
Ама хич не ми е любопитно - нито крайно, нито безкрайно.

Не го мисля аз Мартин.
Е те са му казали направо в очите.passer-by wrote: Тук ми напомни изказване на Мартин от въпросния му линк, че някои читатели го ръчкали да побърза с думите, че все пак "вече е на 60 години и дебел" и не искат "да им погоди номер като Робърт Джордан".
Sorry but Patrick mentioned GRRM in the first paragraph of his original post. The reason why we are a bit annoyed is because Scott Lynch's honesty and personal problems are being used to hammer home the "they don't owe you anything" argument that we've heard over and over and over and over and over again.
GRRM doesn't suffer from depression, he suffers from being an ass. He suffers from taking what amounts to 5 or 6 vacations a year by traveling to cons. He's not doing a book tour here people, he's just Guest of Honoring his way across the country, one Marriott Ballroom at a time.
He doesn't respect his fans. If he did he would have a sense of urgency with regards to finishing ADwD and eventually the series. Instead, he gives sporadic updates when it suits him and sells stuff to those who will buy, all the while surrounding himself with GRRiMlins primed to tell him how awesome he is at the drop of a hat.
I have heard more than one interview with GRRM and they've all been conducted by star-struck nerds who pitch soft-ball questions to a man who is singlehandedly souring a huge portion of epic fantasy fans on the entire genre.
How can a man who at one point was the heir apparent to the throne of fantasy not see what a huge responsibility he has to finish what he started?
With Robert Jordan dying after years of prolonging his series past the point of credibility, famous writers of epic fantasy should realize that they already have a poor reputation. Whether or not it is a misconception, GRRM comes off as nonchalant about completing his crowning achievement. What makes this so infuriating to many of us is the real possibility that (arguably) the greatest piece of epic fantasy ever written will remain unfinished because the author was too busy soaking in the adulation of a pathetic sect of hangers-on to realize that he was pissing away his legacy.
The Scott Lynch situation DOES NOT EQUAL the GRRM situation. If GRRM had been honest from the start about all the trouble he was going through with Dance, there would be a fraction of the vehemence thrown his way.
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