While the premium cable format is ideal for ASOIAF, I'm a bit iffy. The second article's notes about Deadwood and Rome do bring up that even if it's popular, it's likely to be pricey and TV execs are notoriously fickle about leaving shows on the air to build an audience.
That said, I'm a bit leery for another reason: DB Weiss. I happened to receive Lucky Wander Boy for Christmas a few years back and it's one of the three most disappointing books I've read in the past decade. The major characters were shallow and one-dimensional, the interesting background characters were shoehorned into ridiculous antagonist roles, and the end was almost unintelligible. While I could allow that he was attempting to make some comparison point to the plot, there's a problem when the book loses the reader while it makes a point. Granted, it's just one data point, but it's a worrisome one for me.
Even so, woo-ha if it works. I suppose it could end up being Earthsea bad, but, hey, it won't affect the novels.
(For the curious, the other two disappointments were John Marco's "The Jackal of Nar" and Steven Brust's "To Reign in Hell".)
That said, I'm a bit leery for another reason: DB Weiss. I happened to receive Lucky Wander Boy for Christmas a few years back and it's one of the three most disappointing books I've read in the past decade. The major characters were shallow and one-dimensional, the interesting background characters were shoehorned into ridiculous antagonist roles, and the end was almost unintelligible. While I could allow that he was attempting to make some comparison point to the plot, there's a problem when the book loses the reader while it makes a point. Granted, it's just one data point, but it's a worrisome one for me.
Even so, woo-ha if it works. I suppose it could end up being Earthsea bad, but, hey, it won't affect the novels.
(For the curious, the other two disappointments were John Marco's "The Jackal of Nar" and Steven Brust's "To Reign in Hell".)
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