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Originally Posted by Dazrin
Ha! That is one series where I quit barely into the first book and have no intention of returning to.
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In my defense ... I first read it at the time when the only other fantasy book I could have purchased off the shelf at the book store was Sword of Shannara. In '77, the "commercial" fantasy choices were Tolkien, Brooks or Donaldson.
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Of course, I also don't particularly care for GRRM either, although I may go back to it someday. I do really like what I have read by Joe Abercrombie though, so it isn't just a dark/realistic/gritty (whatever) fantasy thing. 
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I get that. I burned out on A Song of Ice and Fire relatively quickly too. I don't think it's
bad by any means. It just came down with an unfortunate case of the sprawls really early. You don't usually bounce back from that ... you just keep on sprawling. It's like that old show
Wagon Train. They never really get anywhere. They just keep wagon-training and new people keep showing up.