Thread 24619844

>this book enforces a lot of the stereotypes I have about classic science fiction
>GRRM is a genius when it comes to writing but without a doubt this was my least favorite book of this whole challenge
>I have so many issues with this novel where do I even begin
>every chapter starts with a page or two of pure infodumps
>it feels incredibly disjointed
>the story is so hard to follow that I genuinely went online to check if I was reading book 3 or 4 in a series
>Jack Vance barely explains anything that happens
>the characters are ridiculously flat, there is no depth whatsoever to them, at all
>Jack Vance’s writing style was not to my taste
>if you’re into…ugh…pulp science fiction…you might like this one
>GRRM, I’m glad I met you, but I can’t say I’m glad I read this book
>btw my favorite authors are Brandon Sanderson, Robin Hobb, and Joe Abercrombie

>>24619844 (OP)
This dude is a fag shocking

The problem isn't that everyone is retarded now, it's that they feel entitled to be retarded and have no shame. We need a Hitler to enforce a return to pre-retardation standards.

>>24619844 (OP)
Why are you surprised that a YouTube shithead is turbogay?

>>24619844 (OP)
>caring about bugmen oblivion npcs

>>24619844 (OP)
Never forget what he did to /ourguy/ Daniel Greene

>>24620051
What did he do?

>>24619844 (OP)
>GRRM is a genius when it comes to writing
Stopped reading at that point.

>>24619844 (OP)
>Library of a Viking
Is a dysgenic, balding, malding puppet of vitamin deficiency. Their shamelessness is sometimes impressive.

>>24619844 (OP)
I want to know which Vance book this is he's shitting on but at the same time it doesn't matter, this fag is a retard.

>>24619844 (OP)
>Calls himself a viking
>dismisses pulp
>Is too stupid to follow The Dying Earth

>>24620135
Uncritical support of false rape accusations against him by a deranged troon

>>24620551
>>24620560
The Star King. GRRM recommended all 5 books because they are quite short. All the other authors he interviewed recommended nu YA stuff like Brandon Sanderson. I’m not sure if they were trying to glaze more popular and wealthy authors or if they’re genuinely that poorly read.

>>24621322
Thanks for the recc.
Who else did he even interview? Because Martin sounds really out of place here.

>>24622030
GRRM - Demon Princes by Jack Vance
Norbert Zsivicz - The Little Prince
Gregory Kontaxis - Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson
Jeremy Szal - Red Rising by Pierce Brown
Richard Swan - Jade City by Fonda Lee
Nicholas Eames - The Blacktongue Thief by Christopher Buehlman (he didn't like it because he doesn't like swashbuckling or humor like Jack Vance, makes me want to read it)
Fonda Lee - Shogun by James Clavell
Scott Lynch - True Grit by Charles Portis (he didn't like it)
Robin Hobb - autoreply that she is too sick with covid to respond
Joe Abercrombie - Mythago Wood by Robert Holdstock
Janny Wurts - Song of the Beast by Carol Berg

>>24621322
>>24622304
Jesus H. Christ. This nigga got filtered by the Demon Princes?! That's like getting juked by Clifford the Big Red Dog.

>>24622304
It's sad when GRRM has better taste than most of the people on this list.

>>24622304
>Joe Abercrombie - Mythago Wood by Robert Holdstock
Surprisingly based

>>24622304
>Robin Hobb - autoreply that she is too sick with covid to respond
KEK that's so in-character

>>24622582
idk, I think I have better taste than GRRM but I'm honest enough to admit that I'm an even worse writer, taste and writing ability don't go together necessarily

>>24622582
>I had the honor of meeting Jack a few times, but I cannot claim to have known him well. But he had a huge influence on me and my work, and for the past fifty-some years has ranked among my very favorite writers. Every time a new Jack Vance book came out, I would drop whatever else I was doing and read it. Sometimes I did not mean to, but once you cracked the covers of a Vance book, you were lost.

>It pleases me no end that Gardner Dozois and I were able to do our tribute anthology, SONGS OF THE DYING EARTH, when Jack was still alive, so he could hear how many of today's fantasists he had inspired. Vance's Dying Earth ranks with Howard's Hyborian Age and Tolkien's Middle Earth as one of the all-time great fantasy settings, and Cugel the Clever is the genre's greatest rogue, a character as memorable as Conan or Frodo (either of whom Cugel would likely swindle out of their smallclothes, had they ever met).

>Vance was equally adept at writing SF and mystery, and will be remembered as one of the very few writers ever to win an Edgar Award along with Hugos and Nebulas. The output was prodigious, and there is scarcely a bad book among them. If you haven't read Jack Vance... well, I pity you, but I envy you as well. You have some amazing adventures ahead of you. The Dying Earth, Lyonesse, the Demon Princes, BAD RONALD, Liane the Wayfarer and Chun the Unavoidable, Emphyrio, Showboat World, Big Planet, the Dirdir and the Pnume and the Chasch and (yes) the Wankh, the Last Castle, the Dragon Masters, the Moon Moth... the list goes on and on and on and on.

>Jack Vance left the world a richer place than he found it. No more can be asked of any writer.

/grrm/ apparently

>>24622304
>>24622690
Are any of these good besides Mythago Wood (/the little prince)? Does the Blacktongue Thief have goblin rape scenes?

>>24621322
>I’m not sure if they were trying to glaze more popular and wealthy authors or if they’re genuinely that poorly read.
I personally have a hard time ever choosing a "Favorite" book, so if I were to recommend one, even one that's a contender for a "Favorite", I just tend to tailor it to the person I'm recommending it to. So maybe they just rightly assumed he's not gonna like anything that's not YA-level Slop

>>24619844 (OP)
>every chapter starts with a page or two of pure infodumps
>Jack Vance barely explains anything that happens
Based retard

>>24626075
kek, I didn't even pick up on that

>LOTR is the only book written before 1980 he has ever read
>speaks with authority on what modern authors get wrong

>>24622304
>Robin Hobb - autoreply that she is too sick with covid to respond
hahahaha