Comments on: Author of the Week: George R.R. Martin

By: arbitrary

arbitrary — Sat, 30 May 2009 04:45:48 +0000

@Skar, funnily enough Erikson is next on my list – friend at the library has even requested the first few books on my behalf. With your recommendation also, I will actually read it! First have to finish whatever ASoIaF book I’m on (book 4 ;p) and then um.. a teen book I won’t admit to!

By: ThatsSkarWithAK

ThatsSkarWithAK — Fri, 29 May 2009 20:21:03 +0000

Typo on first word… Rad = Read …. DOH !!!

By: ThatsSkarWithAK

ThatsSkarWithAK — Fri, 29 May 2009 20:20:36 +0000

Rad Steven Erikson and the Malazan Empire – Starts with Gardens of the Moon. Just as good as The Game Of Thrones and has the bonus of producing a book roughly a year. Very meaty tomes.

The mythos though is a lot more layered and you really need to be on the ball with the series. If you are picking it up for the first time you will have the advantage of going through the 1st 5/6 books without stopping which will allow you to re inforce the back ground information.

Make sure you can do the 1st 100 pages in the first stint to get the ball rolling nicely and to build up a good head of steam.

I love GRRM as well. Always liked authors who were prepared to butcher their characters (also like David Gemmell).

By: arbitrary

arbitrary — Fri, 29 May 2009 11:09:21 +0000

Sounds like an article idea – series we want finished!!

By: Ardua

Ardua — Fri, 29 May 2009 08:12:14 +0000

If we’re doing requests…. Peter F Hamilton. Go faster.

By: arbitrary

arbitrary — Fri, 29 May 2009 05:24:08 +0000

I’d like Orson Scott Card to finish the Alvin series too (while we’re on requests), but I agree with Gaiman, however frustrating it is for the readers…

By: Aedvan

Aedvan — Wed, 27 May 2009 03:14:56 +0000

I happen to agree with Gaiman. As an amateur writer who finds himself distracted by many things, my writing often suffers. Yes, it would be courteous for a writer for follow through with what she started, but she has no obligation to do so. Otherwise we would be declaiming Jordan, Herbert, H. Beam Piper, and many other authors for not finishing what they started before they had the total lack of decency to pass away. :)

But, as to GRRM, he certainly has a huge and wonderful mythos set forth in the ASoIaF series. Definitely a great writer who is not afraid to piss off his readers, because he knows that pissing them off will draw them in as well.

By: Regis

Regis — Tue, 26 May 2009 13:18:07 +0000

I have a grammar checker, I ran it a lot of times, and after checking the text I can’t find any obvious errors. Can you point them out?

As to Gaiman’s ‘Entitlement’, I know Pete brought up it up his Dragonchasers blog. Myself, I really disagree with Gaiman. Writers can write what they want, when they want, but if they publish two parts in a trilogy they are required – not by law but by courtesy of their readers – to write the third part. Gaiman might not say the opposite in his answer, but the question is clearly asking just that.

But all that is deserving of a post on its own.

By: Ventris

Ventris — Tue, 26 May 2009 12:53:49 +0000

@crowolf – ya beat me to it buddy. Mr. Gaiman hits the nail on the head.

By: crowolf

crowolf — Tue, 26 May 2009 06:09:52 +0000

Dude, you need a grammar checker =P
Nice content though, GRRM is one of my favourite authors!
About those fans, make sure you read Neil Gaiman’s article ‘Entitlement issues‘. It’s about the Ice+Fire series, GRRM and the delays.

I’ll make sure to pick up Dreamsongs the next time I raid the bookstore, thanks for the suggestion =)