I love GRRM's work, but goddamn, he's such a cunt to his fanbase.>took him more than half a decade to write a ADWD>is taking him 4 years and counting to write TWOW>moans about "pressurization" when fans rightfully question his lengthy process of writing>talks shit about people who like to write fan fictionAt this point I wouldn't be surprised if he was just improvising a pretty neat idea he had in 1996 just to keep the money flowing. He already stated the series could possibly extend into another 3 books.
Quote from: Madman Mordo on May 31, 2015, 08:05:12 PMI love GRRM's work, but goddamn, he's such a cunt to his fanbase.>took him more than half a decade to write a ADWD>is taking him 4 years and counting to write TWOW>moans about "pressurization" when fans rightfully question his lengthy process of writing>talks shit about people who like to write fan fictionAt this point I wouldn't be surprised if he was just improvising a pretty neat idea he had in 1996 just to keep the money flowing. He already stated the series could possibly extend into another 3 books.To be fair, he doesn't hate all fan fiction! He's rather pleased with HBOs high budget fanfic x]On a serious note, he is a bit rude to the fans, but I understand where he's coming from. He's got a lot of work ahead of him and a huge legacy to live up to/finish strong with, so the pressure is obviously mounting with each passing year. I think he's over the hill now and once he finishes TWOW we won't have another ADWD-style wait ahead of us.I do wish he'd be a bit more transparent regarding his actual progress, but he famously does a lot of revisions so it wouldn't be entirely honest to gauge his progress publicly, methinks.
Quote from: Madman Mordo on May 31, 2015, 08:05:12 PMI love GRRM's work, but goddamn, he's such a cunt to his fanbase.>took him more than half a decade to write a ADWD>is taking him 4 years and counting to write TWOW>moans about "pressurization" when fans rightfully question his lengthy process of writing>talks shit about people who like to write fan fictionAt this point I wouldn't be surprised if he was just improvising a pretty neat idea he had in 1996 just to keep the money flowing. He already stated the series could possibly extend into another 3 books.That's ridiculous. I'm on book 4 and it's unforgivably slow. I can't handle another four gigantic books.
Quote from: Azumarill on May 31, 2015, 08:12:29 PMQuote from: Madman Mordo on May 31, 2015, 08:05:12 PMI love GRRM's work, but goddamn, he's such a cunt to his fanbase.>took him more than half a decade to write a ADWD>is taking him 4 years and counting to write TWOW>moans about "pressurization" when fans rightfully question his lengthy process of writing>talks shit about people who like to write fan fictionAt this point I wouldn't be surprised if he was just improvising a pretty neat idea he had in 1996 just to keep the money flowing. He already stated the series could possibly extend into another 3 books.To be fair, he doesn't hate all fan fiction! He's rather pleased with HBOs high budget fanfic x]On a serious note, he is a bit rude to the fans, but I understand where he's coming from. He's got a lot of work ahead of him and a huge legacy to live up to/finish strong with, so the pressure is obviously mounting with each passing year. I think he's over the hill now and once he finishes TWOW we won't have another ADWD-style wait ahead of us.I do wish he'd be a bit more transparent regarding his actual progress, but he famously does a lot of revisions so it wouldn't be entirely honest to gauge his progress publicly, methinks.Which I'm sympathetic to, but that's really no excuse to treat the people who got him to where he is today like complete garbage. Either inform fans on the progress of your work, or don't say anything at all. There's no point in acting like a spoiled lazy brat when people rightfully protest about the insufferably slow pacing of a series they're paying their hard earned cash on. Nothing professional about it at all.Funny how you didn't see JK Rowling string along her novels several years at a time when HP blew up, or throw temper tantrums at fans.
Quote from: Madman Mordo on May 31, 2015, 08:27:42 PMQuote from: Azumarill on May 31, 2015, 08:12:29 PMQuote from: Madman Mordo on May 31, 2015, 08:05:12 PMI love GRRM's work, but goddamn, he's such a cunt to his fanbase.>took him more than half a decade to write a ADWD>is taking him 4 years and counting to write TWOW>moans about "pressurization" when fans rightfully question his lengthy process of writing>talks shit about people who like to write fan fictionAt this point I wouldn't be surprised if he was just improvising a pretty neat idea he had in 1996 just to keep the money flowing. He already stated the series could possibly extend into another 3 books.To be fair, he doesn't hate all fan fiction! He's rather pleased with HBOs high budget fanfic x]On a serious note, he is a bit rude to the fans, but I understand where he's coming from. He's got a lot of work ahead of him and a huge legacy to live up to/finish strong with, so the pressure is obviously mounting with each passing year. I think he's over the hill now and once he finishes TWOW we won't have another ADWD-style wait ahead of us.I do wish he'd be a bit more transparent regarding his actual progress, but he famously does a lot of revisions so it wouldn't be entirely honest to gauge his progress publicly, methinks.Which I'm sympathetic to, but that's really no excuse to treat the people who got him to where he is today like complete garbage. Either inform fans on the progress of your work, or don't say anything at all. There's no point in acting like a spoiled lazy brat when people rightfully protest about the insufferably slow pacing of a series they're paying their hard earned cash on. Nothing professional about it at all.Funny how you didn't see JK Rowling string along her novels several years at a time when HP blew up, or throw temper tantrums at fans.Apples and oranges. ASOIAF is much more complex than HP, and to be fair, he has released quite a bit of TWOW content and several novellas in recent years. Now, one could argue that the novellas just slowed his progress, but I'm glad we got them. The Dunk&Egg stories are lovely.
>the show is better than the booksI'm glad the writers do what they want.
Quote from: Coconut Marty on May 31, 2015, 09:35:12 PM>the show is better than the booksI'm glad the writers do what they want.The show is a lot worse lol
Quote from: Nick McIntyre on May 31, 2015, 10:27:24 PMTo be fair, the show is cutting out most of the content from book 4 - on and will be ending way earlier. It kind of makes sense for them to show these huge battles because the show is nearing the end while the books are still in "the middle".
We still have two more seasons