People are saying his writing has too many adjectives, but I'm saying it's far too sparse. Where are these guys standing? What's the texture of the grass? What can they smell and hear? What's the history of this particular region? Who are the local lords and to whom are they allied? What marching songs did the army sing on the way to get here?
I still stand by the belief that if he had actually finished the series all of the food descriptions would have been paid off incredibly well by the descriptions of stale rations and empty plates during winter.
I personally hated Brandon's works because his prose feels dead; it feels purely functional. I tried other stories of his but the prose is always the tripping point (oh, also the video game mechanics). Good prose should feel like your mind comes alive in vivid colors with the beautiful use of literary devices and such. Brandon's works on the other hand are just simply functional and little else.
It's a stylistic choice rather than being a bad writer. Read Tress of the Emerald Sea, his latest book and see that. But pirate it because he is Mormon and tithes to homophobic church, despite being decent with queer rep in books
People are saying his writing has too many adjectives, but I'm saying it's far too sparse. Where are these guys standing? What's the texture of the grass? What can they smell and hear? What's the history of this particular region? Who are the local lords and to whom are they allied? What marching songs did the army sing on the way to get here?
Yeah, I'm a Tolkien fan.
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I still stand by the belief that if he had actually finished the series all of the food descriptions would have been paid off incredibly well by the descriptions of stale rations and empty plates during winter.
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The Greyjoys making a fortune by opening the first chain of fish and chips shops
If they could invent canning technology they would rule Westaros with canned sardines
Holy shit that would be so big brain. But alas it will never come to be
Im a food fan.
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Dont you love the late heinlein books were he goes on and on descriving his breakfast?
I personally hated Brandon's works because his prose feels dead; it feels purely functional. I tried other stories of his but the prose is always the tripping point (oh, also the video game mechanics). Good prose should feel like your mind comes alive in vivid colors with the beautiful use of literary devices and such. Brandon's works on the other hand are just simply functional and little else.
It's a stylistic choice rather than being a bad writer. Read Tress of the Emerald Sea, his latest book and see that. But pirate it because he is Mormon and tithes to homophobic church, despite being decent with queer rep in books
The fact he able to be an adult about it when it was pointed out his representation was lacking was cool.
It makes him better than 90% of creators :agony:
In this particular type of literature descriving the regions history and political situation is very important otherwies it feels hollow.