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Fiction

yallerdawg

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1. I don't care about the books now...

Reply to ClarendonDem (Original post)

Sun Dec 31, 2017, 05:59 PM

Dec 2017

and if they delay the HBO series until 2019, I won't care about that, either!

Can you imagine how many loyal readers have died waiting for the book series to continue and conclude - and now the TV series?

There is no excuse for what Martin has done.

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Winds of Winter - Do You Still Care? [View all] ClarendonDem Dec 2017 OP

I don't care about the books now... yallerdawg Dec 2017 #1

Writers block? sweetloukillbot Dec 2017 #5

I certainly didn't claim that Martin ClarendonDem Dec 2017 #8

No offense intended - I get knee jerk reactions about complaints about authors' writing pace sweetloukillbot Dec 2017 #11

Yeah, still want to see how Martin wraps it up. TDale313 Dec 2017 #2

That's what I'm hoping ClarendonDem Dec 2017 #3

I gave up on GRRRRR (that's me growling) Martin ever writing the rest of the books. TexasProgresive Dec 2017 #4

+1000000 murielm99 Dec 2017 #6

If ONLY Robert Jordan had been a bit less verbose Ferrets are Cool Dec 2017 #7

Sad thing is people are seriously suggesting Brandon Sanderson finish for GRRM sweetloukillbot Dec 2017 #9

I agree. The styles are completely different. Ferrets are Cool Dec 2017 #12

One thing was how the initial books' releases messed with peoples' expectations sweetloukillbot Dec 2017 #10

Yeah PoorMonger Jan 2018 #13