| Re: Overview of his Song of Fire and Ice series?
Hmmm.. I found the first book engrossing from the get-go.
The first thing that really made me sit up and take notice was actually a pretty small thing. The line where Bran talks about his father's blade, Ice, which was made of Valyrian steel, 'which all knew held an edge like no other'.
From that one line it seemed to me like there was more here than what was merely on the page. A whole new world was there waiting in the background. Vibrant, new, mysterious, exotic.
It made me want to read ahead and find out more.
That's one of the things I admire about Martin's storytelling - his ability to paint a large image within a small frame, to give you a sense of a vast world out there. And you are only seeing and hearing this one part, right now - but if you stick around he will show you so much more... |