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George RR Martin
J RR Tolkien

So the RR was an intentional marketing ploy to get people to associate good ole Georgy with Tolkien, right?

>> No.2662961

of course

>> No.2662962

I always just figured it was an innocent homage.

>> No.2662982
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2662982

>the american tolkien

>> No.2662987

>>2662982

Who are you quoting?

>> No.2662988

>>2662982
No one said that.

>> No.2662991

>>2662929
no it's his actual name. George Raymond Richard Martin.

>> No.2663014

>>2662991
Clearly it's his actual name, but he could just as easily have gone by George Martin.

>> No.2663022

>>2663014
so every other author is allowed to use their middle initials except him just because they happen to be the same as a more renowned author? i dont think so

>> No.2663236

>>2662988

Time magazine did. And they're right in some respects, although GRRM is a much better writer than Tolkien.

>> No.2663239

>>2663236

> Tolkien < GRRM

I can smell your neckbeard from here

>> No.2663245

>>2663239

Actually what you're smelling is good taste.

>> No.2663248

brb telling my friend Stephanie King she's not allowed to write anymore

>> No.2663250

>>2663245
Fuck off with your lies. GRRM is a shit tier Wal-Mart fiction writer with the foresight and imagination of the third button on my denim jacket.

>> No.2663275

>>2663250

How does he not have foresight and imagination?

>> No.2663318

My biggest goddamn beef with the sci-fi/fantasy genre- the connections to Tolkein on every goddamn book cover.

Go down that aisle of a bookstore and you will see Twiddle Dumblefuck of the Times-post Magazine quoted "THE NEXT TOLKEIN" like it is a crown that needs to be passed on to some lucky author.

>> No.2663337

>>2663250
This is one of the main reasons I come to /lit/. we have the best insults.