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Krakkles posted:Of course I totally disagree re: GRRM. He has some questionable stuff but for the most part it's pulpy and lascivious, rather than disturbing/misogynistic/reductive. There are lots of female characters with agency, rape is always treated as a bad thing, etc. Denna is 3000% more disturbing than anything in ASOIAF, and it's all about the narrative/Rothfuss's attitude toward her (through Kothe).
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read the rest of the books, then read the bad thread.
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vintagepurple posted:I haven't finished this thread, but I'm into 2015- is the These Books Suck and Patrick Rothfuss is the Spergiest Loser That Ever was Fat, and isn't even a Writer Platoon still posting? I'm richer than Rothfuss and he sucks. Edit: Thought of a better one--Good father? Go home and play with your kids! porfiria fucked around with this message at 01:36 on Sep 7, 2016 |
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Solice Kirsk posted:He's never gonna finish it because he's unable to finish any story. Even his stories in the story don't have endings. Hard to finish a story that has no beginning or middle.
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BravestOfTheLamps posted:It always amuses me that there are people who sincerely want more of George R.R. Martin's books. It's not going to be worth it. Gurm can actually write though, is the difference. I'm going to say something crazy: the latter GOT books may actually be better on a prose level. They're just edited like poo poo and they've lost all narrative momentum. This is me going off 7+ year old memories though so take with grain of salt.
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Rowling has a good idea of how to structure a narrative and a grasp of theme and character, which puts her leagues ahead of Rothfuss.
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He said somewhere upthread he really loves the Shannara series.
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Gene Wolfe is a Good Writer.
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I really think The Magicians is pedantic trash and not especially well-written but it's been a while.
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The bad writing in fantasy is a feature, not a bug.
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Weirdly I know some genuinely musically talented people (not Lin Manuel) who really like Name of the Wind.
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