Since the three giants of Western fantasy have such names, they naturally have their own uniqueness. The Lord of the Rings was the earliest and most influential. It has been translated into 38 languages ??and is very famous all over the world. As the pastor who loves MS said, it has a very good meaning, but the author has always denied that his works have metaphors. As the saying goes, there are a thousand Hamlets for a thousand readers. How you interpret it depends on your personal preference.
Robert Jordan, the author of The Wheel of Time, was more or less influenced by The Lord of the Rings and called The Wheel of Time a tribute to Tolkien. However, in his works he depicts a more specific and rich fantasy world created by The Lord of the Rings. Personally, I feel that the plot of The Wheel of Time develops relatively slowly (it seems that many European and American fantasy novels have this characteristic). If you are used to reading domestic online novels, you will feel a little uninspired at first. The author died while writing Volume 12, and subsequent works were continued by Brandon Sanderson. So far, only volume 14 of the English version remains unfinished. The Chinese version is out in Volume 6, but it should follow soon.
The story background of A Song of Ice and Fire is different from traditional fantasy novels. It is a world with low magic. There is no or very little description of magic (at least for now), and the last dragon in that world became extinct hundreds of years ago. The author George R.R. Martin adopts a writing method called POV. Each chapter has a point-of-view character, and all the content of this chapter revolves around this character. Personally, I prefer this series of novels. Whether it is the description of the seven kingdoms, or the detailed description of each family emblem, as well as the countless code words and foreshadowing in the novel, it is worthy of everyone who likes European and American orthodox fantasy. One reading. The English and Chinese versions of this series of novels have just been released to the fourth volume, but the English version of the fifth volume will be released soon this year, and the whole book is expected to have 7 (or more) volumes.