I gave up on him finishing the series years ago. I was super into the books, as they elaborated on so much that GoT had to leave out for practicalities sake. I agree with others that the world simply got too big. A final book in the series would likely not do enough to give the various plot lines justice and a sense of finality.

The show really needed another 2-3 seasons to flesh out the plot lines that were laid. The three eyed raven, the faceless men, the children of the forest, the white walkers…and we get bran as the new leader? Absurd. Dany becoming mad felt right, but everything else was wrapped up horribly. There’s so much more that the show could have been. But instead D&D got a Star Wars deal, that never panned out, and peaced out. A damn shame.

I had always thought that Martin had a proper plan for the series. But again as others have said here, perhaps this was the ending that he had in mind. If so, then damn.

[–] Typotyper@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago

I remember Martin bashing on Tolkien and the LoTR saga. He was giving him some credit but in a snobbish backhanded way while saying his work was so much better.

Tolkien finished what he started. He wrapped everything up beautifully.

Martin’s work is shit.

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