I think the TV series (as much as I have enjoyed it) has been a big part of the problem, at least when it started seriously deviating from the book canon. I imagine there are things he wishes he had done differently from the beginning, and that will influence the written series as well.
I don't know how much his involvement with the TV series cuts into his writing time, but at least with the final season on the horizon he'll have one less excuse.
Fire & Blood is 736 pages, and part one of two. Winter is coming, but it's taking the scenic route.
Oh, a change is coming, feel these doors now closing
Is there no world for tomorrow, if we wait for today?
Fist and Faith wrote:I recently bought the first of that Sullivan series. It was one of the Kindle daily deals. I might give it a go soon.
I'd love to hear your thoughts on it if you do. I enjoyed book 1 and book 2, I like when an author can take very old and cliched fantasy tropes and somehow make them fresh. Sullivan is good at that.
Avatar wrote:It's like he doesn't even want to finish the series. Going by the last 2 books, he may, (like Jordan before him) have lost his way a bit. Hopefully he finds it. And finishes the series before somebody else has to...
--A
Martin's not getting any younger, that's for sure. If he wasn't a famous author he could be mistaken for the old guy who plays chess in the park against himself and yells at the clouds when it rains.
Sorus wrote:
Fire & Blood is 736 pages, and part one of two...
See, this is what I mean. And yeah, since the series started I've been concerned about how it might influence things...is he just going to go "meh" and write whatever happened in the series as the last books?
Anyway, I'm reading Ender's Shadow now. Will do the Shadow books chronologically, then back to Exile, Speaker, etc.
The "Ender" made me think that .. never got into Enders Game .. though I know many who love it. Its the author that leaves me cold... I know .. arguably not the best way to start an appreciation of a book
Meh
Im reading Robin Hobb, the Farseer trilogy. Am enjoying it .. and no I havent read it before, though my husband insists I have lol its entirely new to my reading memory
keep smiling
'Smoke me a kipper .. I'll be back for breakfast!'
In this case, very poor. Enders Game is great, and the books that follow it, (Speaker For The Dead, Xenocide and Children Of The Mind) are probably even better.
Fist and Faith wrote:I recently bought the first of that Sullivan series. It was one of the Kindle daily deals. I might give it a go soon.
I'd love to hear your thoughts on it if you do. I enjoyed book 1 and book 2, I like when an author can take very old and cliched fantasy tropes and somehow make them fresh. Sullivan is good at that.
I enjoyed it! A lot of fun. Many good things about it. Good characters. A couple of good twists. My favorite thing was Suri reading signs. Very well done. Now I need the other books to be Daily Deals.
All lies and jest
Still a man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest -Paul Simon
Fist and Faith wrote:I enjoyed it! A lot of fun. Many good things about it. Good characters. A couple of good twists. My favorite thing was Suri reading signs. Very well done. Now I need the other books to be Daily Deals.
I just picked up Age of War as a Christmas present for myself. I put it away until then.
Fire & Blood, GRRM. Pretty good. It's written as a history book rather than a novel, and the style reminds me a bit of Robert K. Massie's history books (particularly the one on Peter the Great), only with more dragons and whatnot.
Oh, a change is coming, feel these doors now closing
Is there no world for tomorrow, if we wait for today?