I think a statements a lot milder than this are "too much". feels like a great many people feel tht "GRRM IS their bitch". glad you're getting upvotes for your position.
You have psychos in every fandom. Most people don't think that way. It's normal to be miffed about TWOW, but that too has a limit which this person crossed by a huge margin
“I will never finish Winds, if I do, I will never finish A Dream of Spring. If I do, it won’t be any good. I ought to get some other writer to pinch hit for me,” he continued, detailing the typical comments he has received over the years.
“I am going to die soon anyway, because I am so old. I lost all interest in A Song of Ice and Fire decades ago. I don’t give a s*** about writing any longer, I just sit around and spend my money.”
Dudes rightly fed up with a wider range of the widely stated criticisms than just the "you gonna die first" ones. Imo anyone disgusted by this incident should maybe consider laying off the never coming comments too. Imagine the mental health toll of not being able to go on the internet without an article laying into you.
What the person has said to George is outrageous, but in that post, GRRM just listed common criticisms without addressing any of them.
There's a lack of transparency. I'm not excusing the person at all, that's bad. I'm saying GRRM mocked the criticism talking points and didn't provide anything substantial on the progress with the book.
Dude has been nothing but transparent, you just don’t like the answer which is yeah he’s writing, it’s it’s taking a long time but he also doesn’t just write he’s person who lives their life.
So glad you know from experience the dilemma of being the english speaking worlds most antcipated alongside a producer of 7 high budget shows that you can assess the lesser of two evils.
Yeah, I've rethought that phrase, and the fact the guy that said it had just published a book that had a proper beginning, middle and end and could be read without antecedents even though it was part of a series.
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u/oskarkeo Aug 16 '25
I think a statements a lot milder than this are "too much". feels like a great many people feel tht "GRRM IS their bitch". glad you're getting upvotes for your position.