‘I Have to Finish the Books’: George R.R. Martin Offers Update On Final Game of Thrones Novels

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  2. And I have to lose 10 pounds, but we all know its never happening.

  3. I’ve never seen an author who’s so allergic to ending his books

  5. At this point, I’m convinced the books are just a collective hallucination. 

  8. Just wanted to send a “Thank you, George” out into the ether. Even with the way things are, ASOIAF has brought me so much enjoyment and is even what sparked my first conversation with my now husband. Love you, you meticulous, brilliant bastard! The night is dark and full of terrors, but the dragons have certainly helped a bit.

  9. I think he should team up with another author to help speed up the process, similar to the duo behind The Expanse series.

  11. If wont do it before his death some one will be paid peanuts after.

  12. Game of thrones will always be remembered as the biggest fail/fizzle out ever legacy already tarnished fella

  13. If GRRM just admits it that he’s in over his head and can’t finish the novels, I’d forgive him and tell him don’t worry about it.

    But until then he better bring us those damn books.

  14. This man is 100% going to die before he finishes the series. And they can’t even get Sanderson to finish it like Wheel of Time because he’s Mormon and GoT is full of sex and f-words

  15. It’s strange realizing that the last book came out in 2011. We’re going on 14 years.

    Steven Erikson started the Malazan Book of the Fallen series in 1999 and the tenth and final book came out in 2011. Ten books in 12 years, and those books are not small. It’s probably not fair to compare, because that’s some superhuman output on Erikson’s part, but come on George, you’ve had 14 years for one book.

  16. I hate having to wait 2-3 year in between show seasons. To the point I’ll just stop watching a show. I couldn’t imagine waiting like 20 years for a book. I’d lose all interest

  17. The momentum is gone I think. We’ve moved over from the series. HoTD is already starting to wane. And even if Winds came out tomorrow, do we really want to read it knowing the last book may be another 8+ years away, if it even comes out at all?

  18. Does anyone care anymore if he finishes. He has been saying this for like 20 years

  19. George, nobody cares at this point. Just admit you’re never going to finish them.

  22. I don’t believe him. I donated all his books I owned and will not buy anymore.
    It’s too late.

  23. Dawg I finished ADWD like 12 years ago and even then it was obvious that he was too lost in the sauce to write a proper of conclusion to all the stories he came up with.

    Long, meandering plots that went nowhere, random POV characters being introduced for no reason… blud should’ve passed the series along to a ghostwriter a decade ago and saved himself the trouble. Now I doubt I’d even read the next book if it ever does see the light of day.

  24. Meanwhile, the real fantasy GOAT Brandon Sanderson finished three books while I’m typing this.

  26. Having just reread all 5 books, it’s very apparent he has no clue how to finish. The first 3 books were just so solid, then the next two were so driftless, let’s follow Brieanne around an exhaustive walking tour of minor characters and no plot impact. Let’s feature some reel torture porn and another exhausting walking tour of the free cities with Tyrion. He has seen his everyone torched the HBO ending and now is gun shy of finishing. He focuses more on peddling his dumb merchandising or his x rated X-men no one liked when he released it 40 years ago. Losing hope it he will ever finish it, give it to Sanderson and he can grind it out like he did for WoT.

  27. There’s an episode of the NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation where busy-body control freak Leslie Nope takes her department on a weekend retreat to “brainstorm” a big idea. A never ending fountain of ideas and solutions herself, Leslie believes testing her team will be the best way to inspire them. She challenges her team to come up with a great idea to match her own super secret great idea. Of which she has a never ending reserve of.

    The team scoffs at this challenge because they know that any idea they come up with will pale in comparison to the million ideas she’s already come up with and no doubt has continued to come up with.

    Climax of the show it is revealed that Leslie has no big idea. She’s tapped out. She hijacked her team in an effort to avoid the reality that she has been producing concepts for so long that she is burnt out.

    George has no idea how to end his books. He’s spent the last 15 years avoiding this reality pretending to have it all figured out. But having seen the backlash of the HBO show, his worst fears have come to fruition and he’s just waiting out the clock.

  29. “George R.R. Martin’s Game of Thrones by James Patterson”

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