I’m afraid this comes uncomfortably close to (if not just fully is an expression of) hoping for someone’s death, and that’s not what I want to suggest, but I hope that the Game of Thrones book series (A Song of Fire and Ice is what the book series is called, right? i guess i refuse to look it up real quick.) is not completed, at least not by George R.R. Martin. I’ve never read these books, and I probably never will, though I have seen the HBO show, and it’s fine. I have no emotional investment in this world or these characters, which might make it easier for me to take this position, but I think it would be so much more interesting if there’s no official resolution. If a finale is not provided by the creator, then it’s wide open, fucking game on. Anyone can take over the spectacularly detailed, sprawling world he’s created and make their own finish. People will do this anyway, of course, but these things will have more legitimacy if there’s no real ending hanging around out there from the author. It would be amazing. So, to be clear, I don’t want George R.R. Martin to die; I just want him to not finish his greatest work and for everyone to get a shot at writing their own ending and for all those endings to have a real opportunity to be taken seriously. What could possibly be more awesome than that?