Malkorion Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 I'd like to reread the novels, I really do. After I've visited these forums I got a strong urge to analyze the chapters. However, since I have a life after all, and there are still TWO more novels to be written.... plus the related side material (Dunk and Egg, WoIaF) ... Hopefully, Winds of Winter is coming out next year.... but then we'd have to wait another 5-7 years for Dream of Spring... I'm not even sure it will be finished. Might as well stop caring about the whole thing. I just regret reading these novels without a conclusion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Lark of the NorthWood Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 I know where you're coming from. I've read many book series, The Twilight Saga, The Hunger Games, The Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Anne McCaffrey's Dragon Riders Series, and Steven King's Dark Towers Trilogy. If I had known that the series was not finished, I probably wouldn't have started it. I'm probably quite a few years older than most on here, and I may not even be around for the release of Dream of Spring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1/7 Maester Posted June 6, 2016 Share Posted June 6, 2016 I read all 5 published books of ASOFA last year( and I don't follow the HBO series). I finished A dance... in August. So I am pretty excited about Winds, but can people say who read ADWD in 2011, when it was pubished? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Lark of the NorthWood Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 Based on the dates of some of the threads, I'm pretty sure that there are folks on here who read the books when they were first released. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A wilding Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 Hmm. By no means the most longstanding poster here but: First read AGoT 19 years ago. Started lurking on a previous incarnation of this board 17 years ago. Became active 16 years ago, after reading ASoS the day it came out. Still wander by on and off. Accepted that the series would be left unfinished (and probably become this generation's Mystery of Edwin Drood) about 5 years ago, after ADwD came out. The analysis and discussions have been great fun, I have no regrets. Even without a final ending the books repay re-reading, there being a great deal of depth to them. (Though I think that some of the fun for me was down to the fandom of the early days feeling like a self selected elite, the series being something of an underground hit for a long while.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the wolf that never was Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 yeah i sympathize with you even though i might not be able to understand. You see i found myself reading ASOIAF last year because of the HBO show some of my friends had recommended it but id been too judgmental and said its just sex and violence but one weekend there was a Marathon of s 1-5 I watched it and got hooked(realized what a douche id been) and subsequently started and finished the book series in a month. I've only had to wait a year until now and probably some 7-8 months more till the WOW release(best case scenario) but nothing compared to the time some of the long standing fans have had to wait Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1/7 Maester Posted June 11, 2016 Share Posted June 11, 2016 I think one of the good things about this series, that it is actually hardly enough to read them once. There are so many minor details, layers on layers, which make the books an extremely rewarding reading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malkorion Posted June 12, 2016 Author Share Posted June 12, 2016 On 2016. 06. 11. at 5:34 PM, 1/7 Maester said: I think one of the good things about this series, that it is actually hardly enough to read them once. There are so many minor details, layers on layers, which make the books an extremely rewarding reading. I agree with you but my problem is that it's not a finished product. If only 5 books were published out of the 7, many pieces of the puzzle would be missing. Like about the Others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Hotah Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 On 5/30/2016 at 9:19 PM, Malkorion said: I'd like to reread the novels, I really do. After I've visited these forums I got a strong urge to analyze the chapters. However, since I have a life after all, and there are still TWO more novels to be written.... plus the related side material (Dunk and Egg, WoIaF) ... Hopefully, Winds of Winter is coming out next year.... but then we'd have to wait another 5-7 years for Dream of Spring... I'm not even sure it will be finished. Might as well stop caring about the whole thing. I just regret reading these novels without a conclusion. Exactly my thoughts... I want to remember all the stuff people talk about but then can I be bothered? Or just let the books play out and read them as they come Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbjm Posted July 2, 2016 Share Posted July 2, 2016 I don't regret reading the books, as I certainly got plenty of entertainment from them. Hopefully we don't end up with a situation where the books are not finished, as I hate seeing things not get resolved. I also read the Dune series which Frank Herbert never finished. I know 2 authors got together and 'finished' the series for him years later, but those books weren't as enjoyable - hopefully the same doesn't happen to GRRM Like others, I wouldn't have started the books if I knew they weren't finished, but then I would have missed some quality writing if I had done that, soooo.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dew Posted July 3, 2016 Share Posted July 3, 2016 Hey gents and ladies, show some optimism, I know that some of us in here are not fresh as fruits, but come on cheer up a bit. I believe that TWOW and ADOS are already finished, and this is all a waiting game for more publicity, legend building; it is all for the marketing, having us questing about the holy grail of some sort. Just be happy, keep fit, re-read when you go to bed, do other stuff, socialise in the best way that you can, and keep your spirits up high. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A wilding Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 On 03/07/2016 at 4:25 PM, The Dew said: I believe that TWOW and ADOS are already finished, and this is all a waiting game for more publicity, legend building; it is all for the marketing, having us questing about the holy grail of some sort. As the cliche goes: Oh my sweet summer child ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhaegun Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 On 6/12/2016 at 3:44 PM, Malkorion said: I agree with you but my problem is that it's not a finished product. If only 5 books were published out of the 7, many pieces of the puzzle would be missing. Like about the Others. Don't miss the journey for the destination. Even if the mysteries are never explained and the books are never finished, there is so much depth to GRRM's prose that reading it is not wasted. My own personal suspicion is that the story will never be finished (look up what Shaggy Dog means for my point of reference), but that doesn't mean I'll enjoy them less. I used to worry that GRRM would pass before he finished the story, now I worry that I'll pass before the stories are finished. But I'm reading the books for the fourth time anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashes Of Westeros Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 I remain optimistic, I think at least TWOW is already finished. GRRM has created a huge unique believable world and the story that isn't easy to wrap up. I would really like to see the series finished, because it is GRRM's lifetime work, though he's already tired of it, I'm pretty sure. I think IF the series will be finished many people would be unhappy about it too, because the last book and the ending wouldn't meet their expectations and leave many questions unsolved. But it is fiction and GRRM's plans has definitely changed since the beginning of the series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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