/lit/ - Literature

RIP

It appears my superiority has led to some controversy

Can someone explain to me why, exactly, genre fiction is bad? Without aggressive or condescending language/tone?
I get the basic idea behind the fact that, as indicated by its namesake, genre fiction tends towards the generic. But every now and then you get authors like pic related who avoid a lot of tropes of the genre but are still looked down upon. Why is that? Is it just because of poor prose-writing, like the word-to-word composition is bad/cliche? I don't really see why that's essential to genre fiction, is it just a historical accident that they tend to not be able to write to a standard that academia expects?
Also some concrete examples of what is meant by bad vs. good prose would be appreciated. I took a look at Le Guin's "From Elfland to Poughkeepsie" and the main point seems to be a lack of personality in the prose, is that what is meant when people say genre writers "can't write"?

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>>16209651
Genre fiction for women: wholesome Christian hero's journey tale without any graphic violence or sex
Genre fiction for men: DUDE THE MIDDLE AGES WAS ALL BRUTAL MURDER AND RAPE, AND DID I MENTION I'M AN ATHEIST?

>>15994443
>if you're an ugly male you're fucked and your writing will be a side jig at be-

>>15434089
Pic related

>Be fat and old
>have shit loads of money from merchants and adaptations
>have trusted sources to write if I keel over

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Where did it go so wrong?

It took millions of people dying to get him to finish one book in 9-10 years. What global disaster will have to happen to get him to finish A Dream of Spring?
https://www.thewrap.com/george-rr-martin-writing-winds-of-winter-coronavirus-self-quarantine-game-of-thrones/

Is this man the most despicable talentless hack and most laughable pseud in the history of the fantasy genre?

why does /lit/ pretend to hate it?

What are your thoughts on GRRM, /lit/?

what is your opinion of the Tolkien of America?

>Well done Tolkien, well done Tolkien, HOWEVER:
>Jaime smiled at the woman in the bed. She had one hand over her left breast and the other between her legs, which left her right breast exposed. Her nipples were darker than Cersei’s and thrice the size. When she felt Jaime’s gaze she covered her right nipple, but that revealed her mound.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjCdPVnIguw

Tfw he'll never finish book 6.

Why is it that this fella won't ever finish his series? Is he comparable to Rowling in that he doesn't believe in anything and that ultimately his story, however appealing, was doomed to collapse into its own nihilism?

George R. R. Martin was a fat, autistic glutton. He cobbled his plot around the simplest of subversions (Martin hardly knew the basics of literary conventions) while pretend-funny penis jokes and references added between snacks sufficed for prose. He would've had no success if not for the horde of competent writers editing his works into publishable form. He ate and ate, but Martin's only way of dealing with the subject was to joke about fat men because he simply could not admit to having lifestyle problems. In the end, the only achievement of this "American Tolkien" was the amount of awkward sex scenes and food descriptions he managed to write.

You already know the ending of the books. The books will mentally masturbate you until your beloved little characters die one by one.

You don't need the ending of this dull franchise.