The GRRM books are, for lack of a better way to explain it, several epic fantasy storylines playing out all at once in one huge landscape...you have the unwanted son struggling through corrupt court, the illegitimate young man struggling to find his place and becoming a leader, the boy leading a rebellion after the murder of his father, the "villainous" man finding redemption, the noble girl forced into the wild after being separated from her family and birthright and growing up on the streets, determined to have her revenge, the exiled princess returning to reclaim her birthright, and the girly-prissy girl who has to grow up and nevigate an enemy court. All these plotlines (and others) can be the core plot of any epic fantasy, but they're all taking place in one world, at one time, over the same kigdom.
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Date: 2008-02-08 01:46 am (UTC)The GRRM books are, for lack of a better way to explain it, several epic fantasy storylines playing out all at once in one huge landscape...you have the unwanted son struggling through corrupt court, the illegitimate young man struggling to find his place and becoming a leader, the boy leading a rebellion after the murder of his father, the "villainous" man finding redemption, the noble girl forced into the wild after being separated from her family and birthright and growing up on the streets, determined to have her revenge, the exiled princess returning to reclaim her birthright, and the girly-prissy girl who has to grow up and nevigate an enemy court. All these plotlines (and others) can be the core plot of any epic fantasy, but they're all taking place in one world, at one time, over the same kigdom.