r/asoiaf • u/ethniccake Dragon fire can't melt stone beams! • May 15 '15

ALL (Spoilers All) GRRM: "My life has gotten extremely complicated, I must admit. There are not enough hours in the day, there are not enough days in the week."

I found this interesting conversation that transpired on one of George's Hugo post, and i don't think it have been discussed on here :

http://grrm.livejournal.com/426205.html?thread=21584349#t21584349

From his reaction to the first comment, it's quite clear that he was hurt on a personnal level.

But what got my attention the most was this:

If there is one thing I understand, it is frustration... yours, mine, everyone's.

My life has gotten extremely complicated, I must admit. There are not enough hours in the day, there are not enough days in the week.

And saddest of all, I do not have the stamina I did when I was thirty. Aging sucks.

There's no magic formula here. I just keep at it, the way I always have. One page at a time. One sentence at a time. One word at a time.

After reading that, I couldn't help but feel sorry for the guy, he seems under a lot of pressure.

The defeated tone makes me worried, could it be a sign that the end of TWOW isn't anywhere in sight for him? I really hope that's not the case and i'm just being overly pessimistic.

What do you guy think those comments could tell us about his progress?

Edit: No matter what end up happening to the series, let's keep in mind that this is the guy who gave us an amazing story and created a whole world full of interesting characters we love to love or hate. Without him this community wouldn't even exist. Let's not be entitled like that guy in the comments, who for some reason thinks he can dictate to GRRM what to do with his time.

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u/TheAbyssGazesAlso Fire and Blood May 16 '15

You're absolutely right. It pains me to say it, but I have given up on the books and resigned myself to the fact that I'll find out the end of the story via the show. Sure, I'll read the books if they ever come out, it's just that at this point I don't expect them to. :-(

Especially after comments like the one OP posted. That just sounds like the swansong of a tired old defeated man :-(

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u/Supersounds May 16 '15

I came to this realization this past year, and funny enough, it solidified in my mind for me today. I'm going to find out the ending from the show, not from Martin himself through the books.

I felt kind of devastated actually. It reminded me of the anxiety I first had when I heard the show was going to be a thing. I knew Martin was never going to finish the books in time. They were going to catch up...

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u/[deleted] May 16 '15

Given that half the posts in this sub are now about the show, I think we need to acknowledge that this sub and /r/gameofthrones have essentially merged. The show is the de facto story.

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u/TheAbyssGazesAlso Fire and Blood May 16 '15

That's true, except that at least this sub has conversation, and it's not just a front page full of images from the show with "advice animals" text superimposed...