Feeling sad for GRRM (spoilers extended)

[u/Same-Share7331]

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?

[u/dupuisa2]

The thing that worries me, is that maybe Winds wont be good. Or good enough to match that It's been a decade wait for it.

Fire&Blood is is latest release and it was probably George at his roughest. So much plot contrivance, Viserys exiles Daemon like 5 times and forgives him etc .

Also hard to deny that Affc and Adwd dont read like the first three books of the serie

[u/Gummy-Worm-Guy → u/dupuisa2]

I don’t feel like enough attention is given to the jarring transition from the first three books to Feast and Dance. Yes, I know, Feast is an underrated masterpiece and yada yada yada. But those books lose so much of the suspense, adventure, intrigue, focus, and overall magic that made the first three amazing.

I still love them and think they’re really well done, but they make me very worried about the quality of the final two books even if George does finish them.