XPost: alt.fan.tolkien, rec.arts.books.tolkien, alt.books.cs-lewis
From: Taemon@zonnet.nl
Dirk Thierbach wrote:
> Taemon wrote:
>> Dirk Thierbach wrote:
>>> And mixing technology and magic isn't so difficult, either.
>> Julian May. I just finished rereading the Saga of the Exiles.
> Yes, for example. (Don't remember it so well, has been long ago).
Reread it. NOW! Hurry!
>> Oh, boy. I review fantasy for the public library
> Anything you can recommend? :-)
My heart bleeds for the current German fantasy. It's what I mainly get these
days (translated to Dutch). Nah... I haven't gotten a good book in months.
Fortunately, I am not restricted to reading what's sent to me so I have
found Abercrombie to recommend :-) Another series called "First Law", and
the best of them.
>> and it really makes one
>> wonder if all genres suffer from such a high amount of waste of
>> paper.
> According to Sturgeon's Law, I don't think it's restricted to Fantasy.
> "Pulp SF" was called "pulp" for a reason.
I hope so. I feel like I have to explain myself because of the genre that
has my preference.
>> Gods, grant me a fantasy book with a prophecy that doesn't come
>> true.
> Having a prophecy which doesn't come true probably makes no sense in a
> story, unless you base the story on it ("we've got lots of prophecies,
> and just have to pick the right one..."). But I think the traditional
> way is to make the prophecy ambigous (and, if possible, not obviously
> ambigous), so when it comes true, the outcome is not quite what is
> expected...
Or, let's get convincing and not use prophecies at all. It's such a lame
cop-out of a plot device, I'm sick of it.
Now to write the latest book in the ground using 1100 characters :-)
T.
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