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What I hate about A Song of Ice and Fire (Spoilers Ahead)
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<blockquote data-quote="Nellisir" data-source="post: 125386" data-attributes="member: 70"><p><strong>Odds on GRR Martin surviving to the end of the series?</strong></p><p></p><p>I have to admit, I love this series. I'm fascinated by it. I check the bookstore every week, just in case. How many writers set their stories in a world where magic is -returning-?!? As the series continues, we are faced not with the inevitable ascension of the White Knight over the Black, but a proliferation of opportunities. You KNOW the "Dragon Queen" isn't going to be content on the other side of the ocean...and the return of a certain someone, formerly most seriously dead, certainly brings a whole new bundle of riddles to the party.</p><p></p><p>The final great mystery...who the heck will survive?</p><p></p><p>My two favorite traits are forititude and practicality. I'm always going to root for the character that gets beaten down, stands up, beaten down, and stands up. Again and again, without falling into endless wells of self-pity, self-loathing, or "berserker rage". And, the character that does what is necessary. A character in a good novel that does only what is right and pure guarantees one of two things: a deus ex machina where all the villains disappear or convert off camera, or his/her own death. I'm not for villainy as a recreational pasttime, but when there's reason...</p><p></p><p>Other authors I enjoy...Guy Gavriel Kay (I'll buy his grocery list...), Glen Cook (I wanna join the Black Company and get a cool name like Croaker!), Robin Hobb (I couldn't get into the Liveship series, but FitzChivalry is back!), CJ Cherryh (I'm not wild about the newer fantasy, but the sci-fi is still wonderfully fun in that "I have a headache" way)...</p><p></p><p>There's more, but all my books are packed away...</p><p></p><p>I've enjoyed the Dragonlance books (just finished Book II of the Souls thingy), but it doesn't come close to engaging me like the above authors. Weis & Hickman are the pop music of fantasy fiction. Even when it yearns for depth and sincerity, there's still a lively beat and a gnome in the background. I gave up Eddings ages ago. I've started WoT twice, and still can't care enough to read book 2. Goodkind I've read once, and again...can't care enough to read book 2.</p><p></p><p>Cheers for now,</p><p>Nell.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nellisir, post: 125386, member: 70"] [b]Odds on GRR Martin surviving to the end of the series?[/b] I have to admit, I love this series. I'm fascinated by it. I check the bookstore every week, just in case. How many writers set their stories in a world where magic is -returning-?!? As the series continues, we are faced not with the inevitable ascension of the White Knight over the Black, but a proliferation of opportunities. You KNOW the "Dragon Queen" isn't going to be content on the other side of the ocean...and the return of a certain someone, formerly most seriously dead, certainly brings a whole new bundle of riddles to the party. The final great mystery...who the heck will survive? My two favorite traits are forititude and practicality. I'm always going to root for the character that gets beaten down, stands up, beaten down, and stands up. Again and again, without falling into endless wells of self-pity, self-loathing, or "berserker rage". And, the character that does what is necessary. A character in a good novel that does only what is right and pure guarantees one of two things: a deus ex machina where all the villains disappear or convert off camera, or his/her own death. I'm not for villainy as a recreational pasttime, but when there's reason... Other authors I enjoy...Guy Gavriel Kay (I'll buy his grocery list...), Glen Cook (I wanna join the Black Company and get a cool name like Croaker!), Robin Hobb (I couldn't get into the Liveship series, but FitzChivalry is back!), CJ Cherryh (I'm not wild about the newer fantasy, but the sci-fi is still wonderfully fun in that "I have a headache" way)... There's more, but all my books are packed away... I've enjoyed the Dragonlance books (just finished Book II of the Souls thingy), but it doesn't come close to engaging me like the above authors. Weis & Hickman are the pop music of fantasy fiction. Even when it yearns for depth and sincerity, there's still a lively beat and a gnome in the background. I gave up Eddings ages ago. I've started WoT twice, and still can't care enough to read book 2. Goodkind I've read once, and again...can't care enough to read book 2. Cheers for now, Nell. [/QUOTE]
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