Post originally by Starfall at 2005-02-10 21:56:43
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Jean-Paul Cardier wrote:
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The part where you really anger me is when you start talking Classics. Nobody sets out to write a Classic. Nabokov didn't say "I am Artist! I will Wrought Something For The Ages! Weep, Poor Hacks And Despair!" Concisely, Bull Manure.

>>Actually, I belive James Joyce did exctly that. I remember coming across a quote from him once, after he edited one of his works (Dubliners?) to make it even more obscure than it already was, that "that should keep them [the critics] busy for a few decades." The man could write, but I never much liked Joyce after that.

On topic--the reviwer totally missed the boat on AGoT. He talks about how Martin wants us to think certain people are, but then he can justify their actions. This is entirely the POINT!

I've read Hamilton before, but her books are like popcorn. Clancy is the same. Martin is no Twain or Hemmingway, but he has far more substance than most any other fantasy author out there.