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I'm pretty much in the same camp as you and Tom. everynametaken Send a noteboard - 22/09/2010 06:17:53 AM
He made a commitment to write the books, so he damned well needs to write the books. I know his defenders are always saying shit like, "but he's given us these wonderful books, he doesn't owe us anything." To which I say: bullshit. To use an old phrase, you dance with the one who brung you. Your fans made you, dude. You can write until your fingers bleed, but without readers, you're nothing. I bought his books and he made a commitment to finish them by choosing to write them as he did. And, by his own statements. Finish the damned books, man. If you die and don't finish them because you're a jerk, then you won't be remembered as some great author. You'll be remembered as a hack who couldn't finish what he started.


I've never slammed the guy in the past but I am about fed up. I also don't like his defender's who say he doesn't owe us anything. He is an author, that is his job. If he doesn't want to write the books then fine but I have every right on our relationship to not buy any of his other books. It's just business. I'm now annoyed with him.
But hey, if he wants to piss off thousands and thousands of fans and lose millions of dollars because he is whatever (lazy, a perfectionist, has writer's block, etc.) then that is on him.
And if I feel like this then I imagine others who have waited patiently and held back from bagging on the guy are starting to feel the same way. Not a good thing for him and his job.
But wine was the great assassin of both tradition and propriety...
-Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings
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Because George R.R. Martin does everything but write these days... Tom - 22/09/2010 04:15:04 AM 1973 Views
I don't hate him. But, like you, I'm fed up with him. LiterateDog - 22/09/2010 04:47:31 AM 1005 Views
I'm pretty much in the same camp as you and Tom. everynametaken - 22/09/2010 06:17:53 AM 1104 Views
I'm beginning to agree. Ghavrel - 22/09/2010 09:55:07 AM 995 Views
I do like Neil Gaiman's writing, though. *NM* Ghavrel - 22/09/2010 10:01:24 AM 428 Views
I can forgive you. *NM* Tom - 22/09/2010 02:08:46 PM 465 Views
Not only is he a writer, but he has really only one successful series. Tom - 23/09/2010 03:40:30 AM 921 Views
Far more people watched B&B than have read ASoIaF. Werthead - 23/09/2010 07:01:22 PM 1098 Views
good point *NM* aragornital - 22/09/2010 08:07:16 AM 532 Views
Wait a minute... Larry - 22/09/2010 11:33:37 PM 1055 Views
I said I'm "growing" to hate him. I'm not ready to pay for his death yet. Tom - 23/09/2010 03:37:53 AM 940 Views
bahahahahahahahahaha temeraire - 22/09/2010 06:10:26 AM 1030 Views
I was in an odd mood last night Tom - 23/09/2010 03:36:46 AM 876 Views
Hahaha Darth_Katie - 22/09/2010 01:24:17 PM 1006 Views
I'm not sure I'd be dictating chapters from my deathbed Tom - 23/09/2010 03:35:43 AM 900 Views
I was thinking the same things a couple days ago Fox and Ravens - 22/09/2010 02:22:49 PM 1138 Views
I'm not sure Brandon Sanderson could finish the series, either. Tom - 23/09/2010 03:33:52 AM 929 Views
Sadly, I would be satisfied with this. StormCrow - 23/09/2010 03:01:04 PM 1022 Views
If I was an author I wouldn't defend him. Tigr - 22/09/2010 03:35:17 PM 1005 Views
I agree but emphatically endorse use of the subjunctive "were". Tom - 23/09/2010 03:31:25 AM 877 Views
If I were to be grammatically correct, the world would stop spinning. *NM* Tigr - 23/09/2010 02:27:00 PM 460 Views
Martin is not the only one... ajah - 02/10/2010 08:16:51 AM 973 Views
If he had only ever written stand-alone books... Gher - 22/09/2010 03:42:48 PM 985 Views
There is more than an expectation. Tom - 23/09/2010 03:30:32 AM 989 Views
I stopped caring so long ago I don't even remember much of what it's about. *NM* Macharius - 22/09/2010 04:21:52 PM 429 Views
Wolves and incest and a big wall of ice with barrow-wights on the other side. *NM* Tom - 23/09/2010 03:36:19 AM 427 Views
You know whenever the new book is ever released, it'll sell even more copies due to the wait, right? Larry - 22/09/2010 11:06:37 PM 1033 Views
Bisson was already working on it when Miller died, IIRC Werthead - 22/09/2010 11:17:50 PM 1009 Views
Close enough Larry - 22/09/2010 11:26:51 PM 1051 Views
There's a huge difference between Song of Ice and Fire and Miller's Leibowitz. Tom - 23/09/2010 03:28:31 AM 924 Views
I know - I was just thinking about wait times for stories Larry - 23/09/2010 03:40:09 AM 862 Views
Not neccessarily. There are plenty of series that I started but didn't finish because I lost Tashmere - 24/09/2010 12:58:10 AM 853 Views
Don't mistake yourself for the average consumer Larry - 24/09/2010 04:03:57 AM 1107 Views
Re: Don't mistake yourself for the average consumer Werthead - 24/09/2010 08:55:29 AM 1026 Views
which is why I always rant - why review a book on your blog, but not Amazon? Aeryn - 25/09/2010 03:36:45 PM 956 Views
That's why I always do. Werthead - 25/09/2010 04:51:49 PM 866 Views
Re: Mostly, because I don't buy from Amazon. *NM* Danae al'Thor - 26/09/2010 12:09:03 AM 451 Views
I don't plan to read it. nossy - 26/09/2010 03:28:02 PM 1123 Views
As I said in a previous response... Larry - 26/09/2010 11:15:13 PM 899 Views
I only recently started reading the books fistofpainx - 23/09/2010 04:17:14 AM 945 Views
Re: I only recently started reading the books Fox and Ravens - 23/09/2010 03:36:17 PM 912 Views
Where's your evidence that Neil Gaiman thinks he's God? Tim - 23/09/2010 01:31:03 PM 972 Views
Re: Nothing wrong with him if does have a high opinion of himself. *NM* Danae al'Thor - 26/09/2010 12:11:06 AM 393 Views
I'm always amused by these threads. Variant - 24/09/2010 08:22:54 AM 953 Views
Re: I'm always amused by these threads. Fox and Ravens - 24/09/2010 02:42:27 PM 1033 Views
Truly, there's really no reason that you can't be both angry at him and planning to buy the book. Kotagg - 25/09/2010 12:46:03 AM 917 Views
I never said it was hypocritical, just saying it's amusing. *NM* Variant - 25/09/2010 11:06:42 AM 429 Views
So y'all just bitching? Variant - 25/09/2010 10:31:23 AM 961 Views
Re: I'm always amused by these threads. Werthead - 25/09/2010 05:04:56 PM 875 Views
Re: This is funny beyond the telling. Danae al'Thor - 26/09/2010 12:07:40 AM 917 Views
Re: Because George R.R. Martin does everything but write these days... Mossman - 02/10/2010 02:57:29 AM 855 Views
Here's the thing... ajah - 02/10/2010 08:23:14 AM 1260 Views
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