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Oh, my god. How wrong can she get?
Well, let's see. In the very first rule of fantasy she states that it must take place in a premodern world. Why?
Neither magic nor adventuring quests can be believably set in a modern, logical and scientific world (while science fiction can).
Young Wizards? Chrestomanci, which is close to modern? Harry fucking Potter, for god's sake?
My head is already hurting, yet still, I must read on....
It gets worse, if you can believe that. Oh dear. Is it all some sort of subtle joke I'm not catching?
Well, let's see. In the very first rule of fantasy she states that it must take place in a premodern world. Why?
Neither magic nor adventuring quests can be believably set in a modern, logical and scientific world (while science fiction can).
Young Wizards? Chrestomanci, which is close to modern? Harry fucking Potter, for god's sake?
My head is already hurting, yet still, I must read on....
It gets worse, if you can believe that. Oh dear. Is it all some sort of subtle joke I'm not catching?
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Date: 2005-10-02 04:32 pm (UTC)Most of the time I see arguments like that from people who want to try to seperate off things they like so that they don't have to refer to themselves as Fantasy fans anymore. ("Oh... I like Neil Gaiman, but that's Magical Realism, not Fantasy! Only idiots read Fantasy!")