The same age when I picked up WINTER'S HEART as well.
* ponders *
* wonders what the heck he is pondering *
* goes off to read something else *
* ponders *
* wonders what the heck he is pondering *
* goes off to read something else *
Whatever the truth maybe, you cannot deny that the past nine years have resulted in a vast majority of readers believing that Rober Jordan was a man very dedicated to his fans, who did not even let his death affect the end of his series, whereas GRRM "lazes around" and all that shit.
Personally, I think GRRM has every right to take his time with his series. But he's done a poor PR job of keeping his readers expectant and happy. Till the next book comes out, at least, all I can feel about aSoIaF is apathy, and that doesn't even allow me to re-read the series because I don't want to feel impatient for the next book.
Also, I think if by the end of next year, Martin is still not close to delivering the book, the series is indeed going to derail. If inspiration on how to move the series forward doesn't strike him in five years, then I doubt anything he comes up with after that will be able to match the genius of the first three books.
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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