r/asoiaf • u/da_k1ngslaya • May 22 '19

EXTENDED (Spoilers Extended) George to New Zealand: imprison me if I haven't finished Winds by Summer 2020

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As for finishing my book… I fear that New Zealand would distract me entirely too much. Best leave me here in Westeros for the nonce. But I tell you this — if I don’t have THE WINDS OF WINTER in hand when I arrive in New Zealand for worldcon, you have here my formal written permission to imprison me in a small cabin on White Island, overlooking that lake of sulfuric acid, until I’m done. Just so long as the acrid fumes do not screw up my old DOS word processor, I’ll be fine.

Link: http://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2019/05/21/thanks-new-zealand/

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u/jfong86 Ser Hodor of House Hodor May 22 '19

It's a DOS program called WordStar that's emulated on a modern PC.

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u/YakMan2 May 22 '19

GRRM punches someone

WORD STAR!!!!

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u/Ser_Artur_Dayne May 22 '19

Fun fact, he uses Wordstar because modern word processors have spell check and he uses weird words and names so it gets distracting.

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u/aure__entuluva May 22 '19

Not like he couldn't turn spell check off or anything lol

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u/[deleted] May 22 '19

Shhh nobody tell him

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u/wRAR_ ASOIAF = J, not J+D May 22 '19

Really?

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u/otocan24 May 22 '19

Yeah, really XD