Others Defend Dragons

The blog article I wrote last week titled In Defense of George R. R. Martin has caused quite a bit of discussion on this website and elsewhere on the internet(s). I wrote the article not necessarily to defend George as he is quite capable of doing that himself but to dispel beliefs of error that pervade many of his readers out there, beliefs that drive them to ill-conceived anger concerning the perceived “lateness” of A Dance With Dragons.

Here are some other articles recently written about George and A Dance With Dragons:

• Adam Whitehead over at the UK website The Wertzone has written two articles that act as companion pieces to my own. He looks at the writing of A Dance With Dragons with different eyes than my own and, with a lot more research and knowledge of the books, comes to the same conclusion.
  A Defence of Dragons, Part I | A Defence of Dragons, Part II
• Aidan Moher over at A Dribble of Ink has also added a companion pieces to my initial article, spending time talking about each of my conclusions and adding his own informed spin on things.
  Why You Should Cut George R.R. Martin Some Slack

I am sure there will be other articles written on this soon, some agreeing with my conclusions, others not. That is the miracle of discourse. If at all curious, read those other articles; they bring a lot to the discussion.