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mkay0
Nov 7, 2003

I crawled the earth, but now I'm higher
2010, watch it go to fire
As if we didn't know already, but since the book isn't announced now, it's not coming out before season six.

GURM Sux

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Shimrra Jamaane
Aug 10, 2007

Obscure to all except those well-versed in Yuuzhan Vong lore.
Remember back in the summer when some people on the internet were buying into some vague rumors about some Polish publishing company that was allegedly preparing to publish TWoW in October?

lol

savinhill
Mar 28, 2010

Shimrra Jamaane posted:

Remember back in the summer when some people on the internet were buying into some vague rumors about some Polish publishing company that was allegedly preparing to publish TWoW in October?

lol

Yeah, I remember there was also some reddit thread where some of the last, totally optimistic hold-out gurm fans were hyping themselves into believing "Gurm is writing WoW" conspiracy theories based on some of his vague NotABlog comment section answers

rejutka
May 28, 2004

by zen death robot
So what do you reckon the GRRM is working on for the new book (that's never coming out) to passive-aggressive the show? Like, we get an entire new season of stuff before it comes out (no it won't) so he's gonna be looking to swerve something for buy my book purposes. Personally, I hope Davos rocks up to Skagos where Rickon turns out to be Azor Ahai and he sits the Walnut Throne just not giving a gently caress.

Also, Bran's a tree now. Jesus he is dull.

counterfeitsaint
Feb 26, 2010

I'm a girl, and you're
gnomes, and it's like
what? Yikes.

rejutka posted:

So what do you reckon the GRRM is working on for the new book (that's never coming out) to passive-aggressive the show? Like, we get an entire new season of stuff before it comes out (no it won't) so he's gonna be looking to swerve something for buy my book purposes. Personally, I hope Davos rocks up to Skagos where Rickon turns out to be Azor Ahai and he sits the Walnut Throne just not giving a gently caress.

Also, Bran's a tree now. Jesus he is dull.

What if Bran becomes a walnut tree?

ruddiger
Jun 3, 2004

Still holding out hope Jon fucks Meera and then they turn out to be brother and sister twins in the next book.

mind the walrus
Sep 22, 2006

counterfeitsaint posted:

What if Bran becomes a walnut tree?

Then Rickon makes a chair.

frankenfreak
Feb 16, 2007

I SCORED 85% ON A QUIZ ABOUT MONDAY NIGHT RAW AND ALL I GOT WAS THIS LOUSY TEXT

#bastionboogerbrigade
Then Rickon smashes his nuts.

Woodpile
Mar 30, 2013

counterfeitsaint posted:

What if Bran becomes a walnut tree?

TommyGun85
Jun 5, 2013

ruddiger posted:

Still holding out hope Jon fucks Meera and then they turn out to be brother and sister twins in the next book.

why? to fulfill your own disgusting fantasies?

Woodpile
Mar 30, 2013

ruddiger posted:

Still holding out hope Jon fucks Meera and then they turn out to be brother and sister twins in the next book.

You are really reaching here. Everyone knows Bran wargs into Hodor and fucks the bog slut.

It's like you haven't even read the books.

Habibi
Dec 8, 2004

We have the capability to make San Jose's first Cup Champion.

The Sharks could be that Champion.

TommyGun85 posted:

why? to fulfill your own disgusting fantasies?

Why, is he GRRM?

Solice Kirsk
Jun 1, 2004

.

mind the walrus posted:

Then Rickon makes a chair.

A chair can't be a table.

Happy Noodle Boy
Jul 3, 2002


Solice Kirsk posted:

A chair can't be a table.

God that show went to poo poo so badly in the end.

kcroy
May 30, 2002

by Nyc_Tattoo

TommyGun85 posted:

why? to fulfill your own disgusting fantasies?
If hodor bagging is wrong, I dont wannt be right.

Voodoo
Jun 3, 2003

m2sbr what
Who's the WILDCARD that wrote this:

GRRM Has No Pages

quote:

Fans of A Song Of Ice And Fire—the books on which the popular HBO drama Game of Thrones are based—have a lot of theories. Some are about Jon Snow’s true parentage; some are about whether Brandon Stark ate his friend Jojen Reed; some are about whether Tyrion Lannister is the product of Daenerys Targaryen and Khal Drogo having conceived a time-traveling fetus; some of the craziest ones involve author George R.R. Martin publishing The Winds of Winter, the highly-anticipated next book in the acclaimed fantasy series. Here’s a theory: he never will!
More of a fact IMO than a theory.

kcroy
May 30, 2002

by Nyc_Tattoo

Voodoo posted:

Who's the WILDCARD that wrote this:

GRRM Has No Pages

More of a fact IMO than a theory.

thats a pretty good read, and wildcards as all gently caress.

The comments in that thread just don't stop:

quote:

They’re the perfect novels for people who regard fiction (whether or not they would say so) as a sideline for roleplaying. He tells you everything you would need to know to LARP the world, from the emblems and styles to the local cuisine. The books are like a D&D manual with a plot, although your metaphor is probably funnier.

quote:

He also released 2 of the awesome Dunk and Egg novellas (soon to be HBO mini series) since 2003, a bunch of other novellas including princess and the queen (which I’d bet will become a high budget dragon fighting movie one day), a really comprehensive reference book and wrote a few TV episodes taboot.

Have you considered that maybe he just really really likes writing, possibly even more than being famous?

kcroy fucked around with this message at 22:24 on Dec 30, 2015

nine-gear crow
Aug 10, 2013

Voodoo posted:

Who's the WILDCARD that wrote this:

GRRM Has No Pages

More of a fact IMO than a theory.

:lol: I was going to post that last night. Best part too is that Deadspin's a football blog. They're coming at GRRM from home turf.

Now I wonder if some courageously stupid intern at Bantam (or, I dunno, Ty) with access to the WoW manuscript will take them up on their bounty. Because Gawker blogs do cash out when someone delivers the goods they want.

nine-gear crow fucked around with this message at 00:04 on Dec 31, 2015

savinhill
Mar 28, 2010

nine-gear crow posted:

:lol: I was going to post that last night. Best part too is that Deadspin's a football blog. They're coming at GRRM from home turf.

Now I wonder if some courageously stupid intern at Bantam (or, I dunno, Ty) with access to the WoW manuscript will take them up on their bounty. Because Gawker blogs do cash out when someone delivers the goods they want.

Ty would have to be the hugest hypocrite to betray the Gurm at this point, as he now has his own neverending book series, with endless unnecessary cash-in tie-in novellas, and a cheesy Tv adaption to boot. Expect a Wit and Wisdom of Foul Mouthed UN Grandma shitbook just in time for next Christmas shopping season if the TV show becomes a hit.

el_brio
Feb 17, 2012
Whelp, I guess it is as good a time as any for my once a year check in (or has it been 2 years?) Hmmm. I guess i barely care at this point but has Ser Fat gently caress actually written anything lately? Any cases of poo poo-dick to report? Anything at all that I missed in the bad thread? Do you guys even still call it that? I don't recognize any of these names except Blade of Tyshalle and a couple others. Has everyone pretty much come the the realization that no book (written by grrm at least) is ever coming. I feel so old and tired. Perhaps it's time for a nice long rest.

Avshalom
Feb 14, 2012

by Lowtax
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Solice Kirsk
Jun 1, 2004

.
Go on.

kcroy
May 30, 2002

by Nyc_Tattoo

el_brio posted:

Whelp, I guess it is as good a time as any for my once a year check in (or has it been 2 years?) Hmmm. I guess i barely care at this point but has Ser Fat gently caress actually written anything lately? Any cases of poo poo-dick to report? Anything at all that I missed in the bad thread? Do you guys even still call it that? I don't recognize any of these names except Blade of Tyshalle and a couple others. Has everyone pretty much come the the realization that no book (written by grrm at least) is ever coming. I feel so old and tired. Perhaps it's time for a nice long rest.

The show is poised to pass the books, so this season will be interesting. mostly watching GRRM tbh. I expect the notablog discussions about the HBO series to be seriously curtailed. but yeah, nothing happened this year. book wasn't published.

Mike N Eich
Jan 27, 2007

This might just be the year
It's almost 2016. Where's the book GRRM

Evil Fluffy
Jul 13, 2009

Scholars are some of the most pompous and pedantic people I've ever had the joy of meeting.

kcroy posted:

The show is poised to pass the books, so this season will be interesting. mostly watching GRRM tbh. I expect the notablog discussions about the HBO series to be seriously curtailed. but yeah, nothing happened this year. book wasn't published.

The show passed the books for several characters last season*. This season is going to be the rest of the characters' story lines passing them unless it's an entire season of flashbacks, Lady Stoneheart, with a side-order of Dorne's Idiot Prince Goes East.


* assuming HBO isn't just diverting in massive ways, like if Stannis wins the battle in the books despite losing on the show.

Blade_of_tyshalle
Jul 12, 2009

If you think that, along the way, you're not going to fail... you're blind.

There's no one I've ever met, no matter how successful they are, who hasn't said they had their failures along the way.

el_brio posted:

I don't recognize any of these names except Blade of Tyshalle

I'm an internet celebrity :cheers:

A Canadian one, because I walked an hour in the snow to get a Tim Horton's coffee just now. I could deal with taking the black, honestly. It's not much different from living in Yellowknife.

kcroy
May 30, 2002

by Nyc_Tattoo

Evil Fluffy posted:

The show passed the books for several characters last season*. This season is going to be the rest of the characters' story lines passing them unless it's an entire season of flashbacks, Lady Stoneheart, with a side-order of Dorne's Idiot Prince Goes East.


* assuming HBO isn't just diverting in massive ways, like if Stannis wins the battle in the books despite losing on the show.

I expect the fat gently caress to change all kinds of things. I mean its not like he's written any of it. just as easy to make something different.

kcroy
May 30, 2002

by Nyc_Tattoo

Mike N Eich posted:

It's almost 2016. Where's the book GRRM

In 2018 where it belongs.

computer parts
Nov 18, 2010

PLEASE CLAP

Evil Fluffy posted:


* assuming HBO isn't just diverting in massive ways, like if Stannis wins the battle in the books despite losing on the show.

That makes more sense, honestly. Ramsay isn't nearly as important in the books as he is in the show where he's the only main antagonist left alive.

TOOT BOOT
May 25, 2010

I think I understand this thread now:

http://grrm.livejournal.com/462643.html

(Yesterday GRRM said he might give a TWOW update in his year end post)

Fragmented
Oct 7, 2003

I'm not ready =(

Hahahahaha.

GRRM: Can't even write a loving post.

Evil Fluffy
Jul 13, 2009

Scholars are some of the most pompous and pedantic people I've ever had the joy of meeting.

TOOT BOOT posted:

I think I understand this thread now:

http://grrm.livejournal.com/462643.html

(Yesterday GRRM said he might give a TWOW update in his year end post)

GRRM ends the year with a My Dog ate my Homework post. Amazing.

Krinkle
Feb 9, 2003

Ah do believe Ah've got the vapors...
Ah mean the farts


Evil Fluffy posted:

GRRM ends the year with a My Dog ate my Homework post. Amazing.

That's a lotta words for how you don't have any words to show us. Coulda said
"Whoops, lost a larger post, man that's frustrating. Okay in short: I didn't write anything this year and I'm not going to write anything next year. I like football and meat lovers pizzas, as always. happy new year" There I just fixed his mistake for him.

Max
Nov 30, 2002

What professional writer of any merit writes their entire single draft in the blogging program online and not in a safer word processor first?

Avshalom
Feb 14, 2012

by Lowtax
"Fahte," dear squire." the kngiht did say
"
Aye, ser, for thee sall I fahte." The sqiure knelt up nothe stinking rushes. JHE dropped his aurochspelt chapless breeches and let trip a real loving stinker, it smelt like a pregnan t maid not crakwled up his shittying hell rear end in a top hat and loving died. "BY the seven!"

"Forsooth thee" declared the Grave Knight

drowned in pussy juice
Oct 13, 2009

by FactsAreUseless
happy new year avshalom!

Kavak
Aug 23, 2009


Avshalom posted:

"Fahte," dear squire." the kngiht did say
"
Aye, ser, for thee sall I fahte." The sqiure knelt up nothe stinking rushes. JHE dropped his aurochspelt chapless breeches and let trip a real loving stinker, it smelt like a pregnan t maid not crakwled up his shittying hell rear end in a top hat and loving died. "BY the seven!"

"Forsooth thee" declared the Grave Knight

This is the GRRM thread, not the Chaucer thread.

TITY BOI
Apr 4, 2008

A REAL HUMAN BEING
AND A REAL TITY BOI

Max posted:

What professional writer of any merit writes their entire single draft in the blogging program online and not in a safer word processor first?

Wordstar v0.5 does not have the copy-paste feature

nine-gear crow
Aug 10, 2013

Max posted:

What professional writer

well there's yer problem eh

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a helpful bear
Aug 18, 2004

Slippery Tilde
GRRM please allow Brandon Sanderson to complete your novels. TIA

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