thread: 2011-06-19 : Previously on Game of Thrones
On 2011-06-20, Chris wrote:
Yeah, I like the idea of the book series, but I don't like the book series.
Reading them, I'm most aware of George Martin, writer, plugging away, much as I am while reading Stephen King. I get the sense that Martin is just randomly plotting until he suddenly notices that he's come upon a big moment in the fiction. Then he decides to do the opposite of convention.
His skill as a line by line writer and story-crafter don't measure up to his ability to world build and it's noticeable.
