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.
Do you prefer the books you read to be considered "literature" or was that more of a general comment about how people think of fantasy and sci-fi?
It's completely distracting when real world stuff is done badly, so I'd definitely prefer to read full imagination if those were the choices.
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Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read. - Groucho Marx
Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read. - Groucho Marx
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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Re: I don't like it.
- 10/09/2010 08:23:34 PM
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