There were probably people with terminal illnesses holding on so they could catch the finale of their most-beloved TV show, Game of Thrones, and who died horribly disappointed.

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My favorites for fiction would be Neal Stephenson,Roger Zelazny, Fritz Leiber, Ursula Le Guin, Stephen R. Donaldson, Charles Bukowski, Iain Banks, Frederick Pohl, Glen Cook, Jim Butcher

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My guy was so disappointed he died. Rip

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Yeah, thanks. I meant to reference it.

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It's because they're not horror, and SK is known best for his horror. I do think he'd said, at one point, that TDT was the most meaningful series to him, and the fact that it forms an umbrella reality encompassing all of his other stories - sometimes featuring characters from his other novels, is significant.

That said, I'm not a King fan; I don't much care for horror, so his money making genre isn't very compelling for me. But I did get super-into The Dark Tower. It's up there among my favorite works, despite the ending.

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Ups and downs; like I said, written over a dozen years, the styles vary, and there's some consensus that there are a couple which are "the best," and a couple which aren't. However, if you didn't like the first, it's probably fair to say you probably wouldn't much care for the rest.

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The first one is mostly vibes. There's not a ton of good story meat in it, and it's pretty short. Book 2 really gets going though, and book 3 is just wild. Once you get to Wolves of the Calla, though, it's really gonna test your patience.

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Lindsay summed up the theme of the final season so well in the thumbnail of one of her videos: "Dragon Lady Bad".

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I hated the ending of GoT almost as much as I hated the ending of Mass Effect 3.

I still am not over that trainwreck.

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It fell off the rails after season 3, you could argue everything after season 1 began a downward spiral.

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At least with Mass Effect, most of the third act was solid. Plus, there's always the Indoctrination Theory to help cope (even if it wasn't intended).

GoT is utterly unsalvageable.

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All the potential DVD/bluray sales - gone. All the merchandising - gone. The potential for spin-off shows - gone

I'm sure they're still making money hand over first from DVD sales & streaming. Not to mention they actually did launch a spin off show

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Yeah, but I was so invested in ME. It was such a deep game with so many storylines...all ultimately pointless.

I see your point, though. Right up until the very end, I had a great time. Somehow, though, it feels worse for that abrupt lurch into stupidity.

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No worries then, the only way to live past your natural expiration date is believing in Medicine and getting qualified help. The vast majority of terminal patients couldn't live on longer even if they were emotionally invested in a TV Show.

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Yeah, I hear you. Prior to 3, I genuinely expected Mass Effect to evolve into the Star Trek of my generation, complete with spin-off shows, movies, books, etc.

That ending sure took the wind out of those sails.

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I have seasons 1-7 if anyone wants them.

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turned it into something to feel a bit embarrassed to admit liking

Pretty sure that's not a thing

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Not really, thanks though.

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I disagree. Now I've never read the boots, I only know the TV show. She took out slavers, oppressors, just generally people that would be the villain archetype and there was never some big reveal that actually anyone she was taking down wasn't just that. By that same logic, my great grandfather is a bad guy because he helped take down Nazi's in WWII, a group most would agree, were the bad guys.

She flipped at a sound of a bell against unarmed, innocent citizens who didn't even know who she was.

But by all means, I'm down to watch Episode 1 again, what scene exactly foreshadows her going genocidal?

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I showed my wife an alt ending I had found that ends the story without the bad stuff and the dumb stuff