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<blockquote data-quote="GoodKingJayIII" data-source="post: 3884447" data-attributes="member: 13804">I'm going to be the dissenting voice here and tell you to skip Martin's books.&nbsp; Some call the &quot;plot&quot; intricate and complex.&nbsp; I don't agree.&nbsp; His prose is also trite and bland.&nbsp; The books do have some good things going for them.&nbsp; The world is wonderfully detailed.&nbsp; If Mr. Martin were my DM and I his player, I'd be in love.&nbsp; However, he seems more interested in showcasing his fantasy creation than any one particular story within.&nbsp; And long after he has killed off or discarded the more interesting characters and plot lines, the books continue.That's the way I see them, anyway.&nbsp; Obviously, a lot of people really like the stuff.&nbsp; Even I did at one point.&nbsp; I thought A Game of Thrones was fantastic, but it's all downhill from there.It is not everyone's cup of tea, but I highly recommend Stephen King's The Dark Tower series.&nbsp; Not exactly traditional fantasy (take a spaghetti western, add a fantasy world with demons, dimensional traveling, and sprinkle liberally with lovecraftian themes and Stephen King's own unique mythology.)&nbsp; The books have changed my expectations of what fantasy, novels, and even stories in general should be.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="GoodKingJayIII, post: 3884447, member: 13804"] I'm going to be the dissenting voice here and tell you to skip Martin's books. Some call the "plot" intricate and complex. I don't agree. His prose is also trite and bland. The books do have some good things going for them. The world is wonderfully detailed. If Mr. Martin were my DM and I his player, I'd be in love. However, he seems more interested in showcasing his fantasy creation than any one particular story within. And long after he has killed off or discarded the more interesting characters and plot lines, the books continue. That's the way I see them, anyway. Obviously, a lot of people really like the stuff. Even I did at one point. I thought [I]A Game of Thrones[/I] was fantastic, but it's all downhill from there. It is not everyone's cup of tea, but I highly recommend Stephen King's [I]The Dark Tower[/I] series. Not exactly traditional fantasy (take a spaghetti western, add a fantasy world with demons, dimensional traveling, and sprinkle liberally with lovecraftian themes and Stephen King's own unique mythology.) The books have changed my expectations of what fantasy, novels, and even stories in general should be. [/QUOTE]

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