The literary world has long been divided by an invisible line separating the 'grimdark' realism of Westeros from the more hopeful realms of traditional high fantasy. While millions of readers wait with bated breath for the next chapter of George R.R. Martin's epic, one of the biggest names in the genre has expressed scepticism about the series' underlying philosophy.
Brandon Sanderson, the prolific author behind the Mistborn series and the man who famously completed Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time, has recently shared candid thoughts on why the relentless brutality of A Song of Ice and Fire does not sit comfortably with him.
