James Crow Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Do you think you would enjoy a series in the same style as ASOIAF but outside the fantasy genre. A series with the depth of world building and attention to detail present as GRRM has given Westeros and the hundreds of characters we've met . I guess I'm asking if you all think a series with the same gray morality would be popular if it were set in the world of corporate politics or gang warfare? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Francis Buck Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Nah, that stuff only works in fantasy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Marquis de Leech Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Do you think you would enjoy a series in the same style as ASOIAF but outside the fantasy genre. A series with the depth of world building and attention to detail present as GRRM has given Westeros and the hundreds of characters we've met . I guess I'm asking if you all think a series with the same gray morality would be popular if it were set in the world of corporate politics or gang warfare?ASOIAF is I, Claudius meets The War of the Roses, with a scoopful of Shakespeare and a sprinkling of Peake. As such, ASOIAF without the dragons and ice zombies has already been done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stubby Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 OP,You mean like in Boardwalk Empire? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sci-2 Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 I was thinking The Wire actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daario's*before*Snows Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 I might enjoy if I read it but I wouldnt be interested in reading it unless it was pitched as sci fi or fantasy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkynJay Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 I was thinking The Wire actually.NO! BAD SCI, BAD! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 I was thinking The Wire actually.Do tell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reposado Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Well, if you mean without magic then sure, but there's something about a fresh world that is revealed slowly that can make stories more interesting. Some of these adpects, even beyond the fantastic, can greatly increase the appeal of q story Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 It's westeros, someone is either going to mention The Wire or Bakker the longer a thread goes on. :PTo the OP, uh, have you ever read a book or watched cable tv in the last, or, 20 years? :bang: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewBaelish Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 I'd definitely read a hard sci-fi series with ASOIAF's depth and world building. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Marquis de Leech Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 I'd definitely read a hard sci-fi series with ASOIAF's depth and world building.The Gap series by Stephen Donaldson is space opera, and is essentially ASOIAF In Space, though it pre-dates Martin by a good decade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry. Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Well, I have enjoyed Hilary Mantel's two Booker Prize-winning novels on Thomas Cromwell, so maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewBaelish Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 The Gap series by Stephen Donaldson is space opera, and is essentially ASOIAF In Space, though it pre-dates Martin by a good decade.I will have to look into that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 The Gap series by Stephen Donaldson is space opera, and is essentially ASOIAF In Space, though it pre-dates Martin by a good decade.Eh, I wouldn't call it ASOIAF in space, exactly, but it is very good. Good luck finding the first book though. (It might have an ebook, though). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterbound Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 The Gap series by Stephen Donaldson is space opera, and is essentially ASOIAF In Space, though it pre-dates Martin by a good decade.It's actually Wagner's Ring cycle set in space....but, you know, whatever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Marquis de Leech Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 It's actually Wagner's Ring cycle set in space....but, you know, whatever.Yes, but I was thinking in terms of brutal politicking with outside alien threat, told in a rotating POV system identical to Martin's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galleymac Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 I think what magic really lends ASoIaF, beyond lending tangible, provable reality to religious differences (which is also a big deal, but dammit I am not going on that tangent) is the spectre of impending worldwide catastrophe. So for a "realist" tale to deliver everything that ASoIaF does, it would have to replace that.Which... would probably make it science fiction. OK I'm not helping at all, am I.Um... at any rate, "I, Claudius" is great! (And I wish the BBC had dramatized some novel or text or somethingorother about the Wars of the Roses back in the 70s too. Aside from Shakespeare's take...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Which Tyler Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Do you think you would enjoy a series in the same style as ASOIAF but outside the fantasy genre. A series with the depth of world building and attention to detail present as GRRM has given Westeros and the hundreds of characters we've met . I guess I'm asking if you all think a series with the same gray morality would be popular if it were set in the world of corporate politics or gang warfare?You mean something like historical fiction? or just plain old history? or hell, just plain old fiction?In which case, yes, I like good stories. ASOIAF is far from unique in being a good story with grey morality Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shryke Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Yes, but I was thinking in terms of brutal politicking with outside alien threat, told in a rotating POV system identical to Martin's.It's not really told in anything like the same style though.I mean, there's not even much brutal politicking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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