Polygon.com / 24.06.25

Even The Witcher author is dogpiling on George R. R. Martin now

George R. R. Martin just cant catch a break, huh? The author of the A Song of Ice and Fire series, which adapted into the HBO show Game of Thrones, is suffering from perhaps the worst case of writers block in recorded history; Martin published A Dance with Dragons, the fifth ASOIAF book, in 2011 and hasnt completed the planned seven-book series since. He receives plenty of flak from fans for not finishing the books yet, and now a contemporary in Andrzej Sapkowski, the author of The Witcher book series, is throwing shade too. I will write something else. Relax. No need to fear. And unlike George R. R. Martin whom, by the way, I know personally when I say Ill write something, I will, Sapkowski said to start a panel at Opole book festival (via Redanian Intelligence) in comments originally made in Polish. Sapkowski meant no ill will, and empathized with the position Martin is in. I totally understand him. Because if someone had pulled a stunt like that on me, filming a series based on my b...
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