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George R.R. Martin Feels Strikes “Will Be Long And Bitter”, Says His HBO Deal “Was Suspended” & Gives Update On ‘House Of The Dragon’ Season 2 (deadline.com)

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George R.R. Martin is giving updates on all the projects he’s involved in and weighed in on the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. In his latest blog entry, Martin says that the WGA strike “is …

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

He had some rough notes, a few important scenes written out, but the man was diagnosed with a terminal disease. Despite best efforts, he didn’t make it to the finish line.

I feel like you're downplaying it a bit. Robert Jordan spent the last year of his life dictating the final novel (which was ultimately split into 3 novels because it was so large) to his editor, who was also his wife and a stenographer, including detailed notes of the world itself so that someone could finish the series after him. It was much much more than some rough notes.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Fair.

I'm going off what I heard and what was said at the time by Jordan. Like the Forbes quickie (linked from the Wikipedia, I'm not some sort of weird bookmark crazy) https://www.forbes.com/2006/11/30/robert-jordan-illness-tech-media_cx_hc_books06_1201jordan.html

He said he was "getting out notes" and generally acknowledged the books weren't done.

I won't speak for Sanderson, but I seem to recall him saying Jordan provided an outline, notes for major events, and even some parts fleshed out and written in full (Rand in the cave comes to mind), but pulling all together was Sanderson.

It was absolutely a posthumous collaboration between the two.