乔治马丁史 The History of George RR Martin - HBO Game of Thrones readers beware

马上《魔龙的狂舞》就要发行了，把亚马逊后面这篇评论贴过来，以纪念这么多年的等待-_- 大家可不能好了伤疤忘了疼呀。。。大坑还有两本，也许就是十年…… 快速翻译一下。 =============== http://www.amazon.com/The-History-George-RR-Martin/forum/Fx375VBDG6ACSUW/Tx2KHGWV9P1RU6Z/1/ref=cm_cd_pg_pg1?_encoding=UTF8&asin=0553801473&cdSort=oldest Paul A. Slaughter says: I started reading the series in late 2000 or early 2001 right after ASOS was released Honestly, Martin used to be great with his fans. "Not a blog" didn't exist, and he used to update his website once every two or three weeks. He communicated to his fans that ASOS was the end of the first plot arc in ASOIAF, and that there would be a 5 year gap between the events in ASOS and ADWD. As he missed deadlines for ADWD, Martin apologized to his fans, and then explained that the 5 year gap became nearly impossible to write since everything was in flashback. He had to scrap almost 2.5 years of work (between 2000 and 2003), and while some fans were upset, I was actually thrilled that the author explained his problems, leveled with his fanbase, and adjusted our expectations of his progress. 我大概从2000年底或2001年初《剑雨的风暴》刚发行时开始看这个系列。那时候马大爷对粉丝还挺好的，他还未启用他的blog"Not a blog"，每周都会对网站做2-3次更新。他跟粉丝介绍说《剑雨的风暴》是《冰火》系列第一个情节弧线的结束，其中的情节和《魔龙的狂舞》之前有五年的间隔。当《魔龙的狂舞》没有如期完工时，他向粉丝道歉，并解释到，这五年的间隔根本没法写，所有的东西都要一一回溯。因此他过去2年半的功夫都白费了（约2000年到2003年之间）。虽然有的粉丝觉得不安，但我当时还觉得作者能对粉丝开诚布公解释自己的问题，更新进度挺让人感动的。 Fast forward 2.5 years later to 2005 and the abortion known as A Feast for Crows is announced and released. Martin tells his fans that we're getting the full story of half of the characters. So after a 5 year wait, a half-a-book was delivered, which was obviously disappointing, after the established precedent was an excellent full novel every two years between 1996 and 2000. 很快到了两年半以后的2005年，众所周知名为《群鸦的盛宴》的半成品出炉了。马大爷告诉粉丝，此书里有一半角色的完整故事情节。经过五年的等待，却只等来半本书，真是令人失望。特别想想1996年到2000年之间，他每两年都有出版一本优秀的完整的小说。 However, this didn't make the fanbase too upset because Martin indicated in a note at the end of Feast and on his blog, that he was about 60% completed with Dance and that it would be completed sometime in 2006. 但这并没有让粉丝们太纠结，因为《群鸦的盛宴》完工后，马大爷在blog上讲《魔龙的狂舞》也已经完成了60%，大概2006年就能写成。 Unfortunately, Feast turned out to be the full story of the half of the characters were the least interesting. But really, it wasn't just the characters that were the problem, but rather the fact that none of the characters' actions were interrelated, and the novel completely lacked any momentum towards the micro-climaxes he'd masterfully executed in the first three installments. None of the novels really stand alone, but Feast was grotesquely disjointed to the point that I'm not sure where any of the POV's are heading, or what their purpose is to the story as a whole. New threads are partially started, others stagnate completely, and several characters are left hanging (literally) on cliffs which are still unresolved nearly 6 years later. Mr. Martin certainly did not stoop to these types of trashy 'tune in next decade' soap opera ploys in the first three installments. （以上对《群鸦的盛宴》的情节和角色也作了些抱怨，略过- - 这本不仅只有一半的人物出场，而且基本都不是重量级的……即使盼来的第五卷也是和第四卷时间平行，于是我们还是不能知道例如美人死没死啊什么的） However something else happened in 2005 that did irrevocable damage to ASOIAF -- "Not a Blog". In Martin's first blog post he indicates the reason that it's called "Not a Blog" is because "I don't have time to do a weblog" and "Days, weeks, and even months may go by with no new entries to this journal. If so, that doesn't mean I've died. Just the opposite, actually. It probably means I'm busy doing stuff. It may even mean that I'm writing." To me that means that when he's not blogging he's probably actually working on Dance. Unfortunately, it seems that not only does Martin have time for a blog, he has time for one of the most active blogs on the web frequently posting 3 or 4 times per week, which in his own words pretty much means that he's not working. 另外对《冰火》系列造成毁灭性打击的就是在2005年开通了"Not a Blog".在马大爷的第一篇blog中他说到，之所以叫"Not a Blog"因为"我没有时间写博客"，"我可能要隔好几天、几周或者几个月才会来更新blog，这并不表示我已经挂了。相反，这 意味着我正忙于各种事务，甚至正是在写作。" 因此，我理解为他没在写博客的时候都可能正在写《魔龙的狂舞》呢。结果不幸的是，马大爷不仅有时间写博客，更有时间让其十分活跃，一周要写3,4篇，用他自己的话来解释大可以理解成他根本就没在写书…… By early 2008 the blog was in full force, which despite Martin's best intentions, was very frequently updated with his opinions on all kinds of nonsense including NFL football, politics, his attendance at numerous conventions, his international travel schedule, why he feels JK Rowling stole his Hugo award, and served as a merchandising wheelhouse for all ASOIAF branded garbage including replica swords, miniatures, water damaged RPG books, and out of date calendars. Furthermore, Mr. Martin also described in detail all of the other side projects that he was working on instead of focusing on a book that was 8 years late namely editing his Wild Cards novels, working to get other novels that he had written which were out-of-print back into print, editing numerous anthologies, and watching HBO audition tapes for the television adaptation of A Game of Thrones. 到2008年初，该博客真是物尽其用，发表他对各种7788东西的看法，包括NFL、政治、频繁参加各种活动、他的环球旅游计划、为什么他觉得JK罗琳盗取了他的雨果奖，并用于展示种种《冰火》相关的垃圾周边——仿制的剑啊，手办啊，被水泡烂的RPG书啊，过时的日历啊等等。另外马大爷还详细记录了他参与的除了写这本拖了8年的书以外的各种其他项目，例如编辑百变王牌系列小说，再版之前绝版的小说，编辑各种文集，为了电视剧《权利的游戏》的改编而观看各种HBO的片子……等等。 Also around this time Mr. Martin stopped giving updates on and having a deadline for Dance, instead he just stated that Dance would be completed "soon" and started referring to ASOIAF as 'Kong' -- the gigantic metaphorical monkey on his back. Mr. Martin's attitudes on writing the series also drastically changed. When asked in an interview about his passion for the craft, he stated that he doesn't actually like writing, rather he "enjoys having written". Looking back over the past decade it is crystal clear that Mr. Martin has shown himself to be a man that enjoys only the fruits of his labors, and has no passion for the labor itself. 差不多就在这时间，马大爷也不再对《魔龙的狂舞》的确切完工时间作更新，只是说"即将"完成……并把《冰与火之歌》描述为"金刚"——站在他背后的巨大的猩猩……他对整个系列的态度也有了截然的转变。在某次采访中被问到工作热情，他说他实际上并不喜欢写作，他更喜欢"享受已经写完了"的感觉。纵观过去的十年，马大爷明显是个只喜欢坐享自己的劳动成果却对劳动本身毫无热情的人。 This led to a complete deterioration of the fanbase's goodwill towards Martin. As of January 2008, it had been 8 years since many of us had read a new Jon, Dany, or Tyrion chapter, and now Mr. Martin was telling us that he couldn't be bothered with any more deadlines while at the same time trying to push the garbage on his blog down our throats. Don't pee on me and tell me it's raining. 粉丝对他的好感因此彻底恶化。到2008年1月为止，我们当中很多人已经八年没有读到任何关于琼恩、丹妮莉丝或者提利昂的新章节了，而马大爷却对deadline毫不在乎，还拼命的在博客中向我们强塞各种垃圾周边。别朝我拉尿还跟我说是在下雨啊。 Martin's relationship with his fanbase was further damaged in 2009 with a blog post entitled "To My Detractors". Martin was indignant that some fans were concerned that he might pull a "Robert Jordan" on us. Martin acknowledges that there is dissent among those in his fanbase regarding the progress on Dance and his response to the criticism was to quote the Ricky Nelson song Garden Party: "You see, you can't please everyone, so you've got to please yourself." In short, Martin said "I do what I want" and gave the middle finger to everyone upset about his attitude towards his fanbase and lack of progress on Dance. 2009年马大爷和粉丝的关系进一步遭到损害。他发表了一篇名为"致诽谤我的人"的博客。他对某些粉丝担心他会成为第二个罗伯特乔丹而感到愤慨。当他意识到粉丝对《魔龙的狂舞》的进度有所怨言时，他引用Ricky Nelson的Garden Party的歌词"你看，你不能让每个人都满意，因此还是让自己满意吧。" 简而言之，马大爷就一句话"我爱怎怎"，对着那些有异议的人比个中指，继续无视《魔龙的狂舞》的进度。 Finally in early 2010, Martin hired a personal assistant named Ty to filter/block/remove his "Not a Blog" for any comments that were curious or critical of Martin's work ethic, attitude, or lack of progress on Dance. Literally, Martin is now paying someone to prevent him from hearing anything except praise for his work. And people wonder why the fans are so upset. 终于到了2010年初，马大爷雇了个叫Ty的助手来过滤/屏蔽/删除"Not a Blog"后面对他职业道德、工作态度和新书进度表示质疑或批评的评论。也就是说马大爷专门花钱请人来让自己只听到赞扬声。还有人奇怪为什么粉丝们这么闹心吗。 I don't hate Martin. I don't even want him to write faster. I want him to actually write, because that's what he is, a professional writer. Unfortunately the man is so distracted by dozens of side projects and in love with his new celebrity that I'd be shocked if he'd actually spent more than 10 hours per week in front of the computer working on the book over the past 3 years. Instead he blogs senselessly about football, politics, and "edits" (i.e. he puts his name on stuff without revising it) endless anthologies penned by his buddies. Just look at his Not-a-blog to see what he really values. 我不恨马大爷。我甚至都不期望他能写得快点。我只希望他能实实在在的写作，因为他是个职业作家。但不幸的是此人被无数庞杂的项目转移了注意力，钟情于和他新结识的人物们打交道，如果过去三年中他每周有十个小时端坐在电脑前写书的话，我真的会惊到。除去他blog中无端提到的很多足球、政治和"编辑"工作（例如把自己的名字署在某物上却不加以任何改动),以及无数工作人员代写的道歉信，通过Not a blog去看看他真正有些什么价值啊…… It would be like telling my boss that I wasn't going to come into work for the next month because I needed to paint my house, build a deck, and catch up on my PS3 games. Technically I was "working", but not on the things that afforded me the lifestyle that I currently have. As much as Martin may be loath to admit it, Wild Cards and his opinions on football didn't put the food on his table, nor did they buy his second house. 就像我跟我老板说我要下个月才来上班，因为我要粉刷我的房子，造个小甲板或者玩下最新的PS3游戏什么的……你也可以说我是在"工作"，但这些事情并不足以供养起我现有的这种生活方式。估计马大爷也羞于承认，仅靠百变王牌和他对足球的评论并不能供应起他的饮食，他们也没有购置第二套房子。 Maybe July 12th will happen, but I've seen this song and dance (or lack thereof) before, and am highly skeptical. Either way, don't be surprised if Dance is the last portion of the Song that is ever published considering GRRM's pace, lifestyle choices, and general attitude toward the series and fans that contributed towards his success. 7月12号《魔龙的狂舞》也许真能发行，但这种事情在《冰火》上发生过太多次了，我表示高度怀疑。考虑到马大爷的工作节奏，生活方式以及对整个系列和粉丝贡献的态度，如果《魔龙的狂舞》成为《冰火》系列出版的最后一本书，您也不要惊讶。 I just wish the guy would just come out and say that he's getting old and doesn't really feel like writing ASOAIF any longer. That would at least be honest. 我只希望马大爷能够站出来然后承认他已经老了，不想再写《冰火》系列了。这至少还是诚恳的。