/lit/ - Literature

>>18696721
Not fantasy, but in the domain of science fiction The War Against the Chtorr is the most extreme case I'm aware of. The last book was published in 1993, almost thirty years ago. Gerrold, the author, claimed that both the 5th and the 6th book were nearing completion in 2017. Lo and behold, he was full of shit and there is still nothing four years later.

But I actually think it's probably for the best that Chtorr remains dead and unfinished. Gerrold was already an insufferable faggot back in the 80's who almost ruined the amazing premise of the series by making nearly every major character an unlikeable degenerate. The main protagonist, the guy you're supposed to root for, is a pedophile openly lusting after twinks despite being married to a woman. I'd rather not imagine how emboldened Gerrold must feel nowadays. What can you really expect from a gay Jew? And the guy who developed the Chtorran ecology for Gerrold, which is the main appeal of the series, died two years ago.

Regardless Gerrold is still stringing people along and claiming he's writing on the series. He's also GRRM's senior by five years although presumably not nearly as fat. Place your bets if either of them will ever put out another entry of their respective magnum opus.