What are some of your favorite series?
Discussion
ASOIAF
Harry Potter
I even prefer Kingkiller Chronicle
Hmm, I only ever read Harry Potter out of those.
I was wondering if I'd be able to tell what was different in our tastes.
I dislike Sanderson’s prose. It’s very plain, which he says he goes for but it’s not my thing.
I find his work very influenced by gaming which I dislike. I’m not interested in magic systems.
He seems to me to make an effort to represent characters which appeal to an Obama era cultural sensibility. Discrimination based on silly things like eye color. For instance.
For these reason and more I dislike him
Ah, I can see that. I guess that is part of why I like his books; I'm very much a nerd and like the alternative systems of life he dreams up.
I don't really see the "Obama era cultural sensibility", but then again, I wasn't paying a lot of attention during his first term, and have never been very plugged in to cultures short term swings.