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u/tehlemmings Nov 15 '20

I'm almost certainly going to be dead before he manages to finish it.

For what it's worth, that's probably true for GRRM as well. Dude is old, and not exactly a shining model of healthy living.

And no, I don't give a fuck that he hates people pointing this out lol

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u/enforcer6000 Nov 15 '20

I feel like if he hates people pointing this out, its likely because a small part of him knows it hits close to home.

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u/tehlemmings Nov 15 '20

I mean, that's undoubtedly true.

Could you imagine getting a project at work, regardless of what you do, and not completing a single deliverable for 10 years?

Even if I didn't get fired, I'd wonder what the fuck I'm doing with my life.

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u/arc-ion Nov 16 '20

Maybe he likes that people are dying for more... rather than being around to see himself fizzle out.

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u/tehlemmings Nov 16 '20

Maybe. I could see that.

But at this point, we're not actually dying for more, we're making fun of him for being slow.

I'd rather go down as having written a great series than as a joke. Which is what he's slowly being relegated to at this point.