No hate or discontent for you story. I am engaged in reading The Historian at the moment so I can hardly comment on whether or not what I will eventually read is good, bad, or sleep inducing.
And I could hardly criticize anyone on reading "generic fantasy literature" when the hallmarks of my collection amount to the most base form of contemporary fantasy.
I mean, let me take a look at what I got . . . OK, here's one about an outcast "Dark Elf" who's a really good fighter trying to save his humans from an evil gem filled with dark magic. Insert dwarves. Next . . . a magical sword + magical guy + magical chick + magical evil dad. Insert dragons. What else, what else? Oh! Here's one about three swords of power, and another about a magical sword + magical orb. Insert some random gods.
So I mean come on? I say generic out of love, and because I needed a way to keep up the alliteration.
Also, it's not so much scenery as it is appreciation for environment. It's easier to step into a foreign world if the author takes the time to drag you into it. And nothing off-sets or emphasizes a powerful scene like powerful imagery.
And also I'm trying to avoid cleaning this room . . . roomy doesn't know the meaning of clean and his girl will throttle him if she finds he let her come visit with the room looking this way.
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Re: Hey hey.
Date: 2005-11-04 06:50 pm (UTC)And I could hardly criticize anyone on reading "generic fantasy literature" when the hallmarks of my collection amount to the most base form of contemporary fantasy.
I mean, let me take a look at what I got . . . OK, here's one about an outcast "Dark Elf" who's a really good fighter trying to save his humans from an evil gem filled with dark magic. Insert dwarves. Next . . . a magical sword + magical guy + magical chick + magical evil dad. Insert dragons. What else, what else? Oh! Here's one about three swords of power, and another about a magical sword + magical orb. Insert some random gods.
So I mean come on? I say generic out of love, and because I needed a way to keep up the alliteration.
Also, it's not so much scenery as it is appreciation for environment. It's easier to step into a foreign world if the author takes the time to drag you into it. And nothing off-sets or emphasizes a powerful scene like powerful imagery.
And also I'm trying to avoid cleaning this room . . . roomy doesn't know the meaning of clean and his girl will throttle him if she finds he let her come visit with the room looking this way.
-F.
Re: Hey hey.
Date: 2005-11-04 07:44 pm (UTC)Heh. I was just harassing you. Sorry if it didn't seem that way ^^; I think all fans of the genre accept and love the pitfalls.
Cleaning = I feel your pain.