Javier Cross
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- Posted: Sun, 27 May 2012 05:43:28 +0000
Alberic of Krufton
Javier Cross
So how long has it been since you last posted? emo
Military Fantasy, if done right, would never hurt anyone.
Military Fantasy, if done right, would never hurt anyone.
Depends on the type? Not sure if Warhammer 40k counts as military (they do like killing things with ridiculous weapons!) but I guess stuff like that has its own appeal. War and the military will always have a following, barring everyone in the world turning into a hippie.
Lovecraft is awesome. At least, I enjoy it. Makes a fine setting for board RPGs to boot, haha. Is it good reading? It's dry, sorta, but then you have fun little stories like Herbert West: Reanimator and At the Mountains of Madness and that one set in Egypt with the animal-headed people. Awesome stuff.
Poe's kinda the same way, style-wise, but then you'll have stories like The Spectacles and you wonder why he wasn't recognized as a comedian. There are a lot of more "classic" Poe shorts like The Pit and the Pendulum, The Cask of Amontillado, The Raven, et cetera. Poetry, too, if I recall correctly.
Regarding literary vice popular lit... "Classic" novels are just the ones that were well-liked enough (by someone) to survive to today. Ever read The Three Musketeers? As fun a ride as any modern novel. Robinson Crusoe? 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea? Gone with the Wind? A Christmas Carol? War and Peace? Candide? Frankenstein? The Art of War? Journey to the West? Literary works can be culturally significant, or turning points for their genres (or marking the birth of new ones,) but mostly it's because they became, and remained, famous.
I bet Harry Potter will eventually be known as an important cultural milestone, phenomenon, something, because of its remarkable popularity and for its lasting and widespread impact. Twilight, on the other hand, will hopefully fall by the wayside as newer, more lasting novels come to the fore. Sure, it's popular now, but so was Paul Clifford back in the day; does anyone read that one anymore? Its legacy has become tied with the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest, so there you go.
Anything I can do to help out?
Also, any other series that would qualify as the closest thing to legitimate military fantasy you can find?
All I got is Camp Half-Blood and The Dresden Files, but barring them? emo
Not many options I'd be able to recall.