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Title: The Complete Dreamsongs
Author: George Martin
Rating: 2.5 of 5 Stars
Genre: SFF
Pages: 1146
Words: 494K
Title: The Complete Dreamsongs
Author: George Martin
Rating: 2.5 of 5 Stars
Genre: SFF
Pages: 1146
Words: 494K
Synopsis:
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Combining
Dreamsongs I and Dreamsongs II into one omnibus, this collects the
majority of Martin's short stories from the beginning of his career
to its publication date in either 2003 or 2006.
My
Thoughts:
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I really liked how Martin talked about the stage of his life when he
wrote each story. It gave some background and made him a person. Even
in his own words he comes across as an arrogant jackass and anyone
who thinks he's going to finish Game of Thrones had better
look at his own self-proclaimed track record. With that out of the
way....
This was some of the best writing I have read in a while. Martin has
talent and he's spent the time honing his skill and it shows. Based
on the writing alone, this deserves 5 stars. If you like good story
TELLING, then you need to read this.
However, WHAT he writes about is what took this right down to its
current rating. Almost every story is sad, melancholic, depressing,
horrific or down right twisted. While Sandkings
is a fantastic horrorific short story, 1100 pages of that kind of
things wears you down. These stories also gave me vivid bad dreams,
to the point where I stopped reading this in the evenings.
I read this in small doses (I started in mid-April) and I cannot
imagine the affect of trying to read this straight through. I would
not recommend that to anyone, no matter how much they might enjoy
Martin's writing. While I plan on re-reading Sandkings every
decade or so, I think that will be the limit of my Martin reading. I
will assiduously avoid all his others writings.
★★☆☆½
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