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Originally Posted by Geralt
Sanderson's style of writing may have been appropriate for him to finish Jordan's work, but it is completely wrong to finish Martin's.
Sanderson is on the opposite spectrum. He doesn't write gritty and he doesn't write sex, all things abound in Martin's work. Abercrombie would be 100x better choice if he could hold off on the humor that is characteristic of his work.
Nonetheless, in case Martin dies, I think the series will remain unfinished. IIRC he is against anyone finishing his works.
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Robert Jordan wrote the ending of the WoT early on in the series, and had it stored in a safe deposit box. His wife was under orders to destroy it should something happen to him. This was well before he became ill, of course. Then he became ill and had a change of heart.
(Hard to source this, I remember reading it back in the day when there were signing reports posted during Jordan's book tours.
But...
http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=70
Question
If you were unable to complete the series who would finish it up?
Robert Jordan
(Very strongly) No one. If something happens to me I have a friend who has agreed to go over to my house and format my computer three times. I am the only person going to finish this series or no one is. (I guess this blows all you Piers Anthony people out of the water!!))
I don't doubt there are discussion threads out there about who could finish the series if Martin doesn't.
(But Piers Anthony? Really?)