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sweetloukillbot

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11. No offense intended - I get knee jerk reactions about complaints about authors' writing pace

Reply to ClarendonDem (Reply #8)

Sun Dec 31, 2017, 08:23 PM

Dec 2017

I run in fantasy book circles, and Martin hate is pretty common. Even worse is Patrick Rothfuss hate, that is downright toxic, and part of me hopes that Rothfuss never finishes his series out of spite.

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Winds of Winter - Do You Still Care? [View all] ClarendonDem Dec 2017 OP

I don't care about the books now... yallerdawg Dec 2017 #1

Writers block? sweetloukillbot Dec 2017 #5

I certainly didn't claim that Martin ClarendonDem Dec 2017 #8

No offense intended - I get knee jerk reactions about complaints about authors' writing pace sweetloukillbot Dec 2017 #11

Yeah, still want to see how Martin wraps it up. TDale313 Dec 2017 #2

That's what I'm hoping ClarendonDem Dec 2017 #3

I gave up on GRRRRR (that's me growling) Martin ever writing the rest of the books. TexasProgresive Dec 2017 #4

+1000000 murielm99 Dec 2017 #6

If ONLY Robert Jordan had been a bit less verbose Ferrets are Cool Dec 2017 #7

Sad thing is people are seriously suggesting Brandon Sanderson finish for GRRM sweetloukillbot Dec 2017 #9

I agree. The styles are completely different. Ferrets are Cool Dec 2017 #12

One thing was how the initial books' releases messed with peoples' expectations sweetloukillbot Dec 2017 #10

Yeah PoorMonger Jan 2018 #13