Well fuck you all then (not really), I'm just gonna go and be the one to defend high fantasy. I think people are going to have to let me know what it is about it that sucks. Sorry, I've had this argument before, and just because you don't enjoy something doesn't make it poor writing. Crap people, try Raymond Feist. Though yes its a long series with a big history, he builds that history over the course of his series... but YOU SEE IT HAPPEN. Other than that it just starts. No back story, no explanation. Its: this is the realm, its like medieval europe, now lets get on with it.
As for the Wheel of Time series... its not really bad literature. It just takes a lot of patience... and Robert Jordan is a complete asshole. And what about George RR Martin? I'm pretty sure he has a damned solid writing style. Granted, there is plenty of fantasy popcorn crap out there, but that doesn't damn the whole genre. Maybe pick up something by David E. Coe, or Simon Green.
Ok, enough. The point is that I enjoy fantasy... and my enjoyment makes it neither good nor bad the same way that your dislike of it makes it neither good nor bad. Its the writing itself, and just because the big essentially brand-name authors don't hold your attention, doesn't mean you won't find good stuff in other authors. After all, Robert Jordan, Terry Brooks and Terry Goodkind (all of whom I like) are kinda like... well... TGI Fridays. Their stuff is pretty decent, and has wide appeal. Hm, I think I said enough at the beginning of this long-ass paragraph didn't I? Ok done now.
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Date: 2005-09-17 01:54 am (UTC)As for the Wheel of Time series... its not really bad literature. It just takes a lot of patience... and Robert Jordan is a complete asshole. And what about George RR Martin? I'm pretty sure he has a damned solid writing style. Granted, there is plenty of fantasy popcorn crap out there, but that doesn't damn the whole genre. Maybe pick up something by David E. Coe, or Simon Green.
Ok, enough. The point is that I enjoy fantasy... and my enjoyment makes it neither good nor bad the same way that your dislike of it makes it neither good nor bad. Its the writing itself, and just because the big essentially brand-name authors don't hold your attention, doesn't mean you won't find good stuff in other authors. After all, Robert Jordan, Terry Brooks and Terry Goodkind (all of whom I like) are kinda like... well... TGI Fridays. Their stuff is pretty decent, and has wide appeal. Hm, I think I said enough at the beginning of this long-ass paragraph didn't I? Ok done now.