"Upon further review..." - Ed Hochuli
Ok, so over on
George RR Martin's not-a-blog, he's lamenting that all his editor-friends are partying at SDCC (translation: having drunken hippie orgies, ewww) and that filming is (finally) starting on HBO's Game of Thrones adaptation, and that he's "I'm missing all the fun, just to make more fun for you guys."
Excuse you, what?
NOW, after over 10 years of waiting for the 2nd half of the 4th book, he says he's writing the book for "us guys"? I'm pretty sure if he was writing it for us, the book would've been out already. I've had at least 3642 un-birthdays since Storm of Swords.
I thought there was much celebration from his royal laziness and his incredibly-wrong apologists that
"GRRM is not your bitch." Full disclosure: Gaiman is writing stories for the next anthology GRRM is editing therefore his "opinion" is the equivalent of someone who is backing up their buddy/boss. Gaiman needs to go back to Sandman and STFU anyway.
Anyway...make up your mind, George! You can't play the disgruntled cog-in-the-machine author AND the martyr-for-the-cause. Pick the side you want sympathy for and stick to it.
Maybe if you woulda worked a wee bit harder the last 10 years, you wouldn't be missing "the fun" now. And that fun HBO show you wanna watch them film? Is gonna need an ending. I wouldn't even be surprised if part of the licensing deal REQUIRES you to finish your books in a certain timespan. Or else some HBO exec might need to be fired for stupidity. (If anyone reading this is a child of a stupid HBO exec, don't worry, there's PLENTY of room at FOX for stupid execs.)
I really wanted to rant about some comics, but that post just flabbergasted me.
But even though I'm ranting...you should STILL go read his unfinished series. It's that good.
Here's an
Amazon link just in case I eventually try to make money off your eyeballs.
But don't read the reviews, they're filled with spoilers. You just gotta trust me.
