Future stuff/ dystopia/ post apocalyptic is fine though. Example: Songs of Distant Earth, Fahrenheit 451, The Gate to Women's Country, etc. I don't like magic realist stuff or fantasy that starts out or takes place in our world either. Example: harry potter, the lion the witch and the wardrobe, etc. Unfortunately, out of all the sub genres in scifi-fantasy it's magic realism that's most seen as literature. (Marquez, Rushdie, etc) It's not my favorite thing, although I can still appreciate it.
I'm currently reading Replay by Ken Grimwood, which is a fantastic book so far. It's part of the Fantasy Masterworks series.
Unexpectedly, I've learned some new things about our history - for instance, more about Jonestown. I had heard of this, but nothing more than it being a horrible mass suicide of cultists in the late 70s. This book made me look into it a bit more. It's rather interesting.
Grimwood also alters details of very well-known events, like the assassination of JFK. It all works very nicely in the book. Of course, this book IS set in our world.
However. To the discussion point: do you like it when authors bring real world events into their fantasy/sci-fi books? Or do you prefer to read things that are competely invented?
Have you any examples where Real World is done particularly well or particularly badly?
Is this style more spec-fic than fantasy, or is there a lot of room for crossover?
Unexpectedly, I've learned some new things about our history - for instance, more about Jonestown. I had heard of this, but nothing more than it being a horrible mass suicide of cultists in the late 70s. This book made me look into it a bit more. It's rather interesting.
Grimwood also alters details of very well-known events, like the assassination of JFK. It all works very nicely in the book. Of course, this book IS set in our world.
However. To the discussion point: do you like it when authors bring real world events into their fantasy/sci-fi books? Or do you prefer to read things that are competely invented?
Have you any examples where Real World is done particularly well or particularly badly?
Is this style more spec-fic than fantasy, or is there a lot of room for crossover?
The Real World in fantasy and sci-fi
- 10/09/2010 04:47:05 PM
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I prefer when referenences to the real world are kept very subtle...
- 10/09/2010 05:07:55 PM
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Replay is a great novel
- 10/09/2010 05:28:37 PM
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I'm exactly halfway through.
- 10/09/2010 05:33:24 PM
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I don't like it.
- 10/09/2010 08:13:38 PM
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