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The book will be out this year, right?
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Jan 1, 2016 07:58
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If you believe hard enough then sure it will, kiddo
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Jan 1, 2016 07:59
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a helpful bear posted:GRRM please allow Brandon Sanderson to complete your novels. TIA As much as I'd enjoy him deciding that Varys = Hoid it'd mean we'd have to wait longer for more Stormlight Archives books. I'm not ok with that, especially after reading the teaser chapter.
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Jan 1, 2016 08:03
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Super Ninja Fish posted:The book will be out this year, right? sweet summer child, etc.
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Jan 1, 2016 08:22
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absolute fucker posted:WINDS is written on WordStar on a DOS machine, with mirrored hard drives, and I back up on floppy disks as well. the gently caress you can raid drives in DOS?
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Jan 1, 2016 09:39
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Maybe he runs a cp command manually everyday. Safety first!
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Jan 1, 2016 09:46
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Where's the big ole 'GURM IS AN ABSOLUTE FUCKER' image? I think reposting it right now would be very appropriate. Edit found it! 
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Jan 1, 2016 10:41
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a helpful bear posted:Maybe he runs a cp command manually everyday. I guess he could have a batch command he runs at the end of the day that dups the drive? It really bothers me he backs up on floppy. like aesthetically. it just seems really loving wrong.
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Jan 1, 2016 10:51
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People who believe gurm will ever publish TWOW are called in the old tongue 'those who sing the song of the gurm'.
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Jan 1, 2016 10:57
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An absolute fucker posted:Sometimes I hate Karpaw fucked around with this message at 13:37 on Jan 1, 2016 |
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Jan 1, 2016 13:25
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absolute fucker posted:WINDS is written on WordStar on a DOS machine, with mirrored hard drives, and I back up on floppy disks as well. That's amazing, I thought this was some kind of parody at first. Just think, this means for a couple of his longer books he had to split them across two floppies 
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Jan 2, 2016 04:36
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An entire effortpost and then a series of smaller efforposts and he mentions the book in passing, only once. Never change, you fartiest tart.
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Jan 2, 2016 07:09
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The last blog post has GRRM sounding like he has finally thrown in the towel.quote:But the book's not done. quote:But I won't make excuses. There are no excuses. No one else is to blame. Not my editors and publishers, not HBO, not David & Dan. It's on me. I tried, and I am still trying. I worked on the book a couple of days ago, revising a Theon chapter and adding some new material, and I will writing on it again tomorrow. But no, I can't tell you when it will be done, or when it will be published. Best guess, based on our previous conversations, is that Bantam (and presumably my British publisher as well) can have the hardcover out within three months of delivery, if their schedules permit. But when delivery will be, I can't say. I am not going to set another deadline for myself to trip over. The deadlines just stress me out.
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Jan 2, 2016 08:49
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It seems like he thinks that the final manuscript is only ~3 or 4 "good writing" months away. Fall '16 it is
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Jan 2, 2016 08:51
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Oh look what we've been saying would happen since the show started literally half a decade ago is happening who ever could have foreseen this turn of events
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Jan 2, 2016 08:53
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Blitz7x posted:It seems like he thinks that the final manuscript is only ~3 or 4 "good writing" months away. Fall '16 it is "If it goes well," which is code speak for another year at least. The whole post is him admitting that he's never going to meet a deadline and so he's just going to get it done whenever. Basileus777 fucked around with this message at 08:55 on Jan 2, 2016 |
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Jan 2, 2016 08:53
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Gurm sends his regards
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Jan 2, 2016 08:55
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On one hand I'm not surprised because that'e exactly what I thought he'd say. On the other hand I'm surprised he's far enough long that he entertained the possibility of finishing in 2015.
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Jan 2, 2016 08:57
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I believe that he convinced himself to believe it because the alternative was writing this post and admitting that he's an Absolute Fucker who shot his own legacy right in the dick.
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Jan 2, 2016 08:59
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Did he seriously write a couple thousand words just to tell us he won't have the book? Ok great thanks. Now we'll get all the major plot points in a shittier-by-the-year soap opera. Good job GRRM
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Jan 2, 2016 09:03
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Let this be a lesson-- goons know one of their own.
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Jan 2, 2016 09:06
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Blitz7x posted:It seems like he thinks that the final manuscript is only ~3 or 4 "good writing" months away. Fall '16 it is Late March '16 with its proper ending lopped off just like Dance's was. Bantam's gonna panic again and try to bigfoot the show like they did in 2011 whether GRRM's ready or not. Count on it.
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Jan 2, 2016 09:30
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No way by March. Maybe by June at the absolute earliest. It'll be 200 pages and most revised versions of the preview chapters we've already seen.
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Jan 2, 2016 09:34
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nine-gear crow posted:Late March '16 with its proper ending lopped off just like Dance's was. Bantam's gonna panic again and try to bigfoot the show like they did in 2011 whether GRRM's ready or not. GRRM himself outright dismissed this as a possibility. There are multiple paragraphs about how it won't be out before the next season of the show. He said it'll be months of writing in the best case scenario and after that it'll take the publisher 3 months to get it out. No book is coming the first half of 2016 and the publisher can't do poo poo to a famous author who doesn't care about deadlines. Basileus777 fucked around with this message at 10:17 on Jan 2, 2016 |
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Jan 2, 2016 09:40
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lol all this crap and its not even for the last book in the series. Hell it might not even be the second to last!
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Jan 2, 2016 10:13
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closure for books written in the 90's coming in 201X in a low-budget medieval porno show american loving tolkien
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Jan 2, 2016 10:29
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Who has that timeline about all the bullshit he has done starting way back? From writing a book to fill out the 5 year gap to splitting that book, then having another book 'totally done, i swear' and then that one not coming out for 2 more years....
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Jan 2, 2016 12:44
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2 more years? Are you talking about ADWD? That poo poo took 6 straight years and only got out the door because the publisher twisted his arm as the show was about to premiere.
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Jan 2, 2016 13:02
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Blitz7x posted:It seems like he thinks that the final manuscript is only ~3 or 4 "good writing" months away. Fall '16 it is
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Jan 2, 2016 13:39
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I saw the GRRMs notablog post and remembered this thread. I always thought it was a bit of a joke when we said we'd get our closure from the show, back when it first premiered. One book in ten years. Truly an absolute fucker.
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Jan 2, 2016 13:48
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Oh be nice. 2 in 20. loving Absolute Fucker.
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Jan 2, 2016 13:53
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I wonder if the publisher has an option in the contract to give the series to a new author
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Jan 2, 2016 14:13
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blue squares posted:I wonder if the publisher has an option in the contract to give the series to a new author This is what I keep wondering. The series is a giant cash cow at the moment, and while those "screw the deadline, its done when it's done" statements from fans are nice and supportive, I imagine he does have a commitment to his publishers that he can't ignore. It feels like the more the schedule slips, the less sales they will see of the book. I'm sure the publisher knows that. Even so, that book would only cover about 2 seasons at most. He would then need to turn around the last book faster than he could ever handle. This was inevitable.
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Jan 2, 2016 14:23
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This loving guy.
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Jan 2, 2016 14:26
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It's hysterical how pissed off he is at that silly "grrm has no pages" article. He's so thin skinned and whiny.
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Jan 2, 2016 14:33
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emanresu tnuocca posted:It's hysterical how pissed off he is at that silly "grrm has no pages" article. He's so thin skinned and whiny. Like, what does he expect? He's hasn't done much to fight off that image.
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Jan 2, 2016 14:38
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But his livejournal says he's depressed so we should all feel bad for poor ol' George. At first when I started reading his post I didn't care because it was no surprise to me, I didn't start getting mad until the part where he tries to convince the readers that it doesn't matter the show will spoil the books because they can just enjoy both.
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Jan 2, 2016 14:46
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New thread title: ASoIaF: "I have completed and delivered THE WINDS OF WINTER"
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lol at people in THIS thread saying "oh no, it's going to be several months before he can finish TWoW" Stpo deluding yourselves. There is no book.
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