George R.R. Martin has co-authored a physics paper

Re:George R.R. Martin has co-authored a physics paper by s1artibartfast on Thursday January 23, 2025 @04:12PM (#42808141)

I think what really made Rothfuss special was how he would slip into poetic prose without overtly signaling the reader, and that this would be hard to mimic.

Same with his parallel construction of lore using repetition of similar but distinct stories.

Simply saying "this is the truth" or "this is what happened" would not be the same, and I dont think many fanfic authors could pull it off convincingly.

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Re:George R.R. Martin has co-authored a physics paper by Suppafly on Thursday January 23, 2025 @04:24PM (#42808235)

This, a lot of people that don't read very deeply just assume there isn't much there and it's just a mary sue self insert story and don't really notice any of the other themes that are going on. There is a lot of good writing going on, but I suppose for the people that don't care anyway, a rough fan fiction would be good enough for them.

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Re:George R.R. Martin has co-authored a physics paper by s1artibartfast on Thursday January 23, 2025 @04:40PM (#42808366)

For what its worth, I also posted the sibling comment calling it a self insert story, but its not just a self insert story.

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