Ok, I agreed with a lot, but just had to stop reading when i hit the part where you had to insert that GODAWFUL Game of Thrones into the article. What is the obsession with both having to always be linked together? Tolkien and That Other Guy, share nothing in common. While Tolkien assembled an amazing story that flows wonderfully. Martin is a hack. His story is full of holes, stupid thoughts, and pointless deadends. The only thing that GOT can be used for is to show how pointless and useless a drawn out story can become. That moron hasn't evolved anything since the beginning of his story, and the creative direction of the HBO writers is aware of its shear boredom, and to garner attention and try to increase ratings. It just uses raping, butchering and abusing women and children for shock value. Sorry, but lost interest when you started to use that garbage show in comparison to literature
