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Originally Posted by Catlady
Oddly spelled, unpronounceable names is one of the (many) reasons I avoid science fiction. It seems a silly affectation.
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Fantasy's often as bad, IMO. I'm not a huge fan of George R.R. Martin's actual writing (he's a very good world-builder but his prose is workmanlike), but he uses names that are largely either historically inspired or at least reasonably pronounceable and plausible-seeming: Jaime, Cersei, Jorah, Eddard, Sansa, Bran, Arya, Gregor, Stannis, etc
I think Patrick Rothfus is a much better writer in general, but Kvoth is a comparatively dumb name.