The story gets too big, there are too many characters, and the author feels the need to explain exactly how each person gets from point A to point B, which leads to books with no interest for the reader because they are meant solely to set up events for the next book.
If Martin had just had one bad book (A Feast For Crows), I think the fans might not be as merciless as they are. If Martin hadn't waited as long between the first bad book and the second, the fans might not be as merciless as they are. But, well, he deserves it at this point.
If Martin had just had one bad book (A Feast For Crows), I think the fans might not be as merciless as they are. If Martin hadn't waited as long between the first bad book and the second, the fans might not be as merciless as they are. But, well, he deserves it at this point.
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
Brandon Sanderson, The Emperor's Soul
- 18/11/2012 08:43:13 PM
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Sounds like my kind of Sanderson book!
- 19/11/2012 01:48:56 AM
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De gustibus... 
- 19/11/2012 02:28:10 AM
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*NM*
*NM*
The more Brandon's career evolves...
- 19/11/2012 04:35:26 AM
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Speed kills
- 19/11/2012 04:38:27 PM
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I agree with both of you
- 19/11/2012 05:27:30 PM
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You wouldn't put Erikson in that category?
- 20/11/2012 06:03:05 AM
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Although there are uneven moments, I think his work accomplishes a shade more than the other two
- 20/11/2012 06:11:34 AM
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Re: Although there are uneven moments, I think his work accomplishes a shade more than the other two
- 20/11/2012 03:12:45 PM
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Re: Speed kills
- 19/11/2012 08:59:14 PM
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With Martin it's what I call "Robert Jordan Syndrome"
- 20/11/2012 02:31:22 AM
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Re: With Martin it's what I call "Robert Jordan Syndrome"
- 20/11/2012 04:12:03 PM
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I don't think it's very accurate to call Dance with Dragons a "CoT".
- 20/11/2012 07:53:59 PM
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Re: I don't think it's very accurate to call Dance with Dragons a "CoT".
- 20/11/2012 11:56:55 PM
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I just want to throw out there - I really appreciate this analysis, DomA. Interesting tidbits.
- 22/11/2012 01:31:17 AM
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