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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Scarogoth" data-source="post: 124282" data-attributes="member: 3507">I absolutely agree about Ned Stark's death! And the funny thing was, although he did it once, and I thought I'd learnt my lesson, when other characters I had naively assumed were likewise indispensible were similarly slaughtered, the shock was no less. More power to Mr Martin. The most original fantasy for a great many years, I would say. Sure, I can see why it might not be to everyone's taste, and boy, is it long and difficult to read, but you don't need to get into it very far to know whether you're going to enjoy it or not. It's not the sort of book you read with only half your brain engaged, that is for certain. No, I love the fact that the characters are not ridiculous personifications of polarized good and evil that feature in a good deal of the other fantasy authors.My advice, if you're not enjoying it, then don't persevere. It's not going to get any "better"!As for the Wheel of Time, I keep trying, but I can't do it. I think my big problem is the whole concept of destiny that is clearly the focus of the books. If you can't substantially change anything, and everything is mapped out before you do it, then what's the point.And Dragonlance and Brooks and the others, well, once, when I was very young, I thought they were great, but even back then, I was a bit embarrassed about liking them, and hid them behind Frank Herbert and Tolkein and others I was more certain about on the shelves! Sorry, I'm just a big old intellectual snob, I guess!</blockquote>

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