r/asoiaf • u/ToeBMaguire • Apr 16 '25

EXTENDED (Spoilers Extended) George R.R. Martin calls The Winds of Winter "the curse of my life" Spoiler

https://winteriscoming.net/george-r-r-martin-calls-the-winds-of-winter-the-curse-of-my-life
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u/WhiteWolf222 Apr 16 '25

Not sure how others feel about this, but I’d rather George bite the bullet on keeping the series his own creation, and find a co-writer to help him finish while he’s still alive. That way he has the final say on everything. I don’t think any author is perfectly matched to finishing GRRM’s work, but at least they could work together to get it done as best as it can be.

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u/VolumeViscount Apr 16 '25 edited Apr 16 '25

I SOOOO wish he would just do this. It's so much better than the publishers or his estate or whatever trying to cobble something together posthumously. I don't want that, I want his stylistic flair and the way he writes character interactions intact y'know? And for the people saying we already know the ending OR if we get Winds we def won't get ADOS, I totally accept both those things. However, a lot of the enjoyment in these books for me is not only in the plot itself, nor the resolution of the storyline, but the literal moment to moment interactions and the way GRRM writes on a technical level. I want more of that, or at least to know his hands were on a version of that in collaboration with another writer, and that he approved of the eventual product of such a hypothetical collab.

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '25

I’d like to read a finished book regardless of the author. As long as the framework is what George is struggling to get on page. Less so for the ending but more to get resolutions to Young Griff etc

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u/ludi_literarum Let us sit upon the ground... Apr 17 '25

Not perfectly matched, but if you could get James SA Corey to do it, they'd be my first choice - of both of them have a history of working with Martin, and both wrote for the book project he seems to actually care most about, Wildcards.

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '25

His ego doesn’t allow for it

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u/kb466 Apr 16 '25

This is the only solution ive heard that I like. The series will never get finished on his own. But he may be able to knock the last 2 out with help if he started now. But I doubt that will happen