TIME invites itself to the FEAST

TIME.com: The American Tolkien — Nov. 21, 2005 — Page 1:

Martin isn’t the best known of America’s straight-up fantasy writers. That honor would probably go to upstart Christopher Paolini (Eragon), or Robert Jordan (the endlessly turning Wheel of Time series), or better yet to ageless grandmistress Ursula K. LeGuin (A Wizard of Earthsea). But of those who work in the grand epic-fantasy tradition, Martin is by far the best. In fact, with his newest book, A Feast for Crows (Bantam; 784 pages), currently descending on bookstores and ascending best-seller lists, this is as good a time as any to proclaim him the American Tolkien.

It would have be a lot more impressive if TIME ran this article after the publication of A STORM OF SWORDS. The MSM is always the last to the story.

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