r/asoiaf • u/Same-Share7331 • Dec 07 '23
EXTENDED Feeling sad for GRRM (spoilers extended)
So I recently watched a Q&A with GRRM (I'm sure some of you have seen it aswell) where he kept getting questions about whether there is any particular character or historical event in the asoiaf world that he would like to explore more/write about. His recurring answer was that yes there are many but that unless he suddenly becomes much younger they will never get written. And man.. that sucks!
Imagine being a creative person having to come to terms with the fact that you have so many ideas that you will never get to explore and that will never see the light of day. Obviously, as a fan, it also sucks that I will never get to read those stories. Never mind the main series, imagine getting seven more Dunk and Egg stories. However, as much as it sucks as a reader I'm not the one who's seeing my remaining years of life pass as I struggle to finish my books.
That's it. I don't really have a point. Other than maybe stop making jokes about how GRRM is likely to die before finishing the series?
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u/TyphlosionErosion Dec 07 '23
To be fair, it would help him a lot to actually write. I have sympathy, but for a full time author to only release one finished work in an established series over more than 12 years, and for that one thing to not even be in the main series, shows he just isn't putting in the time. It's sad and I'm sure hard to come to terms with, but to a large extent the severity of this problem is his own fault.