“I read the first few books in this series when they came out, and very much enjoyed them. But I feel no great urge to read the new novels of the revived series, which appears to have been revived because he stands to make some good money from the TV series.”
The series was never dead. It just took him more than a half decade to write book four because his handling of the characters and the plot was so disorganized.
I really loved the first 3 books, and I was getting a little mad at the time it took him to write book four. I would go to his website for news from time to time, and he would be whining about how hard it was.
When book four finally came out, I was so incredibly angry about how awful it was. I had to wait 6 years for that??? I was angry for years about it. On the other hand, I can name very few series that didn’t have at least one worthless book (Jordan, for example, had 3 or 4). Book 5 came out right before the show started, and I clenched my teeth and bought it, as there are characters that I’m interested in. I thought it was a much better book, getting closer to what the first three were. There is one scene in book 5 that I can’t wait to see on the TV show (if they are still producing it).
As far as the show, I think it is very well done and superbly cast for the most part (come on, Tyrion has got to be one of the best cast characters of all time).
As far as George RR, I’ve always known he was a big lib from posts on his website, but he deserves kudos for his first 3 books, and a better #5, and hopefully makes an awesome conclusion in #6 (or he will probably find a way to f’ it up and drag it out for 3 more books). As far as I’m concerned, shut up and write!!!
Typical Lib. Work is too hard!!!!