Is a Song of Ice and Fire better than Lord of the Rings? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

cellurdur · 03-20-2014, 09:41 AM

No it is significantly inferior in terms of character development, realism, world building and even pacing.

ASOIAF is good entertainment, but lacks the realism, the depth and philosophy behind Tolkien's world. The characters in Tolkien's world are very real. In ASOIAF you constantly have suspend you sense of belief and ignore the cheap tactics the author uses to make you like a character.

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03-20-2014, 09:41 AM	#22
cellurdur Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 276	No it is significantly inferior in terms of character development, realism, world building and even pacing. ASOIAF is good entertainment, but lacks the realism, the depth and philosophy behind Tolkien's world. The characters in Tolkien's world are very real. In ASOIAF you constantly have suspend you sense of belief and ignore the cheap tactics the author uses to make you like a character.