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sdrawkcab		#741	[-]
Posts: 21 (02/06/10 01:24 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts	Everyone is gifted. Some open the package sooner. Remove this ad Im sick of waiting on this guy. Why start a series and not finish it. Melanie Rawn and her Exiles series pisses me off too. Its been like 15 years.
bob2559		#742	[-]
Posts: 6511 (02/06/10 01:38 PM) Cat Diddler Reply Quote More Recent Posts	The very least the asshole could do is put up a new sample chapter, the one that's up now has been up close to six years.
JeffMaster		#743	[-]
Posts: 28 (02/06/10 08:56 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts	From the comments section of GRRM's blog, some good news and bad news: http://grrm.livejournal.com/131900.html?thread=8572220#t8572220 "Are any of these chapters getting bumped to Winds?" Well, it's possible, sure. If I knew they were going to get bumped into the next book, I wouldn't be writing them now, of course, so it's my intent that they be part of DANCE. But at some point, when the finished manuscript goes to my editors, it may be they will say, "this chapter would work better in the next book." Which is indeed what has already happened with the Sansa chapter, and with one Arya chapter I have completed as well. One major factor will be how big the final book is. If I end up producing something longer than A STORM OF SWORDS, you can bet your firstborn that some chapters will get shifted. That's NOT the only factor, mind you... and don't worry, I am not there yet. Though I am within spitting distance of 1200 pages. The good news is that he has written nearly 1200 manuscript pages. The bad news is that if he thinks there is a possibility it could end up longer than ASOS (which was 1520 manuscript pages), it means he could possibly have 300-400 more pages to write. So the release of ADWD does not appear to be imminent.
Alexander the Pretty Good		#744	[-]
Posts: 16266 (02/06/10 09:03 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts	Since I now care more about the work of Patrick Rothfuss, Martin can die of a heart attack and I'll finish his series in my head. Or he could die of a heart attack and that dude who wrote the new Wheel of Time book can tidy up after him.
JeffMaster		#745	[-]
Posts: 35 (02/07/10 12:59 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts	I don't think we will see the book in 2010. The cynic in me says that it will come out sometime in early 2011, when the HBO series is scheduled to premiere (if it gets picked up). I think they would love to have a new ASOIAF book to coincide with the TV series.
Eurytol		#746	[-]
Posts: 11401 (02/07/10 01:02 AM) Badass motherfucker-er Reply Quote More Recent Posts	I bet the networks that run the Christmas specials would love to have Santa appear this year, but that's not going to happen now, is it?? IS IT?? (we're never going to get this book. ever)
CBRetriever		#747	[-]
Posts: 31949 (02/07/10 01:38 AM) MESS member Reply Quote More Recent Posts	yay! another Rothfuss convert!
bob2559		#748	[-]
Posts: 6512 (02/07/10 03:35 AM) Cat Diddler Reply Quote More Recent Posts	JeffMaster wrote: From the comments section of GRRM's blog, some good news and bad news: http://grrm.livejournal.com/131900.html?thread=8572220#t8572220 "Are any of these chapters getting bumped to Winds?" Well, it's possible, sure. If I knew they were going to get bumped into the next book, I wouldn't be writing them now, of course, so it's my intent that they be part of DANCE. But at some point, when the finished manuscript goes to my editors, it may be they will say, "this chapter would work better in the next book." Which is indeed what has already happened with the Sansa chapter, and with one Arya chapter I have completed as well. One major factor will be how big the final book is. If I end up producing something longer than A STORM OF SWORDS, you can bet your firstborn that some chapters will get shifted. That's NOT the only factor, mind you... and don't worry, I am not there yet. Though I am within spitting distance of 1200 pages. The good news is that he has written nearly 1200 manuscript pages. The bad news is that if he thinks there is a possibility it could end up longer than ASOS (which was 1520 manuscript pages), it means he could possibly have 300-400 more pages to write. So the release of ADWD does not appear to be imminent. If I remember correctly, over three years ago he was telling us how he already had over 800 manuscript pages finished. That means in three years he's written a little over 350 pages, which comes out to about 2.5 to 3 pages per week. At that rate, he'll hit the 1500 page mark sometime in 2012 or 2013.
Gweedeaux		#749	[-]
Posts: 1885 (02/07/10 07:08 AM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts	Since we're waiting for Martin to finish ADWD, there is plenty of time to read Brandon Sanderson's (AKA the dude who wrote the WoT book) Mistborn trilogy. Clearly, he's the only writer out there these days getting shit done anyway.
CBRetriever		#750	[-]
Posts: 31956 (02/07/10 07:11 AM) MESS member Reply Quote More Recent Posts	Everyone is gifted. Some open the package sooner. Remove this ad are those any good? they didn't sound too interesting on Amazon
Jitensha		#751	[-]
Posts: 20350 (02/07/10 10:52 AM) I Must Be Psychic Reply Quote More Recent Posts	Alexander the Pretty Good wrote: Since I now care more about the work of Patrick Rothfuss, Martin can die of a heart attack and I'll finish his series in my head. Or he could die of a heart attack and that dude who wrote the new Wheel of Time book can tidy up after him. Welcome! How great is that book?
APG		#752	[-]
Posts: 9092 (02/07/10 03:29 PM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts	Rothfuss's work is art. I was reading some of his blog and he takes his writing VERY seriously. He would make a great OT poster.
PAPAYOKE		#753	[-]
Posts: 21675 (02/07/10 03:40 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts	I'll check out Rothfuss in the meantime.
Gweedeaux		#754	[-]
Posts: 1886 (02/07/10 06:58 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts	CBRetriever wrote: are those any good? they didn't sound too interesting on Amazon The Mistborn series is very good I thought. He develops a creative system of magic and very little is predictable. The end of the series did NOT end anywhere near how I expected it to.
Jitensha		#755	[-]
Posts: 20352 (02/07/10 07:01 PM) I Must Be Psychic Reply Quote More Recent Posts	APG wrote: Rothfuss's work is art. I was reading some of his blog and he takes his writing VERY seriously. He would make a great OT poster. He probably is already, honestly. PATRICK, SHOW THYSELF. He has done an amazing job of taking what should be a fairly simplistic/typical fantasy story and make it absolutely breathtaking.
Pseudo Propaganda		#756	[-]
Posts: 5409 (02/07/10 08:25 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts	Gweedeaux wrote: CBRetriever wrote: are those any good? they didn't sound too interesting on Amazon The Mistborn series is very good I thought. He develops a creative system of magic and very little is predictable. The end of the series did NOT end anywhere near how I expected it to. Speaking of creative systems of magic did anyone ever read "The Chronicles of the King's Tramp" series by Tom De Haven? Not sure they are even in print anymore but the way the rules of magic worked in his universe was so cool.
ginaf20697		#757	[-]
Posts: 39442 (02/07/10 09:24 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts	Thanks for all the great suggestions. Now it's off to the library!
oncebittentwice		#758	[-]
Posts: 5069 (02/07/10 09:40 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts	I just checked out the Rothfluss book from the library... How can you not just automatically like this guy? I mean... automatically? To add to the GRRM hate: GRRM has used Rothfluss's quite funny comic strip in his blog and suggested that people harrassing him for his 5 year delay is the same as people harrassing Rothfluss for his 2 year delay... Fuck knuckle.
APG		#759	[-]
Posts: 9124 (02/12/10 05:36 AM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts	Jitensha wrote: APG wrote: Rothfuss's work is art. I was reading some of his blog and he takes his writing VERY seriously. He would make a great OT poster. He probably is already, honestly. PATRICK, SHOW THYSELF. He has done an amazing job of taking what should be a fairly simplistic/typical fantasy story and make it absolutely breathtaking. He doesn't have time to be a poster because he is busy working on his book.
Shagnanigans		#760	[-]
Posts: 6906 (02/12/10 07:07 AM) I'm not drunk Reply Quote More Recent Posts	Everyone is gifted. Some open the package sooner. Remove this ad Okay that pic alone has sold me on Rothfuss.

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