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by jordanab 1698 days ago
George R.R. Martin also wrote his books on a DOS machine running WordStar 4.0
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Maybe that's why he can't finish the series...
The Expanse has finished an entire nine-book series in the time since the last A Song of Ice and Fire was published.
This is probably because of the benefits of collaborative writing.

No procrastination possible when you have that level of engagement.

GRRM is alone and bored.

Here's a video of Stanley Kubrick talking about DOS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlsZoZLlwC8
Here he is talking about UNIX https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54hrLTpsO5g
As it says in the article.
Oh, you're right. I overlooked that last paragraph.