Amazon spending $465M on season 1 of The Lord of the Rings series

Re:Amazon spending $465M on season 1 of The Lord of the Ring... by theshrike79 on Tuesday July 05, 2022 @03:59PM (#31992954)

> It's been 11 years since the last ASOIAF novel.

To put this in context: All 9 books of The Expanse were written during this period along with a six season TV show based on the same material. The two writers were involved in both actively.

I've 100% given up on ever seeing how ASOIAF ends. Same with Rothfuss's Kingkiller, it's been 11 years and I stopped caring during the previous decade

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Re:Amazon spending $465M on season 1 of The Lord of the Ring... by bsder on Tuesday July 05, 2022 @06:57PM (#31994761)

Pffft. Amateur.

David Gerrold is never going to finish the "War Against the Chtorr" series. The last book was 1993. We're about to hit 4 decades since the last book.

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Re:Amazon spending $465M on season 1 of The Lord of the Ring... by jessaustin on Tuesday July 05, 2022 @04:35PM (#31993354)

Sure, but Expanse also ended on a weak season.

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Re:Amazon spending $465M on season 1 of The Lord of the Ring... by Sebb767 on Tuesday July 05, 2022 @05:19PM (#31993845)

But not on a bad one, which is more than you can say of GoT. Also, The Expanse has now "ended" the second time, so there's still hope.

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Re:Amazon spending $465M on season 1 of The Lord of the Ring... by TMWNN on Thursday July 07, 2022 @06:50PM (#32020647)

I presume that The Expanse will return in a decade or so, which would help in depicting the last three books.

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