His stuff's not for everyone, that's for sure. (As can be seen by all the people who love Harry Potter but won't give GRRM a try. This is me crying in the corner...) If you really don't like his writing, though, I hate to say it, but you might want to avoid all of my recommendations... He's the embodiment of everything that I like and look for in fiction, so chances are good that other things I like are similar in terms of range of character, scope of the world, overall tone, and things like that. Snap.