On the other hand it worked out great for the Wheel of Time series.
He’s almost 70 and he is very out of shape , to put it nicely. So it’s no surprising he works slowly and with the TV money flowing in he has no reason to hurry.
He’s obviously written himself into a corner in the books and I’m pretty sure he’s happy to let HBO finish it while he moves on to other projects.
His age and his weight don’t seem to be a significant factor if he writing other stuff.
They ARE kind of a factor in whether he survives long enough to finish the series, though.
I don’t think he cares much about finishing it. That’s what I was trying to say.
He said a long time ago that he lost interest in this story. The tv show triggered a landslide of fan requests for the end of this tale (far and above those who read this series when it first came out) so he agreed to finish it off. It seems to me that he still likes Westros and has a few tales to tell about it but the story that inthralled HBO viewers isn’t the one that inthralled him.
I do not see Martin palming this off to a ghost writer just to please his fans. My only hope is that he lives to be 105 so that he can finish this.
He’s already given it to a ghost writer—HBO. I think it’s reasonable to expect that that will be the only ending completed.
He could write more books that are shorter instead of sticking to 7, that way he could put them out quicker.
I don’t think it’s a question of ‘sticking’ to seven at all – wasn’t it supposed to be a trilogy when he started? Writers just have lengths that suit the way they write. Some do short stories, some can make their point in 200 pages, others need a wider canvas.
Though once you’re famous, editors certainly stop trying to ‘trim the fat.’
Or your publishing company (whom you’ve made oodles of dollars for) tell you, “Sure! Your wife can be your editor! No problem!”
(Not to disparage Harriet MacDougal, but an editor NEEDS an objectivity distance.)
It’s a lot more fun hanging out with Hollywood folks than writing a 900 page book .
Made a game of these last words with hubby. Look how Maester Aemon’s words were a bit of fan service to the book readers.
I read somewhere that production has started on the spin-off. Did they ever say what the premise is?
It’s supposed to be set about 10,000 years in the past during the “Age of Heroes”.
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Oooh. The first war with The Others.
Now that I think of it, it’s just more of the same, innit? Hopefully we’ll get some of GoT big historical mysteries solved like, how in the heck did they build that wall?
No idea why they are going into unexplored territory instead of mining the deep and best of all already written history of Westeros. The show was at its best when it had Martin’s writings to guide it, when it got into fan fiction territory the quality went downhill. This looks like its going straight to the fan fiction.
For this non-book reader would you please spoil it for me?
There’s a wiki out there that tells how the wall was made.
Egg is Aegon V, his brother, and also Daenerys’ grandfather (show) or great grandfather (books)
Oh, neat. Thank you.
off to the GoT wiki, again.
Various reports says the filming of season 8 is done . I guess they have to move on to the CGI parts. Eventually HBO will announce when it returns but I suppose they are in no hurry to do that It seems they could put out clips now if they want.