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Definitely up there with Tolkien and much better than RR Martin. “When I was young, I had to choose between the life of being and the life of doing. And I leap
by zarkov99 9y ago
Definitely up there with Tolkien and much better than RR Martin.
“When I was young, I had to choose between the life of being and the life of doing. And I leapt at the latter like a trout to a fly. But each deed you do, each act, binds you to itself and to its consequences, and makes you act again and yet again. Then very seldom do you come upon a space, a time like this, between act and act, when you may stop and simply be. Or wonder who, after all, you are.”
― Ursula K. Le Guin, The Farthest Shore
- matwood 9y agoI've been looking for a new fiction series to read, and you sold me. Thanks! EDIT And to add, I know this is an older series but I tend to read more science part of fiction and less fantasy.
- joshua_dunigan 9y agoMy favorite fantasy series was/is the Inheritance cycle ( Eragon ). My grandpa also really liked the series as well and binged them. So to me ( I was in middle school ) and my grandfather, they were all very interesting books to read!
- magic_beans 9y agoThe Eragon books are an unasahamed knockoff of Tolkein. A cilche-riddled, poorly written, tropey, dopey travesty.
- ericmcer 9y agoWeren't they written by someone in the 16 years old range? They were not good books but it is still impressive for a teenager to have the discipline actually create a finished work. They definitely played up that angle when marketing the books.
- jmcqk6 9y ago>> I love this thing > That thing is shit Now everyone feels better!
- norswap 9y agoWell, I for one favors GRRM over Tolkien. Tolkien has perhaps the richer universe, but GRRM is all about the people. And to me, that's what truly fascinating. All the characters are interesting, and relatable in some way (even those that are evil, or very different).
- larrik 9y agoIt's hard to fairly compare someone like GRRM to Tolkien. Writing technique and fashion has changed a lot since back then, Tolkein didn't really have a previous Tolkein to inspire him, and their motivations were completely different. Go further back to authors like H.G. Wells, and most of the characters didn't even have names (War of the Worlds and The Time Machine had very few named characters, for instance).