'nuff said.spartan231490 said:
Ok I can understand why some people have stated that Martins books are better written. Seriously I have to say that makes me cringe soo much. Sure Tolkien isn't the easiest read in the the world, but neither is plato's republic. I have a rule. it's called the '2nd read rule' , if I can pick up a book and enjoy it, find something new, some new meaning of nuance, then it's a good book. Now the cycle of ice and fire books, did manage a second reading for me, but only because so much was going on that I'd forgotten plot twists, rather then a nuance in content. Now compare with the Silmarillion, which ( were I on a desert Island) could be the only book I ever read.
Ok yeah I"m a Tolkien fanboy, but I am trying ( and failing) to be objective ( but I am trying)
And they are not Writing the same thing, Martin's work is basically 'sunset boulevard' or 'Eastenders' in a fantasy setting, While Tolkiens LOTR and Silmarillion are genera defining works that will go down in history, an attempt to write an epic comparable with the Odessea. I doubt the same can be said of Martins writings.