/lit/ - Literature

>>13870016
>knighthood lessons like speaking clearly or using combat breathing

Death of the Author is just a back-pocket excuse for people who get their interpretations of books wrong.

Not saying you can't interpret it your own way (it's still art), but if the author has said what it means, and the book is very clearly stating a certain message then you can't just eschew it because you had a different opinion.

meditations
brand new

tell me a story, I guess

keep it short

No critique thread? What do you knobs do all day? Read?

Let's write some shit.

>>8631823
I understand why you made this post but ASOIAF really fell off after the third book.

Also Dany, who has got to be the most annoying and pointless character, seems to be his favourite. Also his 'good guys don't always win' style means that he has killed off 90% of the good characters for shock value, so we're stuck with Dany (who claims to be going somewhere but never goes anywhere) and Arya (who again is doing jack shit)

And it really pisses me off how he seems so disinterested in finishing the series. Like when he flipped off the camera in that interview after being asked about Winds. At first I thought I understood, it's a monkey on his back that grows every day and I know how difficult it is to just sit down and write sometimes.

But then the years passed. I looked over the last two books and it's become obvious to me that he doesn't really give a shit anymore. After a while I realised that if the author doesn't give a shit, why should I?

The books were supposed to be a trilogy and now it's seven books. I think he bit off more than he can chew and he can't admit to his fans that maybe he isn't up for the job.

It took DFW 3 years to write infinite jest, yet le fatman can't sit down and write the fantasy novel he has apparently outlined in excruciating detail.