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HBO's A Song of Ice and Fire
Theta9:
--- Quote from: Cornelius on 17 Apr 2019, 13:16 ---I've heard rumors, as yet unsubstantiated, that he might actually be planning on leaving it unfinished.
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Ah. Well fuck him then. If he doesn't care enough to finish the story, why should I bother to read it?
Cornelius:
Well, there's no definite source I can give or find for it - as I said, is a rumour. It says that the idea of an unfinished magnum opus rather appeals to him. Besides, the publisher is not exactly pleased by his stated plan to have the two final books be 1500 pages each. Any other author, that kind of manuscript would be flatly refused, or simply published piecemeal. Personally, I'm not impressed by that either. Sure, it's a large effort, but it also hints at a lack of focus.
Theta9:
--- Quote from: Cornelius on 17 Apr 2019, 22:37 ---Well, there's no definite source I can give or find for it - as I said, is a rumour. It says that the idea of an unfinished magnum opus rather appeals to him. Besides, the publisher is not exactly pleased by his stated plan to have the two final books be 1500 pages each. Any other author, that kind of manuscript would be flatly refused, or simply published piecemeal. Personally, I'm not impressed by that either. Sure, it's a large effort, but it also hints at a lack of focus.
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Perhaps the story will kind of disappointingly fizzle out in the final volumes, like King's Dark Tower epic.
Torlek:
--- Quote from: Cornelius on 17 Apr 2019, 22:37 ---Sure, it's a large effort, but it also hints at a lack of focus.
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That's pretty much GRRM in a nutshell, full of great ideas but can't focus worth a damn. Also, he's great at worldbuliding but can't move a narrative. At the rate things are going I'm expecting him to keep scribbling manuscript pages until he dies, then after a couple of years the publisher will hire Brandon Sanderson and both the 1700 page monsters will be out within a year.
JoeCovenant:
Personally, I'm wondering if he is constantly changing the narrative as he won;t won;t it to be a straight reflection of whatever the TV series decides to have as an ending...
(And I'm also wondering if they could sue if he DID copy their ending.... I dunno.. America is weird!!)
Has this ever happened before?
A TV series being concluded by going beyond where the actual book series has gotten to?
I know The Walking Dead have veered from the comics at times, but the basuic narrative is the same isn;t it?
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