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Dolorous Edd · 10th September 2005, 01:59 PM

Now, my understanding is this: GRRM has finished AFFC, but it's too long. So he and his publishers were left with 2 options: 1) publish it in two halves or 2) concentrate on one half of the characters and move the others into ADWD.

They went with the latter.

But here's my problem with that reasoning.

- If AFFC was too long, surely everything Martin planned for ADWD PLUS half the content of AFFC will also be too long. Unless ADWD was going to be extremely short (comparatively) then they're going to be stuck with the same dilemma again once he finishes ADWD.

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Dolorous Edd Ever the optimist Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 322	A Feast For Crows - The split, the reasoning doesn't make sense! Now, my understanding is this: GRRM has finished AFFC, but it's too long. So he and his publishers were left with 2 options: 1) publish it in two halves or 2) concentrate on one half of the characters and move the others into ADWD. They went with the latter. But here's my problem with that reasoning. - If AFFC was too long, surely everything Martin planned for ADWD PLUS half the content of AFFC will also be too long. Unless ADWD was going to be extremely short (comparatively) then they're going to be stuck with the same dilemma again once he finishes ADWD.