tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post6780214378800819294..comments2024-02-14T01:50:56.112-06:00Comments on The OF Blog: So I pick up this ARC copy I recently received...Larry Nolenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16001420558511460998noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-35737841730493065882011-02-04T09:58:41.940-06:002011-02-04T09:58:41.940-06:00Tom, it's not truefantasy if it doesn't ha...Tom, it's not truefantasy if it doesn't have any newwords.Ben Godbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15450579203940093977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-41362009787946209652011-02-03T15:38:42.235-06:002011-02-03T15:38:42.235-06:00Oh, but it's missing the terrible portmanteau ...Oh, but it's missing the terrible portmanteau words that pepper fantasy books today, words like "Mistborn", "Warbreaker", "Shadowmoor", "Worldwake", "Bloodfang", "Spellsinger", "Shadowtouched", etc. I'm sure the book has them, and in spades, but that particular passage is missing a key component in fantasy "dreckwriting".Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08913553022029873645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-53483237897567192692011-02-03T11:34:40.319-06:002011-02-03T11:34:40.319-06:00I never tire of some tropes which is probably why ...I never tire of some tropes which is probably why I never tire of Conan or Warhammer.<br /><br />That aside, I have a hard time putting much stock into "elevated speech" as it just as repetitive. In skilled hands it is a two edged thing with as much satire and gravitas. So even when the authors themselves don't take it seriously, I have a hard time as well.WordTippinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18242202749617102417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-89320687032278484392011-02-03T08:26:12.828-06:002011-02-03T08:26:12.828-06:00Huh... I actually kind of liked that passage. But....Huh... I actually kind of liked that passage. But... I would probably hate it if I saw it in context. I'm kind of approaching a point where I can read about 1% of fantasy fiction without sighing, and then not even all the time.<br /><br />The worst thing for me is wandering bookshelves and seeing too many pictures of dragons and space marines. At my request, a friend of mine, <a href="http://davidalbarron.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">David Barron</a>, just wrote the ultimate genre bestseller, "DRAGON MARINES." Appeals to Fers and SFers with equal retardation.Ben Godbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15450579203940093977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-2144138287499727692011-02-03T07:25:08.663-06:002011-02-03T07:25:08.663-06:00Minus, of course, the redeeming qualities of eleva...Minus, of course, the redeeming qualities of elevated speech. Bulwer-Lytton might be proud of this new writer.Larry Nolenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16001420558511460998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-90549878055083267772011-02-03T06:51:05.146-06:002011-02-03T06:51:05.146-06:00Dialogue that reads like purple prose... check.Dialogue that reads like purple prose... check.Ian Saleshttp://iansales.comnoreply@blogger.com