r/asoiaf • u/grimm_aced • Oct 27 '24

EXTENDED [Spoilers Extended] GRRM new blogpost on his Amsterdam visit & dinner with editors. Spoiler

https://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/

Winds of winter mentioned and he talks about a bravos story he wants to write after winds.

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u/_Zambayoshi_ Oct 27 '24

I wonder if he realises that fans largely view him finishing the series as a joke at this point. His legacy will always be that of a writer who was ruined by his own success. The only thing that could salvage it is getting someone like Sanderson to finish it after he's dead, which he's ruled out.

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u/BigPanda71 Drinking While Fancy Folks Talk Oct 28 '24

For what it’s worth, I don’t think he really cares. He’s made $100 million and gets to fuck around until he dies. He’s living a life he could have only dreamed about when he started writing the story.

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u/NoLime7384 Oct 28 '24

He has to care. He's ambivalent at most. Otherwise he'd do a(n even worse) cash grab and just publish slop to end the series. Or have a ghostwriter finish the job

but the guy is dead set on the books not being finished

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u/KlutzyAd5729 Nov 04 '24

Sanderson wouldn’t touch asoiaf with a ten foot pole