wishda: My contribution to the George R.R. Martin discourse is that he’s a very good writer. But he is very much of that generation of American SFF writer whose idea of putting in the work when worldbuilding was slapping together whatever jumble of cliches and stereotypes were floating in his head.

My contribution to the George R.R. Martin discourse is that he’s a very good writer. But he is very much of that generation of American SFF writer whose idea of putting in the work when worldbuilding was slapping together whatever jumble of cliches and stereotypes were floating in his head.

I’ve always thought he was at his best as an editor. Especially during the time he edited the Wild Cards books.

Sandkings and Fevre Dream are my favorites.

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