Sorry for the Thursday blog post. :-( I forgot to blog on Wednesday, but hey! At least I remembered. ;-)
Anyways...Let me say that I was never a big fan of High Fantasy until I read "A Song of Ice and Fire". I always though Lord of the Rings stuff was kind of boring. I couldn't care less about Frodo and Modor.
However, I read the first two books of "A Song of Ice and Fire" in my GSR 240 class and I fell in love with it. George R.R. Martin has such talent, and it really took him a lot of time and effort to give us this series.
First of all, there's about...900 something characters in his books. That is insane. Could you create 900 characters and stick to you story well? My office/dorm room would be covered with post-it notes!
I think creating such an immense amount of characters made Martin exceptionally good at character development. I can identify each narrator's voice within a paragraph.
Also, his descriptions are great, but I have to warn you that it is kind of dense. If you don't read carefully, you miss out on important details.
Whatever. Read the books yourself and you'll see why I'm praising them. Sorry if I seem kind of distracted. I want to be working on my music album. Yes, you heard that right. I'm working on an album. :-) I'm trying to think of an artist name sort of like "Owl City" or something...Right now, all I've got is "Autumn Fall." Right now, I'm working on a song about Alzheimer's disease called "Nothing to Remember" and I think it's going to be great. Sad, but great. :-) Can't wait to share with everyone!
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