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I really can't understand how someone can appreciate a writer's work so much that they hate them for not producing more. That's weird.

mattmanser 5y ago
Because it's frustrating to not get an ending, and that frustration can turn into nastier emotions.
tehbeard 5y ago
First, you're dealing with humans, rationality is a distant consideration in dealing with emotions. Second, There's an implicit promise that stories have a structure, and that structure includes an ending, where there's payoff and/or setting other things up for a longer story. That lack of ending leaves built up tension that, well, hasn't been relieved. With that tension, see my first point. Thirdly, I'd lay the vitriol that's brewed purely at the feet of David & Daniel for royally fucking up the TV show adaptation's final seasons. The catharsis of the "TV ending" could have given GRRM a good few more years to work on the book ending, as some would have put down the story with the end of the show, and others might have debated how the divergence between book/tv before would affect the book ending. Instead, we got a train wreck, and snapping back to the reality that GRRM is getting old, and the only "canon" ending currently is.... not that good. Edit: I'm not endorsing shitty behaviour from fans, I've seen it cause plenty of issues over the years, just trying to offer some perspective as to why.
- panzagl 5y ago
  It also doesn't help that the last 2 books have not been good.
gruturo 5y ago
It is weird. But on the other hand he created a series, not isolated books, and the story is quite unfinished. I don't think anyone would be mad at him if he finished the series but then didn't produce anything else after that. The hatred is still excessive, but imagine watching the first 2 Lord of the Rings movies and then discovering the 3rd one won't ever come out (not a perfect fit, given that the books were all finished long ago, but...)
openfuture 5y ago
Wtf why are you downvoted to hell? only person making sense in this thread.

mattmanser 5y ago

Because it's frustrating to not get an ending, and that frustration can turn into nastier emotions.

tehbeard 5y ago

First, you're dealing with humans, rationality is a distant consideration in dealing with emotions. Second, There's an implicit promise that stories have a structure, and that structure includes an ending, where there's payoff and/or setting other things up for a longer story. That lack of ending leaves built up tension that, well, hasn't been relieved. With that tension, see my first point. Thirdly, I'd lay the vitriol that's brewed purely at the feet of David & Daniel for royally fucking up the TV show adaptation's final seasons. The catharsis of the "TV ending" could have given GRRM a good few more years to work on the book ending, as some would have put down the story with the end of the show, and others might have debated how the divergence between book/tv before would affect the book ending. Instead, we got a train wreck, and snapping back to the reality that GRRM is getting old, and the only "canon" ending currently is.... not that good. Edit: I'm not endorsing shitty behaviour from fans, I've seen it cause plenty of issues over the years, just trying to offer some perspective as to why.

panzagl 5y ago
It also doesn't help that the last 2 books have not been good.

gruturo 5y ago

It is weird. But on the other hand he created a series, not isolated books, and the story is quite unfinished. I don't think anyone would be mad at him if he finished the series but then didn't produce anything else after that. The hatred is still excessive, but imagine watching the first 2 Lord of the Rings movies and then discovering the 3rd one won't ever come out (not a perfect fit, given that the books were all finished long ago, but...)

openfuture 5y ago

Wtf why are you downvoted to hell? only person making sense in this thread.