Comments on: Law Talk: George R. R. Martin

By: Angie

Angie — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 10:27:11 +0000

His books’ content is hardly unique… His books seem like bunch of pieces of various ideas and stories slapped together. Although, I must say that at least in the beginning it was done well.

He likes to portray, graphically, sex acts like incest and sex with children. Okay, I understand that at point in time in the world things like that could be happening still there is no need to turn the book into graphical erotica(or perhaps that is what attracts some readers here). Anyone here loved indepth description of Tyrion’s cock?

He, consistently seems to be taking high ground towards his fan, sometimes bordering on disrespectful.

There are a number of better authors around, grrm ain’t no master.

Ohh,.. one more thing… grrm likes to say that his next book is already half done, but then a few years later it appears to be far from finish.

Don’t start reading this series unless you are willing forever for the following books… wait till the series is complete, then pick it up. As is between his conference trips and working on other books this series is unlikely to ever be truly finished.

By: Angie

Angie — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 10:25:34 +0000

His books’ content is hardly unique… His books seem like bunch of pieces of various ideas and stories slapped together. Although, I must say that at least in the beginning it was done well.

He, consistently seems to be taking high ground towards his fan, sometimes bordering on disrespectful.

There are a number of better authors around, grrm ain’t no master.

Ohh,.. one more thing… grrm likes to say that his next book is already half done, but then a few years later it appears to be far from finish.

By: Casey

Casey — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 08:38:12 +0000

I have read all the books so far and await the next. They are wonderful. And he gets better artists than Jordan gets for his Wheel of Time. I have given copies of “A Game of Thrones” to readers of all kinds and have a permanent lending out copy for people to look at (usually my friends that aren’t into fantasy). I have had to replace it 3 times because either someone moved away with it(2) or lent it to someone else and had to get their own. I hope to see spinoffs of it, with other writers trying on some of the minor characters for size. I hope Martin finishes it. It is starting to have the feel of something that might not get that way….

By: M R Brusino

M R Brusino — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 23:37:37 +0000

Thank you for this!

I’m currently in the design stage of my own personal fantasy-world, and this has definitely lead to questions that I may not have reached.

It also interests me greatly to hear GRRM (whom I adore) speak of the history and general design of his own world that we all love.

I would love to hear more about his world, the steps he took to design it, and things of that nature, but that’s for another forum.

I do find it humorous that a few of you are in such an uproar over an authors political fervor and affiliations – I seek a fantastic story, I could care less as to what your beliefs are.

By: Rob Hobart

Rob Hobart — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 23:40:56 +0000

“Oh that’s right, conservative writers/artists all suck ass. You’d be stuck with Pat Boone, Ted Nugent, Dennis Miller and those Left Behind books to entertain yourselves. I guess I understand why you need us bleedin’ heart liberal commies to entertain your sorry asses.”

Wow, that’s an astonishingly ill-informed post. Apparently you’ve never heard of S.M. Stirling, John Ringo, Tim Powers, David Weber… or, for that matter, J.R.R. Tolkein.

By: john

john — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 22:38:50 +0000

I wasn’t planning to read “a feast of crows” until the next book came out because I read that almost none of the major characters would be in it. I was however supprised at how much i enjoyed the book it turned out to be very good. Many people are to stuck on their favourite characters. They shouldn’t be the characters might get killed off at any time just enjoy the great story and all the great characters in it.

By: Charles

Charles — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 08:11:55 +0000

What are you all talking about? A Feast for Crows was the best book yet. The tragedy of Jaime Lannister alone was worthy of a Hugo. The series gets better with each installment, though I’m not really looking forward to all those Danywhatever chapters…

By: Stephen M (Ethesis)

Stephen M (Ethesis) — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 07:51:35 +0000

Do the later books handle the concepts of scale better? The first book doesn’t seem to have a tight handle on it, which made the book unpleasant for me, and I never went on to read more.

By: Boiled Leather Smallclothes

Boiled Leather Smallclothes — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 23:32:03 +0000

Definitely the most interesting interview of Martin I’ve come across. The law angle made for some really interesting comments from Martin on the history/background of Westeros.

As for the haters above, if you dislike Martin’s politics go read some fiction written by your stalwart conservative brethren.

Oh that’s right, conservative writers/artists all suck ass. You’d be stuck with Pat Boone, Ted Nugent, Dennis Miller and those Left Behind books to entertain yourselves. I guess I understand why you need us bleedin’ heart liberal commies to entertain your sorry asses.

By: Gary 7

Gary 7 — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 22:10:17 +0000

I can well understand the obsessive drive to perfection. It’s what makes for excellence. it also drives “normal” people nuts,,,Fortunately, I’m not normal,,,

I do hope George finishes Ice and Fire before I croak(64 and diabetic), but if not, I guess I’ll just have to reincarnate and read it as a historical document.

Ah,the Law! That which makes it possible for civilization to accomplish the impossible, ie, build really BIG projects.

By: Gary 7

Gary 7 — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 17:56:08 +0000

I can well understand the obsessive drive to perfection. It’s what makes for excellence. it also drives “normal” people nuts,,,Fortunately, I’m not normal,,,

I do hope George finishes Ice and Fire before I croak(64 and diabetic), but if not, I guess I’ll just have to reincarnate and read it as a historical document.

Ah,the Law! That which makes it possible for civilization to accomplish the impossible, ie, build really BIG projects.

By: Syd

Syd — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 06:02:58 +0000

Pete: I think the fourth book suffered because so many of the major characters (Daenerys and Jon particularly) were off-stage and their stories will be picked up in volume 5.

By: Pete

Pete — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 21:40:43 +0000

I think the first three books of Martin’s series may be my favorite. The fourth (or 3.5) was very good by others’ standards, but did not seem as exciting. I suspect it was the extra time Martin spent trying to make it perfect, although maybe he had lost the love for the series and the drive to share it.

No one knows when Martin will finish his fifth book. He cannot even make a schedule, let alone stick to it. Martin has filled his days with numerous other tasks and appears more excited about those than his series.

Martin is a former union leader and a liberal, as to be expected of union leaders and most artists. However, I have not heard much hatred of BDS on his forums (just normal obvious preference for the liberal point of view on most topics). It would be an interesting hypothesis to correlate the lack of outstanding work (or at least not quite as superior, in theory) with President Bush being elected (emotionally overwhelming poor Martin).

By: kvjack

kvjack — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 18:43:20 +0000

The only book(s) that came close to GRRM’s series is David Durham’s Acacia…durham seems, to me at least, to be bit darker–but his playing around with moral choices (rather than render such a vivid, and often disheartening, picture of humanity like GRRM) gives you hope, if not for the characters in the book, but for the rest of us. I love both these authors. And I’m a corporate lawyer! Wonder why we all tend towards escapism…

By: mjgrass

mjgrass — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 08:25:30 +0000

Thanks for the great world you have written for us Mr. Martin. I wish every one would stop complaining. Dont you guys know. Every time some one complains a Stark is killed. Shhhhhh!

By: andrew

andrew — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 02:03:14 +0000

asoiaf is the best fiction ever produced, my complaint as an addict is that i have no idea when i will get my next fix, will it be years?

By: Spinnray

Spinnray — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 02:01:10 +0000

Interesting interview. I just picked up A Game of Thrones yesterday and I am 100 pages into it. It’s excellent so far… very different from my expectations.

By: etay

etay — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 20:47:51 +0000

i must repeat: grrm is the best.

my only withdrow is that now all other fantasy seems nothing comperd to asoiaf. but it’s worth it.

By: etay

etay — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 20:47:48 +0000

i must repeat: grrm is the best.

my only withdrow is that now all other fantasy seems nothing comperd to asoiaf. but it’s worth it.

By: etay

etay — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 20:47:42 +0000

i must repeat: grrm is the best.

my only withdrow is that now all other fantasy seems nothing comperd to asoiaf. but it’s worth it.