TV series to ruin further reading....rant.

[The Imp]

For me, watching the TV show is similar to reading a comic book adaptation of a great novel. I don't think you can even compare the two. I also think that the book will be different enough from the show that they will still be surprises and big differences in the way things are being handled. I just hope that Martin can find a way to call the herd so to speak, because he has a lot of major plot lines that he needs to deal with. I think I counted once and it was somewhere near 30.

One thing that we do know is that the potential is there for many deaths deaths to occur. Dany will invade, Greyscale has arrived, the North is in chaos, The Others will invade, and winter is almost here.

 

[Anushka Mokosh]

For me, watching the TV show is similar to reading a comic book adaptation of a great novel. I don't think you can even compare the two. I also think that the book will be different enough from the show that they will still be surprises and big differences in the way things are being handled. I just hope that Martin can find a way to call the herd so to speak, because he has a lot of major plot lines that he needs to deal with. I think I counted once and it was somewhere near 30.

One thing that we do know is that the potential is there for many deaths deaths to occur. Dany will invade, Greyscale has arrived, the North is in chaos, The Others will invade, and winter is almost here.

I think it is well over 30 at this point TBH.

(Spoilers All) All Known Open Plotlines of ASOIAF: an Update of abaaa's List • /r/asoiaf

 

[Pedro Del Mar]

Thanks Anushka, good to catch up on those

 

[Khuratokh]

There's a good Nerdist podcast featuring Martin. Which is surprisingly insightfull and entertaining to boot.

 

[The Imp]

There's a good Nerdist podcast featuring Martin. Which is surprisingly insightfull and entertaining to boot.

Link?

 

[Dan Jones]

GRRM at his worst is better than almost any other author at their best.

That's extremely subjective, and surely the point is that we've seen GRRM at his unedited worst in the creation of something he seemingly has difficulty controlling. It's arguable (and I'm not saying that it's my own opinion) that any author whose novel has been properly edited can lay claim to having completed a "better" end product.

 

[MWagner]

That's extremely subjective, and surely the point is that we've seen GRRM at his unedited worst in the creation of something he seemingly has difficulty controlling. It's arguable (and I'm not saying that it's my own opinion) that any author whose novel has been properly edited can lay claim to having completed a "better" end product.

Well, it is my opinion. Control and discipline over the content of their stories is certainly a quality I expect in writers. The judgement to recognize what is essential to the story and what is extraneous, and courage to cut the latter.

However, fantasy readers do share some of the blame. Mystery writers wouldn't get away with this. Can you imagine a procedural crime thriller that begins as a detective investigating the murder of a heiress, and then expands and expands to include dozens of characters and crimes, and remains unfinished after 3,500 pages? But fantasy readers love that stuff, and by supporting it uncritically they encourage writers who bite off far, far more than they can chew, and let projects get so out of hand they can't be properly finished.

 

[The Imp]

That's extremely subjective, and surely the point is that we've seen GRRM at his unedited worst in the creation of something he seemingly has difficulty controlling. It's arguable (and I'm not saying that it's my own opinion) that any author whose novel has been properly edited can lay claim to having completed a "better" end product.

Of course it's subjective. It's my opinion and I will continue to maintain it.

 

[Judderman]

I would be perplexed if the Winds of Winter novel isn't released well before GOT TV series 7. Seeing if there is significant deviation between the two versions of WoW before moving on to the next season is far preferable to the alternative.