tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22066416.post115137192992873673..comments2023-07-04T22:09:51.208+08:00Comments on Tropic Temper: Why fantasy and not sci fi?Glenda Larkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10113271268122909969noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22066416.post-1151589644439919752006-06-29T22:00:00.000+08:002006-06-29T22:00:00.000+08:00I see your point, Trudi, but I think that often wh...I see your point, Trudi, but I think that often when the protagonist is royal, they start off being the runt of the litter so to speak. Or they lose their position of power by being thrown out of the castle (like GRRMartin's Song of Fire & Ice)so that they become ordinary.<BR/><BR/>And the two of us, of course, had to go to the extreme with our first trilogies, - and choose heroines from the slums!Glenda Larkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10113271268122909969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22066416.post-1151560209646629322006-06-29T13:50:00.000+08:002006-06-29T13:50:00.000+08:00Hmmm. I agree that readers of fantasy like the fee...Hmmm. I agree that readers of fantasy like the feeling that people can triumph over adversity. But I don't agree that it's always an ordinary person. When I wrote the Black Magician Trilogy I was utterly sick of royals having all the adventures. If they appeared to be ordinary at first, they always turned out to be lost heirs or have some kind of noble parentage.chocolatetrudihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02110359051876178390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22066416.post-1151501343877119712006-06-28T21:29:00.000+08:002006-06-28T21:29:00.000+08:00Yes Glenda, blogging is wonderful :)Looking forwar...Yes Glenda, blogging is wonderful :)<BR/><BR/>Looking forward to reading more here (and more of your books too) now that I've found your blog!flexnibhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09571073352491626815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22066416.post-1151497911954097692006-06-28T20:31:00.000+08:002006-06-28T20:31:00.000+08:00From one WOW ( wicked old woman) to another...like...From one WOW ( wicked old woman) to another...likewise, Glenda.<BR/><BR/>I sometimes think that fantasy writers search the past to ensure the future while SF writers imagine a future to protect the present.<BR/><BR/>Have found more true philosophy on the nature of good and evil, light and dark, in fantasy than any other genre.Bernitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05264585685253812090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22066416.post-1151460698104367472006-06-28T10:11:00.000+08:002006-06-28T10:11:00.000+08:00Hey, nice to see lots of people agreeing! The argu...Hey, nice to see lots of people agreeing! The argument that I thought was really weird was the one that came from Greg Benford some time ago(and doubtless others) that fantasy readers wanted to go back to the past and thought it was a great place to be, and were against any kind of modernity/technology. <BR/><BR/>Whereas SF was the forward-looking, scientific-based realm of the real world. (He hates Star Wars and such). <BR/><BR/>Huh? Is there anyone wants to go back and live in the Middle Ages? Or even, say, Afghanistan under the Taliban - who had much of the same Medieval thinking? Why is writing about a technologically underdeveloped world an attempt to return to it? and hadn't he read any modern fantasy?<BR/><BR/>Actually, probably he hadn't. SF writers who are so scornful of fantasy never read it and rarely have any idea of what modern fantasy is about. <BR/><BR/>I love SF and read it just as much as I read fantasy. They both have much to offer; it's often just a different vehicle to get to a similar place.<BR/><BR/>Glad you like Isles of Glory, CW! And I am so glad you have dropped by and written a comment. Isn't blogging wonderful?<BR/><BR/>One of these days, Bernita, I would love to meet you...lolGlenda Larkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10113271268122909969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22066416.post-1151418156692737342006-06-27T22:22:00.000+08:002006-06-27T22:22:00.000+08:00Hah, i like the last comment. I would have to agre...Hah, i like the last comment. <BR/><BR/>I would have to agree to, not just being a young reader and getting away from the life that "i dont like". <BR/><BR/>I find it a good way to leave the world behind and travel to another and I like the little guy winning in the end. Gives you a sense of pride.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22066416.post-1151417440772534342006-06-27T22:10:00.000+08:002006-06-27T22:10:00.000+08:00I agree.Have always been very fond of the little g...I agree.<BR/>Have always been very fond of the little guy/apparently helpless type turning the tables, showing unsuspected strength and talent - like the little old lady kicking the mugger in the crotch.Bernitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05264585685253812090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22066416.post-1151416090305821672006-06-27T21:48:00.000+08:002006-06-27T21:48:00.000+08:00Hi Glenda, I was most pleased to find your blog (v...Hi Glenda, I was most pleased to find your blog (via <A HREF="http://thebookaholic.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">Bibliobibuli</A> - really hope Sharon gets well soon!). <BR/><BR/>I've read and enjoyed your Isles of Glory series and am looking forward to your next. You know, I would never dream of writing to an author (is it possible to get tongue-tied in a <I>letter</I>, even email?) but on a blog everyone is somehow more real and accessible and I seem to get over my shyness.<BR/><BR/>I have never seen fantasy novels as reinforcing the status quo (although some might), and have enjoyed them precisely for the sense of triumphing over adversity. I also love the vivid and rich worlds authors create.flexnibhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09571073352491626815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22066416.post-1151397584317507522006-06-27T16:39:00.000+08:002006-06-27T16:39:00.000+08:00I agree with you. Too often I think critics of fan...I agree with you. Too often I think critics of fantasy throw around the accusation that fantasy fans are all "nostalgic" and that it is about reinforcing the status quo. But I think a lot of people turn to fantasy for the opposite reason, because it posits a world in which "making a difference" is still seen as possible, which is something most people don't feel in their lives.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com