A Few Quick Thoughts
I am off to Baltimore tomorrow for Balticon 50, which promises to be a real blast. In honor of half a century of great cons, the fans of Baltimore are bringing in lots and lots of their past GOHs, along with me, their current GOH, so we should have an amazing crowd on hand. Connie Willis, Joe Haldeman, John Varley... oh, the list goes on and on. Go to the Balticon website and see for your own self. And then come to the con. Panels, readings, parties... and there will be CRABS.
On other fronts... we had an amazing time at the Jean Cocteau last night, when a sellout crowd assembled to hear Joe Hill. Joe gave a dynamite reading from his new novel THE FIREMAN, led the audience in a kazoo concert, told us about all his forthcoming television and film projects, and signed stacks and stacks of books. Most of which were promptly carried off by his eager fans. But we did lay in extra supplies, so if you're looking for autographed copies of THE FIREMAN, or HEART-SHAPED BOX, or LOCKE & KEY, or any of Joe's stuff, it's available -- while the supply lasts -- from the Jean Cocteau Bookshop at http://www.jeancocteaubooks.com/ -- along with signed books from Neil Gaiman, Stephen Graham Jones, Diana Gabaldon, Joe Lansdale, and many many more.
Heated discussions continue about this year's Hugo ballot, and the various proposals being brought forth to reform the voting procedures to defend the integrity of the award against future attacks by Rabid Puppies and other varieties of fuggheads. Some of the proposals are worth considering. I have severe doubts about others. But I don't have time to get into all of that now, so it will have to wait until I return.
Meanwhile, I am doing my Hugo reading, and I urge all of you who are members of Big MAC II to do the same. Read, consider, vote.
And if you're not yet a member of Big MAC II... well, if there's any chance at all that you can get to KC this August, you ought to join and attend. There's nothing like a worldcon. And the original Big MAC in 1976 was, in my not-so-humble-opinion, the best worldcon that I've ever had the pleasure of attending, so I have high hopes for this year's. The KC fans know how to party. And while they cannot match Baltimore for crabs, they do have BARBEQUE!
(I will keep comments open on this one only through tomorrow morning. I expect to be away from my computer while traveling, and don't want hundreds of screened comments awaiting my return).
On other fronts... we had an amazing time at the Jean Cocteau last night, when a sellout crowd assembled to hear Joe Hill. Joe gave a dynamite reading from his new novel THE FIREMAN, led the audience in a kazoo concert, told us about all his forthcoming television and film projects, and signed stacks and stacks of books. Most of which were promptly carried off by his eager fans. But we did lay in extra supplies, so if you're looking for autographed copies of THE FIREMAN, or HEART-SHAPED BOX, or LOCKE & KEY, or any of Joe's stuff, it's available -- while the supply lasts -- from the Jean Cocteau Bookshop at http://www.jeancocteaubooks.com/ -- along with signed books from Neil Gaiman, Stephen Graham Jones, Diana Gabaldon, Joe Lansdale, and many many more.
Heated discussions continue about this year's Hugo ballot, and the various proposals being brought forth to reform the voting procedures to defend the integrity of the award against future attacks by Rabid Puppies and other varieties of fuggheads. Some of the proposals are worth considering. I have severe doubts about others. But I don't have time to get into all of that now, so it will have to wait until I return.
Meanwhile, I am doing my Hugo reading, and I urge all of you who are members of Big MAC II to do the same. Read, consider, vote.
And if you're not yet a member of Big MAC II... well, if there's any chance at all that you can get to KC this August, you ought to join and attend. There's nothing like a worldcon. And the original Big MAC in 1976 was, in my not-so-humble-opinion, the best worldcon that I've ever had the pleasure of attending, so I have high hopes for this year's. The KC fans know how to party. And while they cannot match Baltimore for crabs, they do have BARBEQUE!
(I will keep comments open on this one only through tomorrow morning. I expect to be away from my computer while traveling, and don't want hundreds of screened comments awaiting my return).
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May 25, 2016 12:26AM
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Winter will come and go and book 6 isn't out yet
Considering this last episode of GoT and how George's fantastic writing made it what it was, he can take all the time he needs for Book 6. You go, George!
Do you honestly think he'll ever finish? I very much doubt the book series will have a proper finish, and all we'll be left with is the TV version. Perhaps to many fans this doesn't really matter.
Radiantflux wrote: "Do you honestly think he'll ever finish? I very much doubt the book series will have a proper finish, and all we'll be left with is the TV version. Perhaps to many fans this doesn't really matter."Many of us care a lot about the conclusion of the series. We're just not presumptuous or entitled @$$holes about it. GRRM has a slow writing style. This is not new and it hasn't stopped him from writing good books. He writes more than just this series and has other things he does, though he is starting to focus more exclusively on the Song of Ice and Fire Series which will speed up the process a bit. He also has a life which he is allowed to have. And, at 67 its not like he's bound for death's door; he's not even sick or anything. Its a bit rude to start lamenting that he'll die before being able to finish two books he is writing.
Radiantflux wrote: "Do you honestly think he'll ever finish? I very much doubt the book series will have a proper finish, and all we'll be left with is the TV version. Perhaps to many fans this doesn't really matter."How many tiresome douchebags have to whine about this every blog post? Try to get over yourself, despite the fact that George is far less interesting than you think you are.
Maryam wrote: "Considering this last episode of GoT and how George's fantastic writing made it what it was, he can take all the time he needs for Book 6. You go, George!"
I totally agree with you. George is an artist, therefore he writes in his own creative time and when he is inspired to do so, I hate the fact that people are so Hollywood these days, expecting everything in impossible times only to obtain Michael Bay style content (which we all know how that goes). I don't mind at all waiting for George to finish this excellent series he started, I know it will be worth it because he's not rushing and keeping true to his artistic times and styles.
The sense of entitlement and rudeness of some of Mr. Martin's readers, boggles my mind. George R.R. Martin is a writer. Actually, a great writer. While I'm certain he appreciates the fact that we all purchase his books and watch the HBO show based on them, he still does not owe any of us anything. He writes at his own pace, which all of us who have been reading since the beginning - and waiting in between books, knows. It's not a fast process. I understand that in current times most people are used to "instant", "now", "fast", that's not Mr. Martin when it comes to A Song of Ice and Fire. So, take a deep breath, practice patience, stop talking like he's got one foot in the grave and you'll never know how the story ends, and be grateful that this fantastic writer is kind enough to put his imagination to paper so that he can share it with us all. Entitlement is not attractive.
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