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George R.R. Martin still writes on a 1980s computer

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The reason we are never getting 'The Winds of Winter' might just be hard drive failure. Martin exclusively types his epic multi-thousand-page manuscripts on a machine running WordStar 4.0 from the 1980s, because he absolutely despises autocorrect and modern internet distractions.

George R.R. Martin still writes on a 1980s computer
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