, and the prequels are more fun as individual stories - 02/08/2021 07:13:02 PM 279 Views
Bah - 02/08/2021 07:53:04 PM 272 Views
We Must Imagine Martin [ Happy ] ? - 02/08/2021 11:07:36 PM 236 Views
RJ not for dying, but instead for giving us books 7 to 10 (I never did 11) - 02/08/2021 07:10:33 PM 307 Views
If Jordan had died after Book VI and the series remained unfinished, it would have been better - 02/08/2021 08:02:11 PM 293 Views
We agree in a lot with this - 02/08/2021 11:06:26 PM 221 Views
I notice you also un-corrected my corrected "Georgerr Martin" - 04/08/2021 07:10:50 PM 375 Views
It annoyed me - 05/08/2021 01:58:03 AM 254 Views
Impossible for me to know - 02/08/2021 09:13:16 PM 273 Views
Very good point - 04/08/2021 06:46:14 PM 331 Views
Martin has definitely frustrated his fans and tested their patience far more... - 03/08/2021 09:05:21 PM 299 Views
"Not as strong of a finisher" may be the understatement of the year - 04/08/2021 06:48:03 PM 310 Views
another good point - 04/08/2021 06:58:32 PM 280 Views
I think Martin's problem is being a perfectionist. - 15/08/2021 01:01:03 PM 212 Views
Maybe if he were good at writing... *NM* - 16/08/2021 09:15:30 AM 220 Views
My vote is for GRRM. - 11/08/2021 12:57:37 AM 266 Views
Martin - 13/08/2021 02:09:19 AM 227 Views
Martin. I think he is a classic perfectionist. - 15/08/2021 12:59:23 PM 248 Views

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