At the rate he's writing these things there is more chance of him pegging it first than anyone who hands over $20k
Game of Thrones scribe George R R Martin will KILL YOU for US$20K
Game of Thrones author George R R Martin is running a crowdfunding campaign in which he promises to kill you for US$20,000. The writer has launched the campaign to support a wolf sanctuary near his home in Santa Fe. As is the case with most crowdfunding capers, this campaign offers rewards of increasing value for …
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Friday 6th June 2014 08:35 GMT unitron
At first I thought...
...perhaps it was an offer to reveal to the terminally ill how GoT turns out (at least in the books), and then make sure you don't get to spoil it for anyone else prior to your sudden and assisted demise.
I mean there's got to be people out there who were fairly young and healthy when they started reading the series almost two decades ago who have since taken a turn for the worse and are thinking "Hurry up, George, I'm not going to last forever", not to mention that Martin's no spring chicken himself these days, so I'm stuck hoping that he lasts long enough to churn out books 6 and 7 and that I'm around long enough for the paperback release of both (gotta complete the set).
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Friday 6th June 2014 08:38 GMT auburnman
Not that I'm against raising money for charity, but surely there's a way of doing that with less chance for backfiring? I can't see the fans being happy if Full Metal Havok More Sexy N Intelligent Than Spock And All The Superheroes Combined With Frostnova or someone like him wins it.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/12/nz_name/
If he had the balls he should offer a bounty that allows you to slap him in the face as revenge for your favourite character :)
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Friday 6th June 2014 11:44 GMT batfink
Focus, George, focus!
George! Stop ****ing about with fundraising for saving furry animals and get writing. None of us are getting any younger, notably you, and we all know what happened to your mate Robert Jordan. The TV Series is about to overtake you and they'll start to make it up themselves if you don't keep up, and that's going to screw your book sales. So, less faffing about and more concentration on writing please.
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Sunday 8th June 2014 06:25 GMT Michael Hoffmann
Re: Focus, George, focus!
Thank you and a spiritual thousand upvotes for mentioning Robert Jordan!
I have friends and acquaintances telling me I'm cutting off my nose to spite my face for refusing to read the books and watching the TV series, but back then I made a vow that I will never go through the Wheel Of Time experience again.
It seems Martin fans are already going through the same "milking it for every typed word" stage and looking at the author, he is a walking cardio-vascular disaster waiting to happen. I wouldn't wish the same end on any fan: the series being finished by a second rate hack (sorry, Sanderson fans, that's my opinion). It may be even worse: the series is finished "made for TV" by studio committee!
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