Confessions of a GRR Martin Avoider...

[PeteMC]

This has prevented me from being able to get into Prince of Thorns on my first try, but I'm going to try it again soon because I see so many rave reviews of it and it seems like it has many of the same elements found in much of my favorite fantasy lit.

Do it - if it helps, and trying not to spoil things, there's a good reason the protag in PoT is how he is.

 

[HeclaBull]

Do it - if it helps, and trying not to spoil things, there's a good reason the protag in PoT is how he is.

Yeah, I definitely plan on it, I just have a couple of other books I want to finish first. I don't care about getting mildly spoiled, I'd rather know that there's a good reason for it being the way it is and that there's potential for payoff before I jump in again, which you provided.

 

[Hobbit]

At the risk of raising old discussions, I thought that this was a useful summary of what GRRM has been doing in the last 16 years NOT finishing the next Game of Thrones novel. I have been of the opinion for a few years now that the series will not be finished in his lifetime, although there is a wealth of unpublished material that may appear later. He is 77.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/entertain...B&cvid=697917c2dadf4b58bb069420349e7616&ei=35

 

[Randy M.]

And don't forget, he's an executive producer on the "Dark Winds" TV show; even had a cameo on it last year with another executive producer, Robert Redford.

 

[Hobbit]

There's no doubt he's been busy, but not on what fans are waiting for. Or at least nothing published. I'm sure that there's hundreds of pages of unpublished GoT material, but...