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GRRM Confirms That He's Hasn't Worked On ASOIAF Since 2022 (www.gamesradar.com)

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Apologies for the slightly off-topic post...

It's not looking good, folks...

George R R Martin confirms he hasn't written anything for the 2 remaining A Song Of Ice And Fire books since 2022.

He wishes that they were finished.

The last published book in the series, A Dance With Dragons, was published in July 2011, now 13 years ago.

Obligatory song that's now 12 years old... https://youtu.be/j7lp3RhzfgI

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Sanderson did a great job, but my only critique was that the Tower of Genji part seemed rushed. The build up to that was almost as important as the Last Battle.

I don't think the rushing was Sanderson's fault, but Jordan's for leaving so much unfinished. My understanding is that when Jordan died, Sanderson was asked to write the "final book". When looking at the material that remained to be written Sanderson said it needed way more than one more book. He ended up writing three, but I wonder if the material may have called for five. Sanderson had his own stuff he wanted to write and didn't want to live for more than three-book-years-worth in Jordan's universe. I can't blame Sanderson for that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Oh, I'm not saying I'm displeased at all - I'm just saying, that in a perfect world, I would have liked to have had him spread out the writing a bit more. You're absolutely right - he had his own shit to do. He did an amazing job, all things considered. He also did us WoT fans an HUGE HUGE solid, and finished the damn thing when there was next to no hope that it actually would be finished.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

I personally wonder if Jordan wrote himself into a corner with the Tower of Genji. The magic system and tone didn't really match the rest of the WoT universe. If you look too closely at it, it raises all sorts of nasty continuity questions for the universe as a whole. The Tower of Genji smells like a deus ex machina.