tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post127787991095024568..comments2024-03-22T19:07:21.790+00:00Comments on The Wertzone: Book updates: Brandon Sanderson & George R.R. MartinAdam Whiteheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11383677312079611311noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-68454775477246108712010-10-19T16:01:57.814+00:002010-10-19T16:01:57.814+00:00I personally won't believe the book is close t...I personally won't believe the book is close to done until GRRM announces it on his website. It's really suspicious that he hasn't commented on it at all.<br /><br />While in general good health, he always seem to be sick after traveling to one convention or another. Nothing serious, just colds from various parts of the world.<br /><br />I decided not to read the series until it was done. When I picked up Crows I couldn't remember alot of the supporting characters, and had to reread the whole series. So, when the last book comes out, I'll read the whole thing over again.daran3redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17580462448177169192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-32100043054449516862010-10-15T11:08:32.363+00:002010-10-15T11:08:32.363+00:00The update situation is a bit odd. Since the 2008 ...The update situation is a bit odd. Since the 2008 one there have been several dozen substantive updates on the status of the book, but put on GRRM's blog. The February update explaining the structural changes to the book, or one of the later ones making clear the gargantuan size of the novel, would work quite well as a newer update on that page, or he could just have them mirrored. That would help the situation a fair bit as well.Adam Whiteheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11383677312079611311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-86961415833152601502010-10-15T08:17:34.574+00:002010-10-15T08:17:34.574+00:00Last formal update on George RR Martins website Ja...Last formal update on George RR Martins website Jan 2008, referencing the Feb 2007 update.<br /><br />Personally I don't think he has the tunnel vision or focus to finish this series. He's popping out other projects all the time, wildcards, editing short story compendiums etc. I don't think he's got it in him to do the series justice, he's just not organised enough. The last volume was a let down and I don't expect this to be any better, however many years late it is.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09622441892958864311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-81062850712310133382010-10-15T01:06:28.889+00:002010-10-15T01:06:28.889+00:00It's pretty simple for me- If ADWD is a return...It's pretty simple for me- If ADWD is a return to the form of the the first three books, I'll continue the series- no matterhow long that wait may be. If, however, it continues down the lackluster path of AFFC...I'm done waiting; I'm moving on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-18550227508733114982010-10-14T23:12:56.590+00:002010-10-14T23:12:56.590+00:00The publisher doesn't have that power, though....The publisher doesn't have that power, though. The copyright on the series remains with the author and passes to their literary heirs and estate when they pass away. The publisher cannot do anything unless the estate agrees, and in this case Martin has been pretty adamant that no-one will finish the series if he croaks, based on the appalling new books put out in the AMBER series (by GRRM's good friend Roger Zelazny) despite the author's wishes that no-one else touch them.<br /><br />Of course, he might change his mind, as Robert Jordan did when actually faced with the decision after years of saying that he wouldn't let anyone else finish the series.Adam Whiteheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11383677312079611311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-19248773315935074452010-10-14T14:35:00.939+00:002010-10-14T14:35:00.939+00:00I really have suspicions that GRRM has painted him...I really have suspicions that GRRM has painted himself into a corner and with all his other projects, hobbies, and travels, he doesn't have the focus he needs to get ASoIaF back under control. <br />And I find it, frustrating that he has time, for editing big anthologies, like Warriors but can't finish a book. <br />I know it sounds mean, but I'm starting to think it won't get finished in his lifetime, just because it will take him dying to get it finished. As long as GRRM is alive, its up to him, but when he dies the publisher will demand that before another author steps in, that they are committed to completing the series in an acceptable schedule.Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09111905486177430216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-62694186180986438442010-10-14T07:10:28.113+00:002010-10-14T07:10:28.113+00:00Ah, that. If you check out io9's recent podcas...Ah, that. If you check out io9's recent podcast GRRM talks about being on a great health plan, whilst I know people far unhealthier than GRRM who have survived to much greater ages. I personally put the chances of him being hit by a bus as a far greater worry.<br /><br />Certainly the chances of him contracting the same problem as Robert Jordan (an ultra-rare blood disease that affects only 1 in 1.2 million people) are negligible.Adam Whiteheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11383677312079611311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-50584300130675165672010-10-13T23:50:16.656+00:002010-10-13T23:50:16.656+00:00Adam Whitehead, I don't know about Gene Wolfe ...Adam Whitehead, I don't know about Gene Wolfe or Brian Aldiss's health, but George R.R. Martin didn't seem *that* healthy...David H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07423185701429663627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-4120904588993876562010-10-13T22:43:53.181+00:002010-10-13T22:43:53.181+00:00There were signs that Patrick Rothfuss had missed ...There were signs that Patrick Rothfuss had missed his deadline, but apparently he's still on track. However, Bantam US have pushed back THE REPUBLIC OF THIEVES to late summer and Gollancz have not replied to my enquiries about the book, indicating that it won't be hitting the early spring date. The listings for THE COLD COMMANDS also indicate it is dropping back until later in the year.<br /><br />THE HEROES has also been delayed (by a week) and so has THE CRIPPLED GOD (by a month), but those delays are far more minor.Adam Whiteheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11383677312079611311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-19879249375994974472010-10-13T22:00:50.980+00:002010-10-13T22:00:50.980+00:00"...Signs that a number of other major 2011 r..."...Signs that a number of other major 2011 releases look like they might be slipping back until later in the year."<br /><br />Wait, what have I missed?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08713791516631476930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-57115305649024469352010-10-13T20:31:09.449+00:002010-10-13T20:31:09.449+00:00Let's hope that GRRM doesn't discover Mine...Let's hope that GRRM doesn't discover Minecraft, that would really bugger up his writing schedule.jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01671754452498055684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-81714496285683399602010-10-13T17:19:49.557+00:002010-10-13T17:19:49.557+00:00SCRIBBLER is planned as the first book of a trilog...SCRIBBLER is planned as the first book of a trilogy.Peter Ahlstromhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16378054246028332312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-8234830828962081562010-10-13T15:41:16.644+00:002010-10-13T15:41:16.644+00:00Interesting. Even if we took a nightmare scenario ...Interesting. Even if we took a nightmare scenario and assumed 7 years for TWoW and 8 for ADoS (on the basis of 5 years for AFFC and the better part of 6 for ADWD), that would put the end of the series (assuming no further expansion) in 15 years, when GRRM would be 76-77, the same age as Gene Wolfe is presently or ten years younger than say Brian Aldiss, both of whom are still writing relatively prolifically.<br /><br />I have a strong suspicion it won't come to this. But we will see.Adam Whiteheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11383677312079611311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-63101600156055201202010-10-13T14:17:52.949+00:002010-10-13T14:17:52.949+00:00Unfortunately I can now say with reasonable convic...Unfortunately I can now say with reasonable conviction that ASOIAF cannot realistically be completed in GRRM's life time, as unhappy as I am in saying this, I do see this series meeting a Jordanian death. We can only hope someone as talented as Sanderson will take up the mission of completing the poor series.<br />What a waste!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com