I'll have to get the Martin books then! I'm halfway through Dunnett's Disorderly Knights and it is truly a delicious series.
The Martin books are easier to read than Dunnett. Much less dense. Sort of like eating an ice cream sundae as opposed to a flourless chocolate cake. Which is a good thing because they are also much longer. Game of Thrones - the shortest volume is about 896 pages (and it's a small paperback with small print). Clash of Kings - 936 pages. And Storm of Swords a little over a thousand. That's a lot of committment for one story.
On the other hand - it's a quick read. Moving pretty rapidly. Great characters and great writing. The writer - wrote the series Beauty and The Beast and a few of the Twilight Zone episodes.
The tale is dark and gritty, has aspects of supernatural and lots of sword play and court politics. Reminds me a bit of Dunnett, except the language isn't quite as dense, and there's magic.
'Kat it's too darn hot to be creative I say!
Very true. I ran errands today and almost melted. Did work a few plot points out in my head while waiting in line to get movie tickets. But when I came home - I just didn't feel the urge to write them down, instead I ate a nectarine and read three chapters of the Martin book. It is a delicious book. Nice and cool - like eating ice cream on a hot day.
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Date: 2005-06-25 09:07 pm (UTC)The Martin books are easier to read than Dunnett.
Much less dense. Sort of like eating an ice cream sundae as opposed to a flourless chocolate cake.
Which is a good thing because they are also much longer. Game of Thrones - the shortest volume is about 896 pages (and it's a small paperback with small print). Clash of Kings - 936 pages. And Storm of Swords a little over a thousand. That's a lot of committment for one story.
On the other hand - it's a quick read. Moving pretty rapidly. Great characters and great writing. The writer - wrote the series Beauty and The Beast and a few of the Twilight Zone episodes.
The tale is dark and gritty, has aspects of supernatural and lots of sword play and court politics. Reminds me a bit of Dunnett, except the language isn't quite as dense, and there's magic.
'Kat it's too darn hot to be creative I say!
Very true. I ran errands today and almost melted.
Did work a few plot points out in my head while waiting in line to get movie tickets. But when I came home - I just didn't feel the urge to write them down, instead I ate a nectarine and read three chapters of the Martin book. It is a delicious book.
Nice and cool - like eating ice cream on a hot day.