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[conuly]

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?

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[satyrblade.livejournal.com]

I sold my first mass-market story - "Elynne Dragonchild" - to an editor who said that dragon stories were overdone(*). It's not the subject - it's what you do with it.

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Marion Zimmer Bradly, for Sword & Sorceress #9 (1990)