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Originally Posted by lkmiller
At the time the first books came out in the 90's, they were definitely game changers in the fantasy genre. Characters were often very black and white, good vs evil. GRRM's characters are grey -- no one all good or all bad. Also, having chapters from different pov's is common now, but not then.
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I have not read GoT so I cannot comment on Martin's writing skills. But everything you're describing is also true of the Wheel of Time, which was seven books in by the time the first book of GoT was published. I've always perceived GoT as following the trend of doorstop epic fantasy already established by Robert Jordan.