/lit/ - Literature

>>13441394
It is kinda cool in how it presents cheesy generic OP power fantasy mages and wizards and shows them getting BTFO by people thinking clearly and rationally. Real power in the series is derived from precisely applied intelligence, which is kind of a refreshing take from most other fantasy series that work on the assumption that being able to cast fireballs from your hands means you must be very smart.

The actual writing isn't particularly full of literary pyrotechnics, it is adequate for what the author is attempting, however it does fall in to the trap sometimes of "everyone from the middle ages was a psychotic murdering rapist because there wasn't enough science" Reddit/GOT mindset and this is what draws much of the criticism levelled against the series.

The books were written when the author was phenomenologist/idealist and so isn't really indicative of everything the author believes now, which is a kind of Eliminative materialist position with discreet Landian influences.