George R R Martin

So in all honesty, what does Veeky Forums think of this guy?

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Same as we thought yesterday, last week, last month, last year. I wonder if it'll change overnight?

He's a hack.

>He is shit because of his popularity

He's entertaining, writes three-dimensional characters, but isn't a prose stylist.

I'd rather read him than Tolkien.

his cap makes him look as a patron of the blue oyster bar

I like his books, but I think the cult of personality that formed around him is stupid. People who actually give a shit about the author probably aren't actually into lit. Also see Orson Scott Card.

His work is a hybrid of fedora-tier faggotry and Joss Whedon pandering. Kudos to him for putting forth the vigor required to build a fictional world complete with a map and a timeline, but genuine effort does not a genius or great art make.

>gratuitous, pointless, unsexy sex and big boy cuss words in every other sentence to make it """adult"""
>M. Night Shymanamanamalan tier tweeeests
>le gurls can be murderous "heroes" 2!!! plus cliché poetic justice for anyone who thinks otherwise
>loudmouth, unsophisticated meme author who unironically wears that fucking bdsm gay guy hat everywhere

Equating it with 50 Shades of Gray would be an exaggeration, but it's definitely not Veeky Forums. Even in its own genre it's subpar.

I read the trilogy, I read The Hobbit, I even read The Silmarillion. Tolkien is not a very good writer. I love the universe, I hate the prose.