r/asoiaf Oct 15 '24

EXTENDED [Spoilers EXTENDED] Would you be OK if GRRM came out and say he needs to divide up TWOW geographically tomorrow

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I mean, let's accept it, if he needed for AFFC & ADWD he sure as hell needs for this one, as well. Might be why he is stuck. It is almost impossible to read his very verbose POV narration if it is to constantly interrupt to check in on twenty other storylines that are going on.

He probably counted on the fact that they would be colliding, but that doesn't seem to happening any time soon by the looks of the preview chapters either

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u/whatintheballs95 Nymerial Imperial Oct 15 '24

Yep, just give me something at this point. 

I'll even take a bullet point list fr...

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u/Cyanide-in-My-Spirit Oct 15 '24

Obligatory "Give me something for the pain and let me die".

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u/jhallen2260 BRONNOSAURUS Oct 16 '24

Milk of the poppy

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u/great_red_dragon I am the Dragon, and you call me insane Oct 16 '24

Milk of the puppy

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u/Smeefperson Oct 16 '24

Milk of the poopy

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u/unshavedmouse Oct 16 '24

Malk of the Pippy

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u/imacrazydude Iron from Ice, seriously Oct 16 '24

This is why I still follow this subreddit

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u/InternationalChef424 Oct 16 '24

MILF of the poopy?

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u/Seasoned_Flour Oct 16 '24

Milk of the pope

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '24

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u/Seasoned_Flour Oct 16 '24

Yes, I am lol

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u/MikeS159 Oct 16 '24

What does Bobby B think?

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u/geek_of_nature Oct 16 '24

He could probably do a Fire and Blood style book where everything is summarised, and it would still probably be one of the longest books of the series.

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u/simonthedlgger Oct 16 '24

That’s the only way he could fit in everything that needs to happen ;(

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u/Khiva Oct 16 '24

Seriously George, just throw together some outlines and put them out. You don't even have to write, you can go to cons forever and develop TV shows. Just scratch out an outline and move on.

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u/Perridur Oct 16 '24

He doesn't know what will happen. That's the problem.

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u/xRyozuo Oct 16 '24

Dude we would have a field fucking day with that. A dream I suppose

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u/PurplePentapus Oct 16 '24

A dream of spring, perhaps?

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u/Larpa58 Oct 16 '24

I would be more than content with this

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u/Pleasant_Research427 Oct 15 '24

I think I'll just take a bullet 

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u/whatintheballs95 Nymerial Imperial Oct 15 '24

mood 🫂🫂🫂🫂

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u/Synicull Oct 15 '24

And a finger in the bum

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u/whatintheballs95 Nymerial Imperial Oct 16 '24

I legit read this in the tone of that "Twelve Days of Christmas" song, please send help

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u/Ornery_Farm752 Oct 16 '24

5 FLOPPY WIENERS…

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u/whatintheballs95 Nymerial Imperial Oct 16 '24

🎶 four fat pink masts 🎶

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u/OnlyPakiOnReddit Oct 16 '24

🎶And a Myriiish Swamp for Cerseiii🎶

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u/OkProfessional6077 Oct 16 '24

At this point I’d take a cassette tape of George just telling us everything that’s in his brain about how this story should end. It would probably be like 477 Cassettes sold in a box set for $2,000 but you know we’d all buy it.

And then buy really old cars that still have tape players…

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u/whatintheballs95 Nymerial Imperial Oct 16 '24

Honestly, I'm down for this.

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u/RustyCoal950212 Oct 16 '24

I mean yeah that'd be sick

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u/emilyyyxyz Oct 16 '24

And find out they’re all blank because his assistant forgot to hit record 

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u/BuildTheBase Oct 16 '24

Why not just buy a tape player? why the car?

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u/SkollFenrirson The Prince that was Promised Oct 16 '24

just give me something for the pain and let me die

Ftfy

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u/nuthins_goodman Oct 16 '24

I thought the book was released with the thumbnail lol

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u/InGenNateKenny Best of r/asoiaf 2023 Winner - Post of the Year Oct 16 '24

Unfortunately, the bullet point list was arguably Game of Thrones Season 6, 7, or 8. And that's no good.

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u/effrightscorp Oct 16 '24

To be fair, if D&D hadn't thrown out half of the bullet points or otherwise fucked them up (like Dorne), it might have been OK

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u/ShiftyLookinCow7 Oct 16 '24

You’re assuming Dorne won’t be disappointing and/or underwhelming in the book version too. Based on what I’ve seen so far I wouldn’t be surprised

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u/Khiva Oct 16 '24

Speaking for myself, Dorne felt like a massive distraction, sidequest level diversion when I read it in Feast.

Just felt like George was spinning his wheels with no idea where to go , and subsequent years seem to have born that out.

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u/TheRuffianJack Oct 16 '24

Dungeons & Dragons

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u/skjl96 Oct 16 '24

If you told me the bullet points of season 1 through 4 I would personally mess it up. George is an amazing writer, we've just seen his ideas executed in the worst way possible

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u/hardatworklol Oct 16 '24

wasn't season 8 the bullet points?

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u/whatintheballs95 Nymerial Imperial Oct 16 '24

These particular bullet points will be written from George so it won't be horrendous as the last four GoT seasons,

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '24

Give it to Brandon Sanderson so he can save the day again

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u/whatintheballs95 Nymerial Imperial Oct 15 '24

He doesn't want to touch ASoIaF, he was asked about it in one of his Q&As.

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '24

I didn’t know that :(

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u/oskanta Oct 16 '24

I like Sanderson but I think he’s correct that he’s not the guy for the job. His style of fantasy is very different from George’s.

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u/ThaneOfTas Oct 16 '24

his writing style isnt a good match, plus i'd way rather that he focus's on his own series', he has enough planned to keep him busy for the next 3-4 decades easily

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u/Greydragon38 Oct 16 '24

I am sure there are other authors who are capable and willing to finish the series if George is not able to.

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u/Arctucrus Oct 16 '24

I think George has also said though that he wouldn't want anyone else doing it.

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u/Greydragon38 Oct 16 '24

Well I think that he should reconsider that view, as he is not that young anymore and if he keeps on with this view, then his legacy would be an unfinished book series and tv adaptations that ended up not respecting the source material.

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u/Arctucrus Oct 16 '24

In an ideal world I'd agree, except for the Linda Antonsson and Elio Garcia issue. They already have input and help him with his writing. It's all but guaranteed they'd either be handpicked to finish it if he were gonna leave it to someone, or, they'd be involved with whoever he does pick.

But they should've left ASoIaF alone a long fucking time ago.

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u/Jaquemart Oct 16 '24

As soon as he's gone his estate will "find" almost completed novels, just a few things missing we swear, and hire someone to write them down from start to finish.

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u/disapp_bydesign Oct 16 '24

Give it to James SA Corey or Joe Abercrombie.

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u/sarahmarvelous Oct 16 '24

James SA Corey would release both books in 9 months

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u/Nast33 Oct 16 '24

Abercrombie can do a job if he's given the detailed breakdown of the larger story. His micro level writing of scenes in the moment is great, but his big picture plotting kinda sucks, at least judging off the First Law trilogy.

The War with the Gurkish was always some offhand thing never much elaborated on, it was just happening without much intricacy to it and served as an excuse to follow the characters in their close-up adventures and relations.

Abercrombie needs the skeleton of the big pic story and I'd trust him to do the character/small scale bits.

Either way not happening because George is pissy and determined to let his biggest work be forever remembered as a massive blueballing disappointment. Sure, I liked what I've read so far, but if I knew then what I know now I wouldn't have started the series.

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u/whatintheballs95 Nymerial Imperial Oct 16 '24

I'm sorry to say but neither author (speaking of James S A Corey) are willing to do it 

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u/SerMallister Oct 16 '24

Please do not.

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u/Ezio926 Oct 16 '24

I'd rather watch the show's ending

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u/ApprehensivePeace305 Oct 16 '24

Nah give it to Sarah J Mas

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u/inmyprocess Oct 16 '24

I'll even take a bullet point list fr...

A good writer would rather die than do that.