[masan's saddle]

Slow Ben, on Apr 2 2009, 12:33 AM, said:

So GRRM put up on his blog today that he's added a partner to help him finish ADWD.

http://grrm.livejournal.com/

Howard Waldrop, anyone read anything by him?

I'm not sure what this means, he must be really stuck to share something like this with someone. I....guess its a good thing.

Slow, I have a sneaky suspicion that considering it was April 1st, he's taking the piss.

If not though and it turns out to be true...., the " mysterious knight with 3 dodos on his shield" would be a nice metaphor for his career, extinct.

If it is true, at least he's finally fessed up to losing the plot.

Either way that post makes me feel unclean.......

[teholbeddict]

masan's saddle, on Apr 1 2009, 06:57 PM, said:

Slow Ben, on Apr 2 2009, 12:33 AM, said:

So GRRM put up on his blog today that he's added a partner to help him finish ADWD.

http://grrm.livejournal.com/

Howard Waldrop, anyone read anything by him?

I'm not sure what this means, he must be really stuck to share something like this with someone. I....guess its a good thing.

Slow, I have a sneaky suspicion that considering it was April 1st, he's taking the piss.

If not though and it turns out to be true...., the " mysterious knight with 3 dodos on his shield" would be a nice metaphor for his career, extinct.

If it is true, at least he's finally fessed up to losing the plot.

Either way that post makes me feel unclean.......

I'm with you Masan I hope this is a really bad April Fool's joke! Either way it's not very funny!

[Slow Ben]

I thought that, and thought about not posting it. But, eh, if it is a joke then i can just pretend i did the same thing....wait

No one read this post!!!

[waydoug]

If it is an April Fools joke, can anyone be any more pissed?

I'm still excited by the fact that it could be done in a month or so and I'll get to read it (maybe by Dec??) So let's hope it's true.

[alestar]

looks "fishy" to me...

[Stalker]

I was checking out the comments, and it seems like those people believe this to be true.

But I don't.

[alestar]

added today:

Well, Not Really

• Apr. 2nd, 2009 at 7:56 AM

Okay, you got me.

Some of you, anyway.

Howard is a swell writer and all, but he's even slower than me. (By the way, all that stuff about the Wanderer and the Chronicles of Chim-Wazle is true).

Guess I'll just have to finish Dancing by myself.

See you again next April, boys and girls. Bya, bya, bya.

This post has been edited by alestar: 02 April 2009 - 04:30 PM

[teholbeddict]

alestar, on Apr 2 2009, 11:30 AM, said:

added today:

Well, Not Really

• Apr. 2nd, 2009 at 7:56 AM

Okay, you got me.

Some of you, anyway.

Howard is a swell writer and all, but he's even slower than me. (By the way, all that stuff about the Wanderer and the Chronicles of Chim-Wazle is true).

Guess I'll just have to finish Dancing by myself.

See you again next April, boys and girls. Bya, bya, bya.

If only he spent half the time writing ADWD as he did on crap like this we would have the book by now! Man GRRM pisses me off! I'm glad it's not true, but it's still not funny!

[alestar]

It's like he's rubbing his fans nose in it...

[teholbeddict]

alestar, on Apr 2 2009, 11:40 AM, said:

It's like he's rubbing his fans nose in it...

Yes that's exactly what it seems like, which is why it's not even remotely funny.

[Yellow]

Aye. If the guy wants to complain that his fans get too irate over his ridiculously-slow writing process, he really can't post things like this. It's like putting your dick in the tiger's mouth, and getting pissed off when it swallows. Or something.

[alestar]

Tiger's swallow?

[Werthead]

The amusement factor comes from the fact that Waldrop has been working on those two novels GRRM mentions for about 30 years, and hasn't finished either one. Of course, it doesn't help that no-one at all would know who Waldrop was if it wasn't for GRRM recruiting him to work on his various anthologies and WILD CARDS. He's actually a pretty good writer, but his output is very, very low.

I much preferred Locus Magazine's ADWD April Fool's last year.

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If only he spent half the time writing ADWD as he did on crap like this we would have the book by now!

Absolutely. If it took GRRM 15 minutes to write that blog post, that's 7.5 minutes we lost from the writing of ADWD. If only he'd done that, the book would absolutely be finished by now. Woe! WOE!

[Assail]

I haven't read this guys books, but I like him already. I laughed so hard at the "Garden Party" link. Great stuff.

[wolf_2099]

He should have gone with his HD crashing, or being stolen, or a house fire and having the manuscript destroyed.

Or even that virus that was supposed to hit yesterday corrupting everything. At his computer and publishers. Bye bye ADWD.

[Skywalker]

Slow Ben, on Apr 2 2009, 05:03 AM, said:

So GRRM put up on his blog today that he's added a partner to help him finish ADWD.

http://grrm.livejournal.com/

Howard Waldrop, anyone read anything by him?

I'm not sure what this means, he must be really stuck to share something like this with someone. I....guess its a good thing.

teholbeddict, on Apr 2 2009, 05:23 AM, said:

Oh FFS! I thought ADWD was supposed to be nearly complete! Now he's telling us he needs a partner to finish it! Fuck why the hell didn't he figure this our last year or the year before! I suppose we're supposed to be impressed with the fact that he's finished all the other books he mentioned at the beginning of his message! What any of those works has to do with ASOIF is beyond me! It was clear he's been struggling, he admits as much, I just don't understand why it took him so long to come to this conclusion! I wanted the book to come out, but I'm not entirely thrilled that he's partnering up with someone. I'm really at the point of thinking this book is just going to be garbage, and I wonder about the rest of the series as well. I'm irritated with this to the point of not even wanting to read the rest of the series! there are so many excellent books and authors out there and I'm tired of GRRM's ever changing excuses!

Relax folks... it was an April Fool's Day prank. Read the latest on that blog

[HoosierDaddy]

wolf_2099, on Apr 2 2009, 04:28 PM, said:

He should have gone with his HD crashing, or being stolen, or a house fire and having the manuscript destroyed.

Or even that virus that was supposed to hit yesterday corrupting everything. At his computer and publishers. Bye bye ADWD.

Why am I crashing? Do you wish me ill luck? Fire and kidnapping? What have I done that is so wrooooonnnng.

On topic: That is a pretty lame, April Fool's Day joke... but most are. Meh.

[Aptorian]

I think people have forgotten about how a true April Fools Joke works. Too many crappy internet April Fools jokes. It's supposed to be believable, people.

If he wrote that his dog ate his computer or that he fell and knocked his head on the coffee table and no longer remembers the SOIAF, then everyone would know its just an april fools joke.

And yeah, like Wert said, oh noes he actually took time to write an april fools joke! Now ADWD will NEVER BE RELEASED!!! silly fanboys.

[Optimus Prime]

He should be too busy painting his miniature figurines to post any April Fool's Jokes.......


*cursing ensues*

[Slum]

How could you not see his April 1 post was a joke? He switched his avatar to a giant frog, his mood was:amused.


I knew it was a joke the minute I read it. Now, if he would just stop eating and showering, live in his office a bit more, we could get this business over with.

No more living life for you, GRRM. The Internet Bureau of Investigation, IBI to simpletons, demand you finish the novel in as quickly a manner as possible....

The bourgeoisie is getting restless.