Doubt it. Ultimately he told them the direction and where he thought she should go and how long it would take.
They couldn't just rush her back to westeros without developing her a bit more, otherwise the arc would have been even less pointless than it is now.
Look at the whole Dorne thing, or gendry, or the iron born. All kinda pointless.
Look at the whole lannisters vs starks. The entire war died without any major conflict between the two. The two opposing sides haven't even managed to destroy themselves.
He can't end anything.
A lot of good writers come out with a good first couple books and then the suck. Look at Frank Herbert. Dune was awesome and the it just went downhill from there. Now to have his son and the "lost transcripts" (great mcguffin). You'll get the same with Martin unless he finishes it.
They aren't horrible books (got and dune), they just don't live up to the original or the hype. It's too bad since it could be so much more.
Actually we don't know how the books will conclude the Dorne or Arya Stories yet. One can criticize the many plot lines for inclusion in a show (it is too much) but we don't know how they will turn out yet. They might just work better in one format than another.
Yeah Dorne was horrible in the show but it was pretty much as different from the source as could be. Now to be fair the show has also deviated from the source material for the better.
As for Dune. The middle books did drag but the last 2 written by Frank Herbert before he died are actually the ones I go back to the most besides the original novel. God Emperor had an interesting epilogue that hints at things that are obliquely referenced to in the last two books (why are these dangerous interlopers running back from deep space to the known universe?).
I agree about the lost transcripts.
The last book ended on a cliffhanger and it's fairly obvious at least one more book was due when he died. It's too bad that the two characters we see in the last chapter are ret-conned into something else entirely by his son.
If Frank Herbert been able to finish a 7th Dune book that kept up with the 5th and 6th books I think it would have ended well and would've been regarded as a decent series whose ending did not quite match the quality of the original novel but wasn't as bad as his son's ret-conned contributions.
Sure people who only watch the show (not necessarily you) can bag on the books all they want (they are not without flaws after all) but it was those story lines that attracted the producers who adapted them into a fine series despite the rough edges around the recent seasons. Adaptations are tricky and difficult depending on the source material.
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