Read the first couple Mistborn books to get why some would balk at Sanderson finishing ASOIAF.Originally Posted by Dr.Samurai
Sanderson is a good writer, but his approach to magic is usually "magic has rules, characters game those rules in novel ways to do insane things".
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2019-06-03, 04:06 PM (ISO 8601)Titan in the Playground
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Re: Dark and Full Of Spoilers (GOT Season 8 Spoiler Thread Part 2)
It is one thing to suspend your disbelief. It is another thing entirely to hang it by the neck until dead.
Verisimilitude -- n, the appearance or semblance of truth, likelihood, or probability.
The concern is not realism in speculative fiction, but rather the sense that a setting or story could be real, fostered by internal consistency and coherence.
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