Game of thrones season 6 about to ruin the books? George has "writers block".

[CladInShadows]

John2290 said:

CladInShadows said:

It is, and Malazan has a little less of that, but the complexity of the series is absolutely above that of ASOIAF. But it is also very much more of a fantasy series than ASOIAF.  That one is drama first and fantasy second. It's more about political intrigue, etc, and a good chunk of it (so far) could have taken place in any number of other settings. Malazan wears its fantasy on its sleeve.

But if you asked me which I preferred, I would definitely lean towards Malazan. It's an extremely difficult series to start up, but it's worth it.

I will read the prequel trilogy from what I've seen, looking for a cheap paper back now but the original ten books? I can't take an Author seriously when they put out ten books in nearly as many years. There is only mediocrity to be found, possibly good ideas  never explored in the depth as they deserve, no great insight is imparted in them which ammounts to no epic quotes or enough complexity to  the characters and the lack of research time on the Authors part shows through. Even Stephen King can't pull the shit off. The prequel trilogy however looks promosing from what I've read, the author is now experienced and he put four years of that experience between books, to hopefully get of the book producing factory line he seemed to have been on. One of the greatest books in its genre that I've ever read, the spy novel, I am Pilgrim, took plus ten years for the Author to put together, 

Your loss, I guess. And it generally isn't a good idea to read a prequel trilogy before reading the main series, but whatever floats your boat.