So long time between updates. And why? Because of work! What a massive sigh! I’ve been working late everyday and coming home pretty buggered to post anything, or to even fix the forum’s broken CSS after I upgraded the PHP versions. I’m about to go RAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Another thing is that I’ve been reading the Song of Fire and Ice books from George R R Martin.
Basically for those unfamiliar with the term, it refers to starting a book series very well and powerfully, then when it appears that the series is popular, drag out the series by writing fluff upon fluff and / or writing huge amounts on side characters that really can be cut, all to lengthen the time period by which one can milk the cashcow of your popular series. Song of Fire and Ice was initially meant to be 3 books, then 5 books, and now it’s been pushed to 7 books. Worse still, here are the publication dates:
| Book | Pages | Release |
| A Game of Thrones | 694 | August 1996 |
| A Clash of Kings | 768 | November 1998 |
| A Storm of Swords | 973 | August 2000 |
| A Feast for Crows | 753 | October 2005 |
| A Dance with Dragons | Unknown | Expected July 2011 |
| The Winds of Winter | Unknown | Unknown |
| A Dream of Spring | Unknown | Unknown |
My concern is that his books are getting further and further in between, and he’s added more books to his series, which means it’s quite likely it won’t be done for maybe 10+ years to come. That is a long time to be waiting for the story to finish. By the time I finish all the books that have been released (or are about to be released soon), it’ll still probably be a few years before new books in the series are finished. So I’ll probably need to re-read some books just to remember what the fuck happened before. Assuming of course the author doesn’t die before he’s finished, a likely possibility given that he’s fairly old already and he’s quite fat. So even something good will probably lead to a sigh. 🙁
Ultimate sigh indeed!
I’m still living in hope that the next book in the Obernewtyn series will be published soon so I can re-read all of the past books, then remember whatever it was that I was looking forward to finding out in the next book.