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DesertRoseFallen Vice Captain
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 Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 12:20 pm
Wow that must have been really weird...
Personally, I don't class my work as fantasy but supernatural. I don't know why but I've never really liked fantasy books like Terry Pratchet.
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Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 7:14 pm
I know how you feel. I don't care for most sci-fi or fantasy.
And I don't like Pratchet. His world is so boring and slapped together! To me anyway. Plus, he tends to get dramatic at inappropriate times. And it's just- my tiny violin. Where is it?
Tanith Lee has turned out a LOT of good fantasy over the years. With love and kick-a** women!
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Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2008 5:39 pm
Tanith Lee, eh?
I rarely read fantasy anymore. Sure, I was a Harry Potter nut, and I certainly read Animorphs when that series came out, but for the most part, fantasy bores me. crying
Now, I enjoyed the Dragonriders of Pern books, they were good, but I can't enjoy books with dragons in them, because those books all seem like cheap knock-offs of Anne McCaffery. I'm not into merlin-type wizards, or books with complicated magic systems, and I don't generally enjoy epic novels like Lord of the Rings.
Now, I've picked up a rather good book called Empress, by Karen Miller and, granted I'm only on page 97 out of 717, but so far it's pretty good. Maybe it's because the language isn't too hard to understand, or maybe it just hit a right nerve with me, but I like it so far.
So Savin, how is Tanith Lee? Are her kick-a** women overly kick a**, like chick lit heroine's usually are? Or are they more realistic?
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Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 7:31 am
Hmmm does Paranormal Romance come under Fantasy or should I add another genre? Or is it a mix...
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DesertRoseFallen Vice Captain
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Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 3:06 pm
DesertRoseFallen
There are such good writers out there, who can write a believeable vampire and she gets the fame. Hand me Ward anyday.
Personally, I don't understand this UNHEALTHY obsession with vampires. WERE CREATURES ARE SO MUCH BETTER. saint_savin The way some people today treat literature, you'd think there was a shortage of books! The library tells me this is not the case. I'm thinking after I get done drafting, I might set myself a goal of getting my fantasy world reference materials shored up. I'm cutting the sentient species down to seven! ...I hope XD. Oh, here's a fun question. Do you like to use... -Stock species -Twists of stock species -Just humans -Or crazy stuff you made up ...for your fantasy? *cough*thatlastoneforme*cough* I'm one of those people who doesn't like reading. Honestly, I am. I LOVE writing, though. I use things I make, too.
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Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 9:13 am
Were-boars FTW!
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What?
XD OK, OK. Paranormal romance? Depends how it's done, but it's probably fantasy. BESIDES WE ARE NOT GENRE-NAZIS HERE.
Sugar, oh, don't worry. It depends on the book, but most Tanith Lee Heroines aren't going to be dynamiting your face just 'cause. XD
I've never read Animorphs. I was slogging through Ada or Ardor when the rest of my class was greedily swapping their Animorphs books. Umm, oops?
Seems there are a lot of people recently who say, "I don't like to read fantasy, but I still write it!". Personally, I think that's a good thing. The way stuff's been rehashed in recent memory *cough*eragon*cough*.
I may or may not be waiting for the copyright to expire on The Lord of the Rings so that I can write a literary!fanfic a la Wicked *whistles*.
Melkor X Sauron OTP.
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DesertRoseFallen Vice Captain
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Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 11:30 am
Paranormal is for me really. As for my unhealthy obssession with vampires. I've liked them every since I was little, like seven. But Twilight isn't for me.
People like the sexiness and danger about them.
Though read the Black Dagger Brotherhood and you will see vampires aren't always same old.
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Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 10:56 am
DesertRoseFallen Paranormal is for me really. As for my unhealthy obssession with vampires. I've liked them every since I was little, like seven. But Twilight isn't for me.
People like the sexiness and danger about them.
Though read the Black Dagger Brotherhood and you will see vampires aren't always same old. I just came across an Anita Black GRAPHIC NOVEL in Borders today. .... stare ....
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DesertRoseFallen Vice Captain
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Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 9:08 am
Wow...that is...over the top.
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Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 7:21 am
saint_savin Oh, here's a fun question. Do you like to use... -Stock species -Twists of stock species -Just humans -Or crazy stuff you made up ...for your fantasy? *cough*thatlastoneforme*cough* -Yes -Yes -For one story, yes, but no in the sense of my universe -Yes Now for some more in-depths. -I do use vampires and werewolves, and went back to lore for both of them. Most of it is European lore, and both species have to earn their powers. Also, it hurts like hell to become either one, and it is taxing on the one who changes you. No interspecies romance here. I do have plans to see if other creatures can be used. I do want a Frankenstein's monster-like character, but it will not happen if it cannot be logically done within the context of my universe. -Demons count as my creating them on my own, but nonetheless, in looks they do resemble other demon species out there, so I guess this is a reverse twist (I actually gave them that name because I had no idea what else to call them, and really got into demon folklore later). -My "just humans" story is my first attempt at doing some more realistic fiction, since everything I have done prior has fantasy elements. It fits in my universe, though, because one of them has a far bigger role in the main canon. I consider this an alongside/spin-off story. -As for stuff I made up, this mainly goes back to the demons, but the whole universe is pretty much an alternate universe of modern day with a different society and rules that vary by species and setting (there are two worlds, and each has its own rules). Also, the vampires and werewolves get along, as well as any other unwordly or "unholy" creatures, since they are all in the same boat and would die out otherwise if it were not for the others' cooperation. On other topics, I am not really into high fantasy, but I do like fantasy elements. I prefer occult or horror fantasy over most else, but as a whole, I do like a lot of things on the fantasy spectrum. I like a lot of children's books because they cater to me. And for those who hang out in the "Top Reasons" thread, you are probably already aware that my favorite author in this regard is Bruce Coville. He writes for twelve-year-olds, but his stories are rich in story and characters, and he can do science fiction and fantasy while still having a realistic grounding in reality. I also like how the elements of fantasy do not often overshadow everything else, especially with his works set in more modern day (like, for example, the Magic Shop series). The fantasy is there, but so is the realism.
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Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2008 12:24 pm
saint_savin Oh, here's a fun question. Do you like to use... -Stock species -Twists of stock species -Just humans -Or crazy stuff you made up ...for your fantasy? *cough*thatlastoneforme*cough* Most of my fantasy stories involve only human, occasionally with an additional species or two. I dislike having multiple species of humanoids in my stories, especially since most of them are merely tweaked humans when you get right down to it. I'm too much of a realist in my fantasies. I am a lycanthrope fan though, although I tend to use them more in modern settings.
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Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2010 8:10 am
/reviving dead thread.
I write fantasy, and most of what I read is fantasy. Nearly all, if we're talking adult fiction. With young adult and middle grade, I read much more widely to keep up with what's out there.
Actually, I've noticed that there can be a bias against more traditional fantasy in books for children and young adults, even though kids still love those kinds of books. People will say "I don't like traditional fantasy, but I'm okay with urban fantasy or paranormal" but then fall head over heels for a YA fantasy that's very traditional, and I can't help wondering if it's because that's the only one they've read recently because it got some buzz. It's interesting. And while I'm not saying they need to like it all or try it all (there's bad fantasy out there-- but then, there's bad everything out there), it'd be nice to see more books given a try.
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DesertRoseFallen Vice Captain
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Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 4:58 am
Yes I prefer Urban Fantasy and Paranormal, just like the Black Dagger Brotherhood...love it.
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Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2010 5:48 am
I find that we're just flooded with urban fantasy now. It's REALLY hard to find anything original in the urban fantasy genre. Almost impossible.
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Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2011 3:11 pm
I'm a fantasy writer - usually focusing on parallel world fantasy however I have recently acquired a taste for political fantasy since reading The Tide Lords and The Magician's Apprentice so I am experimenting with that too.
That being said my current experiment is neither of the two thus far, more so a revisiting and modernizing a particular favorite fairy tale of mine.
I did experience great trouble in my creative writing class in school last year, my teacher was an avid reader of Magic Realism and believed that Fantasy was a lower art form and was not to be written in her class... Needless to say almost 90% of the class was made up of fantasy writers and we were not happy and spent much of the semester trying to convince her that fantasy is not synonymous with children's fiction, and that Magic Realism was merely a branch of fantasy... it didn't work
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