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We agree in a lot with this Roland00 Send a noteboard - 02/08/2021 11:06:26 PM

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We agree that sometimes unfinished great work is better than finished, subpar work. Of course, neither Wheel of Time nor A Song of Ice and Fire is "great". When I think of great unfinished works, I think of Dead Souls or The Brothers Karamazov, which were supposed to be the first parts of a trilogy and a duology, respectively.

I guess I am based for I am not familiar with Dead Souls, but I agree with this


The first 6 books of Wheel of Time were good by the standards usually applied to pop fiction. After that he dragged out the series for monetary reasons.

Yes


Having said that, George RR Martin has made any monetary considerations Jordan had seem positively insignificant. He wrote 3 good books (to Jordan's 6) and then wrote two terrible books. He also seems incapable of finishing the series now and, given both his girth and age, multiplied by his writing speed, he will also die before finishing.

I like the last 2 books, for I adore the Baroque from time to time. But there is a point where this excessive detail is just masturbation. I feel Book 4 and 5 are good for you learn why the center can not hold and it is not a new phenomena but has happened dozens of times in ASOIAF's past but for slightly different reasons for Feudalism and its variants is a sucky system.

But I like the Baroque and I can appreciate peoples tolerance for it can be less than mine. A Feast for Crows and A Dance With Dragons is no Sistine Chapel after-all And all of the excessive detail characteristic of the Baroque can be a symptom of insanity and not clarity, where you are ruled by your emotions but if everyone is ruled by their emotions it is a drunken frat party.

I wished the Martins books made you happy and I acknowledge your critique is valid!

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Who has let readers down more, Robert Jordan or Georgerr Martin? Tom - 01/08/2021 05:43:47 PM 496 Views
Martin damookster - 01/08/2021 09:45:25 PM 176 Views
WRONG! Book 4 and 5 are Fabulous, and the prequels are more fun as individual stories Roland00 - 02/08/2021 07:13:02 PM 170 Views
Bah damookster - 02/08/2021 07:53:04 PM 164 Views
We Must Imagine Martin [ Happy ] ? Roland00 - 02/08/2021 11:07:36 PM 151 Views
RJ not for dying, but instead for giving us books 7 to 10 (I never did 11) Roland00 - 02/08/2021 07:10:33 PM 179 Views
If Jordan had died after Book VI and the series remained unfinished, it would have been better Tom - 02/08/2021 08:02:11 PM 179 Views
We agree in a lot with this Roland00 - 02/08/2021 11:06:26 PM 136 Views
I notice you also un-corrected my corrected "Georgerr Martin" Tom - 04/08/2021 07:10:50 PM 249 Views
It annoyed me Roland00 - 05/08/2021 01:58:03 AM 145 Views
Impossible for me to know aerocontrols - 02/08/2021 09:13:16 PM 164 Views
Very good point Tom - 04/08/2021 06:46:14 PM 220 Views
Martin has definitely frustrated his fans and tested their patience far more... Legolas - 03/08/2021 09:05:21 PM 195 Views
Remember in 2019 he said his fans can lock him up in a cabin if Book 6 was not out by mid 2020 Roland00 - 04/08/2021 02:06:24 AM 155 Views
"Not as strong of a finisher" may be the understatement of the year Tom - 04/08/2021 06:48:03 PM 196 Views
another good point damookster - 04/08/2021 06:58:32 PM 165 Views
Brazil started well against Germany for the first 10 minutes of the 2014 World Cup too Tom - 04/08/2021 07:09:11 PM 203 Views
Well, okay, so far I guess he's not a finisher at all, strong or otherwise. Legolas - 07/08/2021 06:20:39 PM 157 Views
I think Martin's problem is being a perfectionist. AgentApple - 15/08/2021 01:01:03 PM 133 Views
Maybe if he were good at writing... *NM* Ghavrel - 16/08/2021 09:15:30 AM 157 Views
My vote is for GRRM. Narg - 11/08/2021 12:57:37 AM 165 Views
Martin The Shrike - 13/08/2021 02:09:19 AM 134 Views
Martin. I think he is a classic perfectionist. AgentApple - 15/08/2021 12:59:23 PM 140 Views
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