http://readcomics.org/2008/04/04/graphic-adaptations-of-fantasy-novels/ ...we do. Fri, 06 Jan 2012 03:34:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://readcomics.org/2008/04/04/graphic-adaptations-of-fantasy-novels/comment-page-1/#comment-71 Michael Sat, 05 Apr 2008 00:24:15 +0000 http://readcomics.org/2008/04/04/graphic-adaptations-of-fantasy-novels/#comment-71 You've discovered part of the charm of the George RR Martin books...that though there are fantasy elements, they are secondary to an excellently told story of kings and queens, knights and peasants and the world they live in. The main focus of the stories are several influential families who each stake a claim to the throne of the kingdom, and all of the plotting, backstabbing, broken alliances, and political maneuvering that goes with it. Think the movie Elizabeth with a dash of Harry Potter thrown in. I mention Harry Potter only because much of the story is told from the points of view of some children. I know a lot of people who have read it, and not one of them had anything bad to say about them, including some who had never read "fantasy" before. Plus, it's far more adult and "rated R" than those Dragonlance stories you remember. Go on, try the first book...I dare you! You’ve discovered part of the charm of the George RR Martin books…that though there are fantasy elements, they are secondary to an excellently told story of kings and queens, knights and peasants and the world they live in. The main focus of the stories are several influential families who each stake a claim to the throne of the kingdom, and all of the plotting, backstabbing, broken alliances, and political maneuvering that goes with it. Think the movie Elizabeth with a dash of Harry Potter thrown in. I mention Harry Potter only because much of the story is told from the points of view of some children. I know a lot of people who have read it, and not one of them had anything bad to say about them, including some who had never read “fantasy” before. Plus, it’s far more adult and “rated R” than those Dragonlance stories you remember. Go on, try the first book…I dare you!

]]> http://readcomics.org/2008/04/04/graphic-adaptations-of-fantasy-novels/comment-page-1/#comment-70 Susie Fri, 04 Apr 2008 22:47:19 +0000 http://readcomics.org/2008/04/04/graphic-adaptations-of-fantasy-novels/#comment-70 Do yourself a favor and avoid the actual Anita Blake books. After the first two all thought of plot is abandoned for hardcore S&M descriptions, and much more painful descriptions of really terrible sounding fashions. Do yourself a favor and avoid the actual Anita Blake books. After the first two all thought of plot is abandoned for hardcore S&M descriptions, and much more painful descriptions of really terrible sounding fashions.

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