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<blockquote data-quote="Desdichado" data-source="post: 5776656" data-attributes="member: 2205">To answer the somewhat unspoken questions... just because... I love Tolkien.&nbsp; Think he's the greatest writer in the English language.&nbsp; HOWEVER, I'm tired of seeing Tolkienism in fantasy.&nbsp; In part, it's because Tolkien's imitators only invite unflattering comparisons to him, but in part because fantasy needs to be doing different things.&nbsp; The pseudo-Tolkien treadmill has been well served over the years, and I've got my eye on other types of fantasy now.I'm also not a huge GRRM fan.&nbsp; In fact, I recently just abandoned an attempt to listen to Game of Thrones on CD (from the library) while commuting.&nbsp; I read half of it about 12-13 years or so ago--when it was still relatively new--but it was a bad time for me to pick up a huge new doorstop of a fantasy series, so I quit then and decided that I'd be better off waiting unti lthe series advanced a bit.&nbsp; But frankly, I don't think I want to read it after all.&nbsp; The tone, the themes--the story may be great, but I found myself really not in the mood to subject myself to the more unsavory aspects of the series, where GRRM seems to deliberately set out to shock his audience.&nbsp; I think I'm going to forego the series, and not have in the back of my mind that I'll read it one day anymore after all.So, anyway.&nbsp; Non sequiter alert.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Desdichado, post: 5776656, member: 2205"] To answer the somewhat unspoken questions... just because... I love Tolkien. Think he's the greatest writer in the English language. HOWEVER, I'm tired of seeing Tolkienism in fantasy. In part, it's because Tolkien's imitators only invite unflattering comparisons to him, but in part because fantasy needs to be doing different things. The pseudo-Tolkien treadmill has been well served over the years, and I've got my eye on other types of fantasy now. I'm also not a huge GRRM fan. In fact, I recently just abandoned an attempt to listen to Game of Thrones on CD (from the library) while commuting. I read half of it about 12-13 years or so ago--when it was still relatively new--but it was a bad time for me to pick up a huge new doorstop of a fantasy series, so I quit then and decided that I'd be better off waiting unti lthe series advanced a bit. But frankly, I don't think I want to read it after all. The tone, the themes--the story may be great, but I found myself [I]really[/I] not in the mood to subject myself to the more unsavory aspects of the series, where GRRM seems to deliberately set out to shock his audience. I think I'm going to forego the series, and not have in the back of my mind that I'll read it one day anymore after all. So, anyway. Non sequiter alert. [/QUOTE]

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