Re: [BOOKS] Game of Thrones for the Literate

by M99 Fri Jul 15, 2016 9:07 pm

Lmfao we have officially reached a point beyond desperation.

https://imgur.com/a/9PITE

by M99 Sat Jul 23, 2016 8:28 am

http://watchersonthewall.com/game-thrones-planning-action-scenes-season-7/#more-71395

http://watchersonthewall.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Italica.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/hJFGUF5.jpg

by urbaNRoots Sat Jul 23, 2016 12:39 pm

That place looks like it could be the ruined dragon pit in King's Landing, but I can see why people think this is the Tourney at Harrenhal.

by M99 Sun Sep 04, 2016 4:28 pm

https://i.redd.it/a9xtbfh2vcjx.png

He thinks he won't be done by summer 2017...

by zigra Mon Sep 05, 2016 12:19 am

Not exactly what he said.
Imo after failing to meet several deadlines it would make perfectly sense for him not to "think" that he can do it till date xyz anymore and just decline any con till he's done no matter how few pages are missing.

I guess that sounds a bit too optimistic? hmm

by RealGunner Mon Sep 05, 2016 12:20 am

I am confident it will be out by Jan/Feb

by Sushi Master Mon Sep 05, 2016 2:00 am

I actually feel that's a positive response, because he's pretty much responded previously by: "stop asking when it comes out, GoT is not my only project".

By stating that he's rejecting any other offers I take it as he's focused on the damn book, which sounds very sweet to me.

by BarrileteCosmico Mon Sep 05, 2016 2:11 am

the wait is starting to sour me to the whole thing, how can he go from "i might have finished it 9 months ago" to "it's still at least 9 months away"?

He better do a sanderson and turn in 2 books instead of 1...

by RealGunner Mon Sep 05, 2016 2:22 am

Just my assumption but i think he re-wrote A LOT of the book after the last season.

by Sushi Master Mon Sep 05, 2016 2:22 am

Rejecting offers a year from now does not necessarily mean he'll take that long to finish the book... I mean, it's like you're on deadline day, 4 PM, and you get invited to some after party work binge drinking. You're going to say no, even if you might be done by 6 PM, because it's just something you don't put importance on at the moment.

Or maybe he does not give a frack now that he's a millionaire Laughing

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BTW Barrilete, is that Brandon Sanderson you're talking about?

by urbaNRoots Mon Sep 05, 2016 10:54 am

He's an old man who just wants to enjoy the rest of his life now and is not very bothered to finish this story imo. I know people will say that he is still very much interested (based on his new year post) but he seems a lot more happier discussing Wild Cards, Hugo Awards and Sports instead. Can't blame him either but I've learned to deal with it as frustrating as it is. After all it is my fault that I started an unfinished series.

I'm sure he will deliver The Winds of Winter sometime after the 7th season of Game of Thrones but I'm not expecting him to actually finish the story.

by zigra Mon Sep 05, 2016 1:42 pm

That's actually kind of my worry as well. I'm not really bothered that much if we get Winds in 2016, 2017 or 2018 but I AM worried that he might never finish ADOS. Don't know if he still has the energy at the age of 70 after how long the last books took him.
But of course that depends a lot on how it's all set up. It could well be a lot easier to write because you don't have to plan further than the actual book anymore. Usually I'd expect the last book to be the easiest to write.

by BarrileteCosmico Mon Sep 05, 2016 2:49 pm

Sushi Master wrote:
BTW Barrilete, is that Brandon Sanderson you're talking about?

Yeah, he has a reputation as being incredibly high turnout. In his latest release he turned in 2 books instead of the 1 he promised his editor because "I was having trouble writing the 1st book so I started on the 2nd one to get me going" (or something of the sort).

by Sushi Master Mon Sep 05, 2016 2:52 pm

BarrileteCosmico wrote:
Sushi Master wrote:
BTW Barrilete, is that Brandon Sanderson you're talking about?

Yeah, he has a reputation as being incredibly high turnout. In his latest release he turned in 2 books instead of the 1 he promised his editor because "I was having trouble writing the 1st book so I started on the 2nd one to get me going" (or something of the sort).

He sure does. His books don't have the sheer details GRR's books have, at least from what I've read.

Which on topic, I recommend his Stormlight Archive series of books. They have vastly satisfied my fantasy needs while I wait for WoW to come out. It's a really nice fantasy setting, some very original ideas and great characters.

by Bellabong Tue Sep 06, 2016 1:42 am

BarrileteCosmico wrote:the wait is starting to sour me to the whole thing, how can he go from "i might have finished it 9 months ago" to "it's still at least 9 months away"?

He better do a sanderson and turn in 2 books instead of 1...

I justt want him to do an Erikson and churn out 330k word incredibly complex epics every year.

But considering GRRM has run out of stuff to plagiarise and has to actually write some epic fantasy...

by urbaNRoots Thu Sep 08, 2016 4:48 pm

Some big news on Euron Greyjoys role in S7. :bow:

Spoiler:

by Kaladin Thu Sep 08, 2016 4:53 pm

Sushi Master wrote:
BarrileteCosmico wrote:
Sushi Master wrote:
BTW Barrilete, is that Brandon Sanderson you're talking about?

Yeah, he has a reputation as being incredibly high turnout. In his latest release he turned in 2 books instead of the 1 he promised his editor because "I was having trouble writing the 1st book so I started on the 2nd one to get me going" (or something of the sort).

He sure does. His books don't have the sheer details GRR's books have, at least from what I've read.

Which on topic, I recommend his Stormlight Archive series of books. They have vastly satisfied my fantasy needs while I wait for WoW to come out. It's a really nice fantasy setting, some very original ideas and great characters.

Another Sanderson fan :bow:

He is a monster, definitely a top 5 fantasy writer for me. Have you by any chance read Scott Lynch's work (The Gentlemen Bastards) ? If not i highly recommend it

by M99 Thu Sep 08, 2016 5:48 pm

urbaNRoots wrote:Some big news on Euron Greyjoys role in S7.

Spoiler:

the winds of winter the forsaken chapter spoiler:

by urbaNRoots Thu Sep 08, 2016 6:08 pm

Season 7 spoilers/speculation:

by Sushi Master Thu Sep 08, 2016 6:12 pm

ES wrote:
Sushi Master wrote:
BarrileteCosmico wrote:

Yeah, he has a reputation as being incredibly high turnout. In his latest release he turned in 2 books instead of the 1 he promised his editor because "I was having trouble writing the 1st book so I started on the 2nd one to get me going" (or something of the sort).

He sure does. His books don't have the sheer details GRR's books have, at least from what I've read.

Which on topic, I recommend his Stormlight Archive series of books. They have vastly satisfied my fantasy needs while I wait for WoW to come out. It's a really nice fantasy setting, some very original ideas and great characters.

Another Sanderson fan

He is a monster, definitely a top 5 fantasy writer for me. Have you by any chance read Scott Lynch's work (The Gentlemen Bastards) ? If not i highly recommend it

I love his work. Fantasy wise, his world just seems like a breath of fresh air to me. It's not the politically charged deathfest GoT is, but on the fantasy scale he just bombs it. Some great original work.

I haven't heard of the Gentlemen Bastards series, but reading up on it it sounds swell. Will check it out once I'm done with Stormlight. Thanks for the recommendation Thumbs up

by urbaNRoots Thu Sep 08, 2016 6:17 pm

What I've heard about Sanderson, he always updates his fans on the progression of his upcoming books. I wish George did that. Neutral

Even if it was an update every 6 months Laughing

by M99 Thu Sep 08, 2016 6:24 pm

GRRM doesn't trust himself after the whole ADWD one year after AFFC fiasco.

Also he does constant rewrites and revision so he himself does not know how far he is.

by urbaNRoots Thu Sep 08, 2016 6:36 pm

Not saying he should give us his predictions on when he's getting it done but he could tell us SOMETHING. Even a "I just revised an old chapter" would be better than nothing at all in my opinion. His fans are thirsty for new content, even a single useless comment that relates to TWOW gets like 500 comments on /r/asoiaf Laughing

More updates would mean less speculation about what he is actually doing, his health and complaints about his writing speed.

by RealGunner Mon Oct 24, 2016 10:01 pm

sorry to do this to you all

S7 spoiler ( just one )

Spoiler:

by zigra Wed Oct 26, 2016 8:24 pm

You read all the leaks about season 7? No idea if they are legit but I certainly hope they are not Laughing

by RealGunner Wed Oct 26, 2016 8:33 pm

Nah avoiding them since they are pretty much TWOW spoilers

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