Anything: Series, video game, book, food, old toy from childhood, service, etc. Also, any series which you wish did not end, etc.

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    391 month ago

    How about things that never were but have always existed? Been waiting my entire adult life (I’m 42) for GRRM to finish Game of Thrones. My kid was 2 when the last book came out and now he’s driving lol

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      71 month ago

      I was gonna say Patrick Rothfuss’ King Killer Chronicles series. We’re never getting Doors of Stone. I loved his writing, but dammit, I’ve just given up on it at this point.

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        21 month ago

        Oh wow I forgot about that series. It’s been like a decade lol. I didn’t even realize the third never released. What’s with these good writers not finishing their projects

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          51 month ago

          The stress of success, many eyes watching, and not publishing is less crushing than publishing a shit ending that ruins the trilogy and wipes out all interest in the first two books.

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            21 month ago

            It’s a shame I don’t find Sanderson books all that interesting because that guy puts out books like a Gatling gun.

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              21 month ago

              I’ve literally tied myself over with several series of Sanderson’s while waiting for the final book in the Kingkiller Chronicle series.

              I guess there’s always the reassurance that Sanderson will probably pick up any major series that needs finishing haha.

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                41 month ago

                Nah not really. It’s well thought out and all that but it just seems kind of “clinical” to me. I like a lot of grit (cormac McCarthy is my favorite author), so I lean more towards Abercrombie or mark lawrence.

                Steven Erikson is another I wish I could get into but I find myself rereading the same stuff over and over until ultimately giving up.

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          41 month ago

          I think he painted himself into a corner with just how much he needs to resolve in the last book. Hell, we don’t even know what king is killed.

          I think he could do quite a few things to make it more than just a third book. He could hand wave away some parts as “well that’s already well known, go talk to X for that story.” And then put that as a separate book.

          Or just say to properly tell the story he needs more time than expected and give himself more than 3 of the in story days.

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            21 month ago

            Gonna have to start fantasy book series just like Netflix these days. Not gonna start until the book/series has an ending!