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WhenRobLoweRobsLowes t1_iycv8wo wrote

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ffxivthrowaway03 t1_iycwcrz wrote

I dont think that's a fair comparison at all. Jordan was terminally ill and still desperately trying to finish his books at a regular cadence while literally dying. He also made extensive plans to have the works finished posthumously if he didn't make it.

There's literally no indication that Martin has written a word of this book in nearly a decade, and IIRC he's explicitly said if he kicks it then no one is to ever touch his works.

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WhenRobLoweRobsLowes t1_iyd7093 wrote

Great point. I was leaning on the "die before finished" angle, but you're absolutely right.

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maxsamm t1_iyd6uqk wrote

Yeah, and I enjoyed the game of thrones book. So definitely not like Robert Jordan.

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