Title: The best High Fantasy I've read since Tolkien
Product review: Martin's world and his characters and his storyline are fantastic - and plausible. Everything happens for a reason, and nothing is simple. I think Martin has found an excellent balance between the elegant but plodding Lord of the Rings and Robert Jordan's joyful but childish Wheel of Time. A touch of magic and monsters give this world color but the drama is very very human; for awhile I wondered whether this was even a fantasy book or if the characters' references to the paranormal were simply their own superstition. Game of Thrones is not a complete work in and of itself and all the major plot lines are left unresolved, some in a state of supreme tension. But at least so far the story unfolds at a determined clip and there isn't much filler. Many of the characters are very deep and I'm told that over the course of the series they change and evolve and force the reader to reevaluate.
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