Post by snowfyre on Sept 8, 2015 12:18:23 GMT
Dan Simmons recalls Martin's words:
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Dan Simmons (in a 2013 lecture at Wabash College, his alma mater):
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Dan Simmons (in a 2013 lecture at Wabash College, his alma mater):
'...it was great. George Martin is a funny guy! And I got to hear him say, in 1981: "If I were really cynical," (I've told this story twice), "If I were really cynical, I wouldn't write what I'm writing now - these novels. I would start some sorta medieval sword-and-sorcery thing, and say it's a trilogy," he said, "and then keep writing it for the rest of my life."
'And I said, "Well, you're not that cynical, are you George?"
'And he said, "No, I'll never do that."'
'And I said, "Well, you're not that cynical, are you George?"
'And he said, "No, I'll never do that."'
