RR Martin's work annoyed me

November 03, 2007 10:35AM
He has a colossal set of characters and all the interesting ones have barely been developed yet - you can tell they aren't even halfway changed to what they'll end up being, and you KNOW that half of them will die along the way... As opposed to Jordan, whose base characters visibly grow and change as the series goes by, and who develop their own power bases and grow into well thought out adults (some more interesting than others). <br> <br>Both suffer from the typical epic fantasy issues, though, as more and more characters are introduced the campaign grows bigger and bigger and it is difficult to keep track of what is happening until your second or third read-through. At least for me. <br> <br>That being said, a good book along the line of what you suggested would be The Lies of Locke Lamora, by Scott Lynch, or perhaps March Upcountry, by David Weber and John Ringo (though this is more military science fiction than conventional fantasy)
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Ok, so now im done with Wheel of Time..

Cerunnir 1726 November 02, 2007 01:19PM

I've got two

Lokain 1107 November 02, 2007 01:28PM

George RR Martin is a good read.

Balrahd 1060 November 02, 2007 02:50PM

Turtledove is good stuff. I liked Guns of the South n/t

Lokain 1003 November 02, 2007 02:52PM

Magician and Eragon are both good. (nt)

Cointreau 1054 November 02, 2007 04:52PM

Eragon was engaging, but I wouldn't call it &quot;good&quot;. txt

Isildur 1033 November 02, 2007 06:10PM

Eh.

Cointreau 1063 November 02, 2007 07:06PM

Re: Eh.

Isildur 1007 November 03, 2007 05:21AM

If he's a cry baby too, you're likely right :) nt

Leprechaun 1039 November 03, 2007 05:34AM

It's not surprising. The guy who wrote it is younger than most of us.

Yhorian 1105 November 03, 2007 05:59AM

Sword of truth series is worth reading~

ExPaladin 1024 November 03, 2007 09:27AM

I read the first half of the first one. Thought it was kinda floofy n/t

Lokain 1033 November 03, 2007 10:15AM

It gets better, second and third books are much better

ExPaladin 1083 November 03, 2007 12:27PM

A few suggestions

Treebeard 1080 November 03, 2007 10:25AM

RR Martin's work annoyed me

Randomizer 1040 November 03, 2007 10:35AM

If you were to insert Martin where you typed Jordan and vice versa

Lokain 1002 November 03, 2007 01:06PM

Jordan and Martin in a nutshell [Possible Spoilers]

jegec 1004 November 05, 2007 02:45PM

I know Martin is supposedly 7 books, but it reads like a trilogy right now IMO

Balrahd 1052 November 06, 2007 09:38AM

I could see that

jegec 1042 November 06, 2007 12:18PM

Now that you mention it, that's true for me, too.

Balrahd 1003 November 06, 2007 08:10PM

Re: Ok, so now im done with Wheel of Time..

Isildur 1079 November 03, 2007 12:22PM



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