Ars Technica - All Content

119 readers

63 users here now

All Ars Technica stories

founded 6 months ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

George R.R. Martin has co-authored a physics paper (arstechnica.com)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

5 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] superduperpirate 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

In the increasingly likely event that he dies before finishing all the books, what happens? Does his publisher work with his estate to pick someone to finish writing the books?

[–] Retreaux 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I think that's what happened with Wheel of Time IIRC, with Brandon Sanderson taking over.

[–] Breadhax0r 1 points 1 week ago

I thought Jordan had picked Sanderson ahead of time, but i just skimmed the wiki and it looks like I misremembered. Jordan was given a terminal diagnosis so he prepared copious notes. When he passed, his widow picked Sanderson because she liked his works and because of a eulogy he wrote for Jordan.