I am still traumatised LOL. I did rewatch all the seasons recently "in preparation" for HOTD and, I don't know if it's because I am now numbed to it, but I didn't hate Season 8 as much.
I'm embarrassed to admit that I'm not a book reader. I tried but I couldn't for some reason. Now it seems moot because I know (thereabouts) what happens. I'll probably read the new books though. I want to know his alternate ending. I fear he'll die before he gets to it.
I tried to get into Inventing Anna but couldn't. I think I watched too much Ozark to believe in Julie Garner's character. Ozark is a great show in case you haven't seen it.
I watched Severance which I really enjoyed. The Queen's Gambit was fabulous. Peaky Blinders was good. Afterlife was great but the last season was a bit of a let down. I watched both version of Narcos which I enjoyed.
There might be some truth to that but I've also seen Dumb & Dumber say that they were just sick of it and wanted it to be over.
You should watch this video if you haven't already. It explains why the writing was so bad. D&D are failed writers.
I don't have time to read books myself so I listen to them instead. Many times I find myself having to drive an hour or more to and from work in LA traffic, so listen the them because I am so overrun on the same music, played over and over. If I don't have a book I may listen to a pod cast such as Joe Rogan, or do spanish audio lessons ( pimsleur) Also when I am doing something mindless, like balancing my checkbook I will listen
I dunno if you drive to work, work from home, or what, but listening to audiobooks makes the tedium go away. I download them from the library on my computer, then transfer them to my phone so they don't auto-erase if I pass the deadline to "return" them, and play them in the car on bluetooth through the car's audio system.
I haven't seen ozark, severance, and want to see narcos. I so loved Queen's gambit, what a wonderful film.
RR is so obese, and likely diabetic, I have the same worries. I don't think he has kids, though he is married:
"In the early 1970s, Martin was in a relationship with fellow science fiction/fantasy author
Lisa Tuttle, with whom he co-wrote
Windhaven.
[122]
While attending an East Coast science fiction convention he met his first wife, Gale Burnick; they were married in 1975. The marriage ended in divorce in 1979, without issue, just before they were meant to move to Santa Fe together. Instead he settled there alone from December that same year until September 1981, when what would be his longtime partner Parris McBride moved in with him.
[123][124] On February 15, 2011, Martin married McBride during a small ceremony at their
Santa Fe home. On August 19, 2011, they held a larger wedding ceremony and reception at Renovation, the
69th World Science Fiction Convention.
[125]" wiki
I have no idea what would happen, would Parris release it unfinished? When Michael Crichton passed away they found unpublished works on his computer, and released them, though they weren't of the same quality as his published work. Probably first drafts? When Patrick O'Brian, passed away, they published his unfinished last novel as-is which stopped almost mid sentence. He wrote the series that the movie Master and Commander was based on. I thought that was a more honest approach than hiring another writer to finish it, and carry on the series as happened with Frank Herbert ( Dune) and Stig Lasson (Girl with the Dragon Tattoo).
Parris McBride is an American blogger and philanthropist who is best known as the longtime partner and now-wife of celebrated novelist and short-story writer, George R. R. Martin. George is also known as the American Tolkien for his series of epic fantasy novels, 'A Song of Ice and Fire', which has been adapted into the HBO series 'Game of Thrones'. Parris runs a live journal in which she posts interesting details from her life. A philanthropist, she told the fans not to send gifts following their marriage, and instead requested them to direct money towards some charities taking care of animals. Since the 1990s, both she and her husband are strong supporters of the Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary in New Mexico, which seeks to rehabilitate wild and domestic-wolf dogs. In 2013, she helped the Pearl Foundation to raise money for scholarships for writing students. She pledged $2.7 million to arts collective, Meow Wolf, in 2015.
Speaking of queen's gambit have you seen Emma. ? She's a fine actress - and she will be starring in the upcoming Furiosa:
Furiosa is an upcoming Australian post-apocalyptic action adventure film directed and co-written by George Miller and stars Anya Taylor-Joy as the titular character Furiosa. It serves as both a spin-off and a prequel to 2015's Mad Max: Fury Road.
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