@UndeadDan@JeremiahDJohns ๐คจ now you're upset I'm agreeing with you? There's a very short list of authors who deserve Grrm's legacy, resources, & wealth, who can also handle his responsibilities. You (nor I fwiw) are on the list.
@Katie97732332@JeremiahDJohns New authors are published all the time! If your writing is strong enough publishers may take a leapof faith with you. Maybe the Grrm comparison is how they say no to mediocre authors ๐คฃ
@Anatheman2@JeremiahDJohns Which came first? The jealousy and social/political resentments started 10 to 15 years ago. Everything else is just the latest add ons
@thomasc08910251@JeremiahDJohns Sounds like you missed the sad puppies controversy about 10 years ago. He made a lot of conservatives/adjacent people angry then. Which way preceded this blow up
@mattyglesias@paulg@Noahpinion The term gradualist is still available, as it's no longer synonymous with progressive. Perhaps the marriage of liberal ideals and conservative means can find wide appeal.
@STORMWARA Nothing is as great as asoiaf, but a lot of series are still great (if unfinished);
Gentlemen Bastards
Kingkiller Chronicle
Davabad trilogy
The Black tongue Thief
Malazan
Farseer
Malice
Happy reading ๐
@RichardHanania You win political capital to spend it and enact your agenda. It's the system working, and further drawn out fights will eat away at the gains.
@avidseries Look at the trend over time; it's increased 3-fold in the past 40 years, and has risen rapidly in the last 25 years. Also, in time and scale, it mirrors the rise of the nones, or those who do not belong to organized religions. The Venn Diagram of those two things is ~ a circle.
@avidseries A few considerations:
Tom Odell - Another love
The xx - On hold
Zach Byran - Something in the orange
Lord Huron - Take ma back to the night we met
@AhavatHaEmet@JeremiahDJohns@admcrlsn They lost primary elections until they won the party nomination, not general elections. It's the same for many presidents.