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5367058 No.5367058 [Reply] [Original]

I have a friend that thinks George RR Martin is a better writer than Tolkien.

How do I even address retardation at that level? Help me out /lit/.

For further clarification, he seems to legitimately think Tolkien has a bad grasp of the English language and literary devices. And that because GRRM has so many well-written characters(lol) he's a better writer.

>> No.5367060

>>5367058
Never read any GRRM, but alll I know is that Tolkien is really bad.

>> No.5367064

>>5367058

We had this thread the other day.

Go read through the archives.

>> No.5367291

Tolkien might be an acquired taste to some, but Martin is painful to read.
Tolkien wrote in a bit of an old-fashioned style which can be tiring, but he knew his shit and did it well.
Martin is just full of over-descriptive purple prose, though the Starks and Lannisters are interesting, his characters just got steadily worse as he killed and made new ones repeatedly. Also, the dragons/incest in Cair Andros is kind of stupid.

>> No.5367313

>>5367064
I think OP is basically the same guy like in the thread from last time. He wrote basically the same

>> No.5367330

>>5367058
Oh great, this thread again!
tl;dr: I prefer GRRM over Tolkien too, but your 'friend's' reasons (you don't have friends, otherwise you wouldn't be doing this, but whatever) are stupid.

>> No.5367932

Make better freinds

>> No.5368008

Stop with this stupid new paste copsta.

>> No.5368020

HAROOO