>>24528803
Well, even in your own words, it's more like GRRM is a parody of the Second Apocalypse. How humans use other humans as means is pretty recurring theme in bakker's stuff, and for whatever reason, humans to some degree associate rape with such domination. While in GRRM's shit it's more like a thin veneer painted onto the world to make it bleaker

>>24528698
Yeah, it's good. Rather bleak tho. Prince of Nothing/the first three books would probably be liked by 95% of fantasy readers. The Aspect-Emperor is a bit more dense and you probably have to be interested in bakker's philosophical musings to get through it, tho it has the coolest concepts