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Topic	George RR Martin told 'he is going to die' at WorldCon and to hand off the books
CTrunks 08/19/25 4:27:57 AM #114:	mystic_belmont posted... We should also discuss the ramifications of not finishing his story, and thus people more reluctant to start new series, has on other would be authors. Yeah, I remember some author going off on a rant about how GRRM and... the other guy notorious for this shit, have seriously fucked things up for fantasy writers, because nobody wants to take a risk on new authors in case they also do this shit. And because those new authors can't get eyes on their first books, publishers are reluctant to give them second books unless word of mouth proves really effective. --- "No thanks. Anything that begins with you whispering, always ends with other people shouting." <cite>CTrunks posted [p:986136572] in George RR ... [t:81028675]...</cite> <quote>mystic_belmont posted... </cite><quote>We should also discuss the ramifications of not finishing his story, and thus people more reluctant to start new series, has on other would be authors.</quote>Yeah, I remember some author going off on a rant about how GRRM and... the other guy notorious for this shit, have seriously fucked things up for fantasy writers, because nobody wants to take a risk on new authors in case they also do this shit. And because those new authors can't get eyes on their first books, publishers are reluctant to give them second books unless word of mouth proves really effective. --- "No thanks. Anything that begins with you whispering, always ends with other people shouting."</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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