What book are you reading?

[Lord Winter]

The Martin books are good but I don't think the world he has built is as deep or engrossing as other series, like Eriksson or Jordan. A good series but by no means the best, the characters are all black and white as well with, maybe, the sole excpetion of Tyrion, who I really dislike.

Really? I found the characters much more round and complex then your typical fantasty or even most modern fiction in general. Sure there are some one sided characters like Dany, but those are balanced out by people like the hound.

Currently finishing up the Martian Chronicles by Bradbury. It takes the form of a series of interconnected short stories outlining the colonization of Mars and the effects that it has on that world. The thing that I enjoyed about it the most is the strong characterization that Bradbury manages to achieve in such a short space. There are few recurring characters but few if any feel like filler or one dimensional.