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[fisme_nasu]

Yesterday, Bren, Benny, and I went to BAM to browse. I ended up picking up a couple of books and our cashier was raving to the guy in front of us about how wonderful GRRM and Robert Jordan's series were. I've read all of the Wheel of Time series and I'm completely bored with it and I had a really hard time getting started with Martin's books - I just gave up and picked up Pratchett the last time I tried to read it. :D  Anyway, she was going on about how she only read sci fi and fantasy. I told her that I loved the genre too, except for books like Eragon. Then she started to defend Paolini and I tuned out. Still, it was amusing to see book snobbery like that - it's been a while since I heard anyone be so pompous in person.

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[doctoreon.livejournal.com]

I've never read the Song of Ice and Fire. I hear it get lauded all over the place, but the summaries I've read don't look even a little interesting. On the other hand, I have read the whole WoT series, and I kind of hate Robert Jordan for not knowing how to end a fucking story.

[fisme-nasu.livejournal.com]

I'm with you.

[hep.livejournal.com]

i love grrm's stuff, but jordan's is just srsly overblown at this point. i mean, one of those books? it was two weeks. TWO WEEKS. 800 PAGES. DID HE JUST LITERALLY WRITE EVERY SINGLE THING THEY DID? RAND GOES TO THE BATHROOM. RAND HAD TO GO NUMBER TWO. THERE WAS NO TOILET PAPER. STOLEN!! WHO HAS THE PAPER? EPIC QUEST TO FIND OUT!~

[fisme-nasu.livejournal.com]

Ha! I realize he took on way too much with 5 or 6 main characters, but I totally agree.