A Song of Ice and Fire (Game of Thrones)
George R.R. Martin · 1996
Martin ended the Tolkienian fantasy contract where the good guys win. Westeros is a history of power: brutal, amoral, magnificent. Beginning in 1996, the series revitalized epic fantasy's literary ambitions and still hasn't finished.
The case against
Martin has published five books since 1996 and none since 2011, with the story nowhere near done. The first three are ruthless and brilliant; Feast and Dance sprawl across new POV characters while the plot circles Meereen. Do the actuarial math, for him and for yourself, before committing to five thousand pages of unfinished story.
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