Over at The Guardian Sam Jordison is taking a break from excavating the pre-history of the Hugo Awards to take a look at some contemporary fantasy. In particular he has just read George R.R. Martin’s A Game of Thrones. Despite the soap opera style and occasional cod medieval speech patterns, he was well impressed.
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I was surprised at the comments related to that article. I felt as if the commentators were describing a completely different set of books. Maybe they did not read all of them. I feel like Martin’s characters are anything but the standard cardboard heroes and villains. My wife, who has been reluctant to dive in, finally did and she says that she can’t stop thinking about it. I’ve yet to read fantasy that so deftly weaves various plots and subplots. The intrigue is delicious.
Jonathan:
As book reviewing on the Internet has grown in popularity I have been surprised and disappointed at how many people are unable to see any difference between the statements, “I did not like this book” and “this book was poorly written.”
I’ve also noticed that the SF&F-related posts at The Guardian attract a few trolls who make a point of trashing every book reviewed because they can’t get past the idea that writers might make up stories about things that don’t exist.
Hasn’t it been, like, six months since his last Hugo review? I live in fear that he’ll suddenly drop a new review right when I’m not checking and re-checking the Guardian for a few days, and that by the time I notice, the comments section will be closed, or at least stale. That’s almost what happened last time.
Ray:
No worries, when Sam does his next Hugo column I will spot it and tell you about it here.