I meant, well, ASoS came out in 2000, WH came out in 2000, I could have said that DEADHOUSE GATES came out in 2000, or whatever Feist book came out that year (one of the godawful KRONDOR ones, I think) or any other fantasy series that was incomplete then that is incomplete now, and will not be completed for some time.
It was basically a way of asking the OP's point because I'm pretty certain after the last few we don't need YET ANOTHER thread about the author being late, Gaiman's Law being invoked, Rothfuss and Lynch being brought up, someone piping up that Erikson delivers a book every year, the writing time of Tolkien coming up, spurious comparisons with other authors being presented and the thread climaxing in a nuclear fireball that outshines a million suns before we all agree that Melanie Rawn will never complete THE CAPITAL'S TOWER.
Especially as I suspect we will have an update about ADWD in the next month or two which will likely lead to the same thing anyway.
I wasn't being an arsehole about that that issue, to be honest, as my name is not Terry Goodkind, and apologies if anyone thought that was the case (that I was an arsehole, not that my name is Terry Goodkind because it isn't, and if you thought that, then that's a bit weird
Let's move on).
I fully acknowledge that if Robert Jordan was still with us, we'd probably have had Book 12 a year ago if not earlier (but we'd still have one or more books to go).
It was basically a way of asking the OP's point because I'm pretty certain after the last few we don't need YET ANOTHER thread about the author being late, Gaiman's Law being invoked, Rothfuss and Lynch being brought up, someone piping up that Erikson delivers a book every year, the writing time of Tolkien coming up, spurious comparisons with other authors being presented and the thread climaxing in a nuclear fireball that outshines a million suns before we all agree that Melanie Rawn will never complete THE CAPITAL'S TOWER.
Especially as I suspect we will have an update about ADWD in the next month or two which will likely lead to the same thing anyway.
And the author had the mild inconvenience of getting sick and dying, which to my knowledge is not particularly conducive to writing
I wasn't being an arsehole about that that issue, to be honest, as my name is not Terry Goodkind, and apologies if anyone thought that was the case (that I was an arsehole, not that my name is Terry Goodkind because it isn't, and if you thought that, then that's a bit weird
Let's move on).I fully acknowledge that if Robert Jordan was still with us, we'd probably have had Book 12 a year ago if not earlier (but we'd still have one or more books to go).
This message last edited by Werthead on 13/12/2009 at 05:38:58 AM
I was 21 when A Feast for Crows came out
- 10/12/2009 04:04:55 AM
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And The Eye of the World was published before I was born. Quit complaining. 
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- 10/12/2009 04:18:20 AM
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- 10/12/2009 04:18:20 AM
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If he decides today that he doesn't want to write another book in his life, then he has every right
- 10/12/2009 05:35:43 AM
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We've all heard Neil "You think he's God" Gaiman's stupid thoughts. Many of us disagree. *NM*
- 10/12/2009 03:55:17 PM
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Also, most of the fans complain more because we hear more about stupid knight figurines
- 11/12/2009 07:52:57 PM
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I agree completely.
- 11/12/2009 10:53:48 PM
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What was he making his money from before 2007?
- 15/12/2009 06:51:28 PM
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I wish Martin was still 21. Maybe he'd live to finish the series.
- 16/12/2009 04:44:27 AM
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Re: I wish Martin was still 21. Maybe he'd live to finish the series.
- 16/12/2009 04:45:09 AM
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Indeed, and you have a right to do so. But not everyone has seen them, and I still agree with him. *NM*
- 12/12/2009 06:58:14 PM
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And I will be 100000000004 years old when ADWD makes it to the printing press. *NM*
- 10/12/2009 11:05:44 AM
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I was 21 when ASoS came out.
- 11/12/2009 08:24:52 PM
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Of course, two books followed that one in the Wheel of Time.
- 13/12/2009 04:53:17 AM
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That's not what I meant.
- 13/12/2009 05:37:07 AM
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It just seems a particularly bizarre comparison as several books have been published since then.
- 13/12/2009 06:55:16 AM
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- 13/12/2009 06:55:16 AM
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But only one of them was any good. This leads into a core argument over writing speeds.
- 13/12/2009 06:55:59 PM
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It also hinges on the fact that his upcoming book will be fantastic.
- 13/12/2009 07:50:57 PM
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No, it doesn't. That will either justify or further condemn the wait.
- 13/12/2009 08:52:35 PM
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Poor choice of comparison...
- 13/12/2009 08:20:14 AM
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That's a very coloured view.
- 13/12/2009 06:47:16 PM
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I was 13 when Gene Wolfe's Soldier of the Mist came out
- 14/12/2009 02:32:45 AM
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You'd kill for some Latro action figures though, would't you? 
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- 14/12/2009 05:30:46 PM
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- 14/12/2009 05:30:46 PM
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If Martin was 21, maybe he'd have enough time to finish the series. *NM*
- 16/12/2009 04:46:32 AM
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