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Wait... You want intelligent meaningful books, but you're demanding action? A Deathwatch Guard Send a noteboard - 02/08/2011 06:52:00 AM
I read fantasy for entertainment and escapism true, but there are usually meaningful things scattered around in fantasy books too. I have yet to see what makes the majority of the classics different from that, aside from being a lot less entertaining.

I'm not defending Martin or Jordon. There are and were plenty of better authors than either of them (particularly the latter), and their books have their share of problems. But I would like to know why Anna Karenina and other such books alone are full of meaningful insights and ideas?
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A Dance of Dragons will influence A Memory of Light? beelaa - 28/07/2011 03:30:30 PM 2566 Views
It's impossible for nothing to happen in AMoL. Marshall - 28/07/2011 07:30:02 PM 1527 Views
Oh, you're so cute in your innocence! Cannoli - 02/08/2011 06:14:37 AM 1260 Views
Good thing I wasn't drinking milk when I read this. RabidWombat - 07/08/2011 10:24:29 PM 1125 Views
Yeah, suck it WoT-haters! We're eclectic! *NM* Cannoli - 11/08/2011 02:00:05 AM 667 Views
Regardless of how bad it is, stuff still WILL happen. *NM* Marshall - 10/08/2011 05:30:02 PM 480 Views
Re: A Dance of Dragons will influence A Memory of Light? AshaShan - 28/07/2011 07:37:24 PM 1292 Views
Actually, there is growing discontent, even among those who've defended Martin. Libby - 07/08/2011 11:05:33 PM 1360 Views
Those who says that nothing happens in ADWD really need to read CoT Zeratul - 29/07/2011 12:02:23 PM 1303 Views
Watching grass grow is better than reading CoT, so it's not saying much for ADWD *NM* Praziquantel - 30/07/2011 02:10:12 AM 475 Views
~facepalm~ Libby - 08/08/2011 12:10:47 AM 1132 Views
A Dance of Dragons is hardly filler. *shrugs* *NM* everynametaken - 31/07/2011 04:43:58 PM 775 Views
Agreed. It could be argued that more happens in the epilogue of ADWD than all of CoT. *NM* RandAllThor - 01/08/2011 01:27:58 AM 492 Views
*NM* fionwe1987 - 01/08/2011 05:22:18 AM 470 Views
That's like a pissing match between Gigli and Ishtar. Tom - 02/08/2011 04:43:18 AM 1024 Views
I regret wasting much of July reading it, so I respectfully disagree. Tom - 02/08/2011 04:41:39 AM 1121 Views
I do request that you don't lump ALL of fantasy into those two authors LadyLorraine - 02/08/2011 06:08:21 AM 1159 Views
You are completely overlooking his point, however. Cannoli - 02/08/2011 06:12:45 AM 1180 Views
F*** you, you idiot. *NM* Tom - 02/08/2011 06:13:48 AM 486 Views
At least he didn't ramble for five thousand words before actually making a point. *NM* everynametaken - 03/08/2011 11:04:06 PM 618 Views
Are you talking about Cannoli or Joel? : Larry - 03/08/2011 11:15:36 PM 1198 Views
*NM* everynametaken - 04/08/2011 04:19:40 AM 620 Views
There is that. Tom - 04/08/2011 04:51:39 PM 1007 Views
And a direct reply: Tom - 02/08/2011 06:25:28 AM 1173 Views
that's fair enough LadyLorraine - 03/08/2011 12:22:34 AM 1093 Views
Pretty much. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 15/08/2011 04:49:40 PM 926 Views
Wait... You want intelligent meaningful books, but you're demanding action? A Deathwatch Guard - 02/08/2011 06:52:00 AM 1105 Views
I want one or the other. Tom - 02/08/2011 05:07:41 PM 980 Views
I don't mind a little of both Praziquantel - 02/08/2011 10:02:23 PM 919 Views
I think the issue is conflating fantasy with the multi-volume epics than anything I'd disagree with Larry - 03/08/2011 04:05:12 AM 1387 Views
That's debatable. *NM* Libby - 07/08/2011 11:07:51 PM 556 Views
Oooo! A smart one! She reads forums! Thank heavens an expert has come. Cannoli - 02/08/2011 06:24:47 AM 1189 Views
Re: Oooo! A smart one! She reads forums! Thank heavens an expert has come. RabidWombat - 07/08/2011 10:40:41 PM 1246 Views
Re: Oooo! A smart one! She reads forums! Thank heavens an expert has come. Cannoli - 19/08/2011 12:07:24 PM 1559 Views
I've wanted to say this for so long Japhy - 05/08/2011 02:21:10 AM 1113 Views
This "fluff" as you call it is important. Japhy - 05/08/2011 02:54:32 AM 1242 Views
Okay I'm not reading any of the replies in this thread until I finish ADwD, but I just wanted to say Sareitha Sedai - 10/08/2011 01:49:11 PM 1324 Views
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