04-14-2011, 06:56 AM | #1 |
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Just Write It: George R. R. Martin (New Yorker Article)
Just Write It!
A fantasy author and his impatient fans. by Laura Miller April 11, 2011 George R. R. Martin George R. R. Martin’s story suggests a new sense of what an author owes his readers. The writer George R. R. Martin left Hollywood in 1994, determined to do what he wanted for a change. He’d had some success in television, working on a new version of “The Twilight Zone” and on the fantasy series “Beauty and the Beast.” But the pilot for “Doorways,” a series he’d developed, hadn’t been picked up, and he was tired of the medium’s limitations. ... http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2...?currentPage=1 |
04-14-2011, 04:11 PM | #2 |
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Interesting - not in the Chinese sense or the Homer Simpson sense. Thanks again, Kenny.
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04-14-2011, 06:28 PM | #3 |
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2005? Pah. I've been waiting for the next War Against the Chtorr book since 1993. Kids today, they've got no patience.
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04-16-2011, 06:52 PM | #4 |
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Egads. I was five years old then. I'm twenty-two years old now o_o That's a lifetime, man. Is that writer working on other projects? I sure hope so.
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04-17-2011, 06:06 AM | #6 |
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I know what you mean. I can remember going to see the original "Clash of the titans" when I was a kid. I was around 10.5 -11 yrs old (in 1981) and now poof! I'm 40 and they've made a remake of it. lol. Time does pass by faster than we think. I just did the math and I was 22 in 1993. lol.
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04-17-2011, 07:36 AM | #7 |
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First SF movie that I remember and blew my sox off was "The Day the World Stood Still"
the first SF book I remember reading was "Pellucidar" by Edgar Rice Burroughs. It was all an avalanche from there. |
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Not that I've noticed. He's probably just living it up on his Star Trek royalties. I just had a look and there's going to be another 3 books in the series, I'll probably be long dead before they're published at this rate.
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