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It just seems a particularly bizarre comparison as several books have been published since then. Ghavrel Send a noteboard - 13/12/2009 06:55:16 AM
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.

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 <img class=' />2' /> 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).
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I was 21 when A Feast for Crows came out Dark Knight - 10/12/2009 04:04:55 AM 1135 Views
And The Eye of the World was published before I was born. Quit complaining. *NM* Ghavrel - 10/12/2009 04:18:20 AM 398 Views
If he decides today that he doesn't want to write another book in his life, then he has every right lord-of-shadow - 10/12/2009 05:35:43 AM 987 Views
We've all heard Neil "You think he's God" Gaiman's stupid thoughts. Many of us disagree. *NM* Tom - 10/12/2009 03:55:17 PM 332 Views
Also, most of the fans complain more because we hear more about stupid knight figurines MightyYT - 11/12/2009 07:52:57 PM 847 Views
Re: MonCul - 11/12/2009 09:23:40 PM 832 Views
Agreed completely. Tom - 11/12/2009 09:51:06 PM 778 Views
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wow *NM* ianski - 14/12/2009 02:08:49 AM 295 Views
What was he making his money from before 2007? Joker - 15/12/2009 06:51:28 PM 841 Views
His work in TV and the film and movie rights to his work. Werthead - 15/12/2009 10:17:30 PM 828 Views
Re: His work in TV and the film and movie rights to his work. Jayhawk - 10/01/2010 02:02:30 AM 854 Views
I wish Martin was still 21. Maybe he'd live to finish the series. lankyevilme - 16/12/2009 04:44:27 AM 743 Views
Re: I wish Martin was still 21. Maybe he'd live to finish the series. lankyevilme - 16/12/2009 04:45:09 AM 766 Views
Indeed, and you have a right to do so. But not everyone has seen them, and I still agree with him. *NM* lord-of-shadow - 12/12/2009 06:58:14 PM 319 Views
*NM* Joker - 15/12/2009 06:48:45 PM 285 Views
When FFC came out all this was trees. danskyw4lker - 10/12/2009 05:39:44 AM 763 Views
And I will be 100000000004 years old when ADWD makes it to the printing press. *NM* Animosity - 10/12/2009 11:05:44 AM 298 Views
It's a good thing we got cloning now *NM* AgentOrange - 10/12/2009 03:49:48 PM 273 Views
I was 21 when ASoS came out. Werthead - 11/12/2009 08:24:52 PM 801 Views
Of course, two books followed that one in the Wheel of Time. Ghavrel - 13/12/2009 04:53:17 AM 773 Views
That's not what I meant. Werthead - 13/12/2009 05:37:07 AM 738 Views
It just seems a particularly bizarre comparison as several books have been published since then. Ghavrel - 13/12/2009 06:55:16 AM 720 Views
But only one of them was any good. This leads into a core argument over writing speeds. Werthead - 13/12/2009 06:55:59 PM 670 Views
It also hinges on the fact that his upcoming book will be fantastic. Ghavrel - 13/12/2009 07:50:57 PM 789 Views
No, it doesn't. That will either justify or further condemn the wait. Werthead - 13/12/2009 08:52:35 PM 772 Views
Poor choice of comparison... fionwe1987 - 13/12/2009 08:20:14 AM 831 Views
That's a very coloured view. Werthead - 13/12/2009 06:47:16 PM 852 Views
Of course it is! That was the point... fionwe1987 - 16/12/2009 10:42:55 PM 882 Views
Re: Of course it is! That was the point... Werthead - 17/12/2009 01:34:36 AM 741 Views
I was 13 when Gene Wolfe's Soldier of the Mist came out Larry - 14/12/2009 02:32:45 AM 822 Views
You'd kill for some Latro action figures though, would't you? *NM* Werthead - 14/12/2009 05:30:46 PM 286 Views
Some days, I'd just kill... *NM* Larry - 17/12/2009 01:38:52 AM 306 Views
If Martin was 21, maybe he'd have enough time to finish the series. *NM* lankyevilme - 16/12/2009 04:46:32 AM 310 Views
I was twenty-one years when... Chas - 10/01/2010 02:16:45 PM 891 Views
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