George R.R. Martin has given fans an update on his long-awaited and long-delayed book series, A Song of Ice and Fire.
“I’ve seen some truly weird reports about [‘Winds of Winter’] on the internet of late, by ‘journalists’ who make their stories up out of whole cloth,” Martin wrote on his Livejournal. “I don’t know which story is more absurd, the one that says the book is finished and I’ve been sitting on it for some nefarious reason, or the one that says I have no pages. Both ‘reports’ are equally false and equally moronic. I am still working on it, I am still months away (how many? good question), I still have good days and bad days, and that’s all I care to say.”
Martin is also working on a history anthology called Fire and Blood based on the series.
“Whether WINDS or the first volume of FIRE AND BLOOD will be the first to hit the bookstores is hard to say at this juncture, but I do think you will have a Westeros book from me in 2018… and who knows, maybe two. A boy can dream,” he said. He cautioned fans by saying that no publication date has been set for “Fire and Blood” at this point, though he expects volume one to be published in 2018 or early 2019.
Steven Moffat, the outgoing showrunner of Doctor Who, has responded to the backlash over the casting of female actress Jodie Whittaker as the titular character.
“There has been so many press articles about the backlash among the ‘Doctor Who’ fandom against the casting of a female Doctor,” Moffat said Sunday at Comic-Con. “There has been no backlash at all. The story of the moment is that the notionally conservative ‘Doctor Who’ fandom has utterly embraced that change completely — 80 percent approval on social media, not that I check these things obsessively. And yet so many people wanted to pretend there’s a problem. There isn’t.”
Justin Bieber has cancelled the remainder of his Purpose World Tour.
No reason was given for the decision beyond “unforeseen circumstances.”
Bieber had 15 more shows remaining.
What a bloody strange thing for Bieber to do.
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Family tragedy?
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Bieber’s birth?
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It’ll be disclosed by TMZ soon enough, but that’s what I’m thinking. Maybe something related to one of his parents? I really dislike Justin, but if it is related to his family, then I’m hoping it isn’t anything that bad.
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I’m not a Bieber fan, but I hope he’s okay
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Sick of hearing about doctor who
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Ain’t that the truth. We get it. You broke a glass ceiling. Let it go. Nobody cares all that much.
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Wait until it airs, dear. You’ll hear nonstop about how wonderful the show is. Two or three episodes I’ll bare before I lose any will to watch television ever again.
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Blame the media for making this into such a big deal.
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Music thanks Bieber for cancelling those remaining dates.
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It breathed a sigh of relief and for one more day music could rest easy… until tomorrow when Katy Perry announced her own tour.
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He’ll come back. Like a virus. Stronger.
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Give up on ASOIAF ever being finished, fellow fans. This is not the attitude of a writer optimistic about the chances.
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Guy shouldn’t even be working on side projects until he’s done.
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>expecting gurm to not waste time at comic cons talking about the books instead of writing them
topkek
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Does anyone really expect him to finish the series?
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What’s that sound? It’s a million teenage girls collectively screaming about this devastating news.
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Oh, that’s what that was, dear? I simply thought Drinking Dave went on an excursion to a loyal playground.
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Who gives a damn about what the outgoing showrunner says and thinks? It’s more important to hear the new guy’s opinion.
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And with his writing ability, Moffat shouldn’t be critical of anything ever.
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Looks like he’s going back on over to Sherlock to ruin that show some more…
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Mr. Martin looks somewhat similar to one of his dwarfish characters.
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He has the best beard….
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Is Bieber pregnant?
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With Selena Gomez
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Congratulations to Jodie Whittaker again. She really faces an uphill battle given the circumstances…
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If she’s as intelligent as she seems, then she’s already aware of that. I’m disgusted some people aren’t even willing to give her a chance. I can’t wait until she proves them wrong.
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