Eli Steele Posted September 4, 2019 Posted September 4, 2019 Hi! I'm Eli, fan of GRRM, JRRT, people with 4 initials in general, Abercrombie, Erikson - all things fantasy. I'm also a fantasy writer myself. Nice to meet you! Quote
Hayley Posted September 4, 2019 Posted September 4, 2019 Hi Eli, welcome to the forum I'm also a fan of Tolkien and Abercrombie. Are you looking forward to 'A Little Hatred'? Quote
Athena Posted September 5, 2019 Posted September 5, 2019 Welcome here! I liked the A Song of Ice and Fire books (eagerly awaiting books 6 and 7.. whenever they come out). I have works by Abercrombie and Erikson on my to-be-read list. I read Gardens of the Moon years ago, when my knowledge of English was less good, and the book really confused me. So I'm planning to one day re-read it and hopefully understand it a bit better. I liked The Hobbit. Quote
Madeleine Posted September 5, 2019 Posted September 5, 2019 HI Eli, I'm not generally a fantasy fan but like LOTR and GoT. Welcome to the forum! Quote
Eli Steele Posted September 5, 2019 Author Posted September 5, 2019 On 9/4/2019 at 2:18 PM, Hayley said: Hi Eli, welcome to the forum I'm also a fan of Tolkien and Abercrombie. Are you looking forward to 'A Little Hatred'? I always said I needed a little hatred in my life... Quote
Eli Steele Posted September 5, 2019 Author Posted September 5, 2019 12 hours ago, Athena said: Welcome here! I liked the A Song of Ice and Fire books (eagerly awaiting books 6 and 7.. whenever they come out). I have works by Abercrombie and Erikson on my to-be-read list. I read Gardens of the Moon years ago, when my knowledge of English was less good, and the book really confused me. So I'm planning to one day re-read it and hopefully understand it a bit better. I liked The Hobbit. The warrens confused the heck out of me, so don't feel alone in that. It was a tough read, but I enjoyed it. I absolutely loved ASoI&F… like a decade ago. I still do, don't get me wrong, but I think he'll ever finish the series. I'm disappointed in him... Quote
Athena Posted September 6, 2019 Posted September 6, 2019 11 hours ago, Eli Steele said: I absolutely loved ASoI&F… like a decade ago. I still do, don't get me wrong, but I think he'll ever finish the series. I'm disappointed in him... I'm disappointed in him too.. I wonder if we will see books 6 and 7.. I'd love to read them, but he seems to spend more time on the TV show, and on other background books (ie. the background of the world etc), which is not what I want to read. Quote
Madeleine Posted September 6, 2019 Posted September 6, 2019 Maybe now the show has finished.... Quote
vodkafan Posted September 14, 2019 Posted September 14, 2019 Welcome Eli, ever read any Jack Vance? He is one of GRRM's influences. Quote
Eli Steele Posted September 27, 2019 Author Posted September 27, 2019 On 9/14/2019 at 7:39 AM, vodkafan said: Welcome Eli, ever read any Jack Vance? He is one of GRRM's influences. No, but I will certainly check him out Quote
Raven Posted September 28, 2019 Posted September 28, 2019 (edited) On 06/09/2019 at 8:45 AM, Athena said: I'm disappointed in him too.. I would hate to be an author with that weight of expectation on me. He has no obligation to do anything, and if other things come up that divert him from what fans want, so what? You only have to look through social media to see how fickle fans are; authors should be given room to do their own thing in their own time and to be allowed to enjoy it. Edited September 28, 2019 by Raven Quote
vodkafan Posted October 2, 2019 Posted October 2, 2019 It's really very odd to be in the position that GRRM is in... people are going to moan whatever he writes...if he writes anything that is much different to what has now been on the TV show some are going to say "what???" and yet at least one of my friends who is a big fan of the books said that he didn't see any hand of GRRM in the last season, it didn't jive with where he thought the books would go... Martin is like a victim of his own success. But if he doesn't ever write the last two books, what can they do to him anyway? presumably they can sue him for any advance he has received, but he is an old man, what does he care? Quote
Athena Posted October 7, 2019 Posted October 7, 2019 People can be crazy/stupid sometimes, I don't understand. I may be disappointed in GRRM, but I don't get dramatic over it nor do I take it to Twitter or another public (online) place, the way many other people seem to. In fact, this is probably the only really public place where I've mentioned it, and only because it came up in this conversation. Quote
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