tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36084922942072926952024-02-02T10:56:49.073-06:00Content In Fantasydtycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18423417644821621588noreply@blogger.comBlogger77125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3608492294207292695.post-10862262148173223662018-04-21T17:52:00.001-05:002018-04-21T17:58:29.420-05:00African Inspired Fantasy<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
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the mega success of the Black Panther movie, the seven-figure book and movie
deal for debut YA fantasy author Tomi Adeyemi and the pending Dark Star fantasy
trilogy of Man Booker prize winning author, Marlon James, African inspired
fantasy seems to be on the rise. Watch Tomi Adeyemi’s <i>Good Morning America</i> interview and read Marlon James’ 2017
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dtycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18423417644821621588noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3608492294207292695.post-14228074633437606882016-05-02T13:45:00.000-05:002016-05-02T13:45:04.144-05:00Wheel of Time TV SeriesAs per <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/sci-fi-fantasy/why-the-wheel-of-time-tv-series-could-be-the-next-game-of-thrones/" target="_blank"><b>this article from the B&N Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog</b></a>, it looks like the possibility for Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series being adapted to the screen is very likely. I had a hard time getting into the books, but I think seeing an on-screen adaptation could be quite entertaining. As always, it would have to be done well in order for such an epic tale to work. I'm interested to see which studio picks this up.<br />
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dtycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18423417644821621588noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3608492294207292695.post-44962236524698513372016-03-30T15:48:00.001-05:002016-10-17T14:14:20.753-05:00Diversity in Fantasy Fiction<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I exhausted myself on this topic when I wrote my post about <a href="http://contentinfantasy.blogspot.com/2014/03/people-of-color-in-fantasy.html">People of Color in Fantasy</a> back in March of 2014. It was the longest and most researched blog post
that I’ve done to date. Therefore, I’m not going to write anymore about it
right now, but I would like to share a blog post from literary agent Mary C.
Moore on her thoughts on the subject (see <b><u><a href="http://marycmoore.com/index.php/2016/03/01/diversity-vs-marginalized-writing-in-tune-with-current-voices/" target="_blank">here</a></u></b>).
This should be an encouragement to all aspiring writers of color.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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fantasy series in which he describes as <i>“an
African Game of Thrones”</i>. In my posting in April of 2013 about <a href="http://contentinfantasy.blogspot.com/2013/04/black-authors-writing-fantasywhere-are.html" target="_blank">black authors writing fantasy</a>, I talked about how very <i>very</i>
few of them there were. Last year I posted about <a href="http://contentinfantasy.blogspot.com/2014/03/people-of-color-in-fantasy.html" target="_blank">people of color in fantasy</a>,
stating that people of color, who are writers and are fans of fantasy, should
write fantasy—epic fantasy. It looks like that’s Mr. James’ focus, and it will
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dtycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18423417644821621588noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3608492294207292695.post-4212747179529442102015-11-20T11:04:00.001-06:002015-11-20T11:05:54.028-06:00Peter Jackson's Problem With The Hobbit Films<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">A lot is explained in the video below in regards to <i>The Hobbit</i> movies directed by Peter Jackson. I never thought that the
movies were a disaster or ruined <i>The
Hobbit</i> story—well, maybe only with the <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="OLE_LINK3"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="OLE_LINK2"></a>Tauriel, Legolas and Kili
romantic triangle. There were no female characters in <i>The</i> <i>Hobbit</i> book, so I
guess Jackson and the writers felt like they had to have a female character and
throw in a romantic element. In the video below, Peter Jackson and his staff honestly
admit that they didn’t have it all together with the films. But it’s nice to
see them talking about it so that we know what the deal was. I still enjoyed
the movies; the Extended Edition Blu-rays are all a part of my collection, and I will be watching them for years to come.</span><br />
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weekend about their 50% increase to SFF titles each year (see <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.orbitbooks.net/2015/11/13/orbit-us-announces-expansion/" target="_blank">here</a></b>) just comes to show that the genre
is on the rise in the world of entertainment. Barnes & Noble’s Sci-Fi &
Fantasy blog posted an interesting article in regards to this, as well as other
publishers jumping on the rising wave (see <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/sci-fi-fantasy/why-theres-never-been-a-better-time-to-be-a-sci-fi-fantasy-reader/" target="_blank">here</a></b>).
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kid in the 80’s, I loved watching the made-for-TV movie <i>The Worst Witch</i>, starring Fairuza Balk, Charlotte Rae and Tim Curry
on HBO. It was a Halloween classic. I had some of the songs replaying in my
head all the way into my adulthood (especially Tim Curry’s epic Halloween song)—so
much so that I watched some of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUkVcd7SbTw" target="_blank">the movie on You Tube</a> the other day and never
realized until then just how similar <i>Harry Potter</i> was to it. I can’t believe I
didn’t realize it before. The similarities are too close not to be noticed. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Now,
to those of you who may not be familiar with the <i>The Worst Witch</i> series of books by British author Jill Murphy, the
first book was published in 1974, with sequels following in the 80’s, 90’s and
early 2000’s. So, obviously, <i>The Worst
Witch</i> was published way before J.K. Rowling ever conceived the idea of
Harry Potter. Besides the film that was released in 1986, there was a British
television series that ran from 1998 to 2001.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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knew I couldn’t have been the only one to notice the similarities between <i>Harry Potter</i> and <i>The Worst Witch</i>, so I “googled” it and found some links that go
into more detail on the similarities (see them below). Now, a lot of people use
words like “rip-off” and “plagiarism”, but I don’t know if I would go that far.
I love the <i>Harry Potter</i> series and
there are things in the series that are crazy similar to the <i>The Worst Witch</i>, but J.K. Rowling
still made <i>Harry Potter</i> a story and world in and of itself, despite the
similarities. The only thing that kind of bothers me is that Rowling never
mentioned any inspiration from Jill Murphy’s books or the <i>The Worst Witch</i> film in any interview. She had to have been
influenced by Murphy’s creation. Either she just doesn’t want to admit it, or
she just forgot, or it’s just a coincidence. You be the judge. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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are some thoughts on this topic throughout the web:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> * From <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Potter_influences_and_analogues#The_Worst_Witch" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a>:</b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #252525; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Many critics have noted that<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Jill
Murphy<span style="color: #252525;">'s<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><i>The Worst Witch</i><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>series
(first published in 1974 by<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Allison
& Busby</span><span style="color: #252525; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">), is set in a school for girls,
"Miss Cackle's Academy for Witches", reminiscent of Hogwarts.</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The story concerns an awkward pupil at
a boarding-school for witches, who faces a scheming rival student. Her
professors include a kindly and elderly headmistress and a bullying,
raven-haired potions teacher.</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Murphy
has commented on her frustration at constant comparisons between her work and</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Harry
Potter</i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">: <i><b>"It's irritating … everyone asks the same
question and I even get children writing to ask me whether I mind about the
Hogwarts school of witchcraft and pointing out similarities. Even worse are
reviewers who come across my books, or see the TV series, and, without taking
the trouble to find out that it's now over quarter of a century since I wrote
my first book, make pointed remarks about 'clever timing' – or say things like
'the Worst Witch stories are not a million miles from J K Rowling's books'. The
implications are really quite insulting!"</b></i></span><br />
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<b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> * Charles Webb at <a href="http://geek-news.mtv.com/2012/10/19/mtv-geeks-frightful-faves-the-worst-witch-is-the-best-witch-for-the-little-ones/" target="_blank">MTV.com</a> states: </b><br />
<span style="background: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">“If you squint a little, you can see a little bit of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><strong><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The Worst Witch</span></i></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"> making its way into J.K. Rowling's
work, with the same emphasis on a parallel world of magical whimsy with its own
rules of reality. I'm not saying there any kind of lift here between the two
authors' work--in fact, Rowling was more concerned about her characters growing
up and maturing in school than Murphy was in her own work. Not better, not
worse--just different focuses.</span>”</div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> * <a href="http://io9.com/5683905/everything-harry-potters-been-accused-of-ripping-off" target="_blank">io9.com</a> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">wrote the following:</span></b></div>
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<i style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">In
this precursor to the Potter books, a young girl from a Mugg – uh – non-magical
family attends a boarding school for witches. Which is in an ancient castle
surrounded by an enchanted forest. While Mildred Hubble is enrolled at Miss
Cackle's Academy for Witches, where she attends Potions, Broomstick Flying,
Chants and Charms classes, she must deal with conflicts with her classmates, a
cursed broom, and an attempt to overthrow the school. Also, Mildred and her
friends make an invisibility potion.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b><a href="http://www.geocities.ws/audrahammer/hpvsww.html" target="_blank">Here's an old Geocities page</a></b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>listing more similarities, including
the fact that there's a mean teacher who hates the main character, and a
popular blond kid who gets off on the wrong foot with the hero on the very
first day.</i><br />
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there a Case?</span></u><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span></i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>The
series of Worst Witch books skews younger and tends to the lighter side of
magic than the Harry Potter books. Many of the similarities are of the
superficial, non-copyrightable type, though Murphy got there first.</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> * From a forum at <a href="http://mythicscribes.com/forums/film-and-television/10979-worst-witch-tv-series.html" target="_blank">MythicScribes.com</a>: </b></div>
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<i><span style="background: #FAFAFA; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I am sure that Jill
Murphy's The Worst Witch is actually the roots of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Harry Potter, even though J.K. Rowling has never admitted
that. There are simply too many similarities between both worlds for it to be a
coincidence, and if Murphy never sued I guess that it's because she did not
want to suffer all the hassle.</i><br />
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<span style="background: #FAFAFA;">Just consider these
unusual<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>coincidences:</span><br />
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<span style="background: #FAFAFA;">1- Miss Cackle's
Academy for Witches is a lonely castle, surrounded by forest.</span><br />
<span style="background: #FAFAFA;">2- The castle is
invisible to non-magical people.</span><br />
<span style="background: #FAFAFA;">3- There is a
village nearby the castle.</span><br />
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<span style="background: #FAFAFA;">4- The forest is
forbidden to the students.</span><br />
<span style="background: #FAFAFA;">5- Mildred Hubble
comes from a non-magical background.</span><br />
<span style="background: #FAFAFA;">6- Mildred has two
best friends, Maud and Enid.</span><br />
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<span style="background: #FAFAFA;">7- Mildred has a
cat.</span><br />
<span style="background: #FAFAFA;">8- Miss Hardbroom
(scary potions teacher) hates Mildred.</span><br />
<span style="background: #FAFAFA;">9- Elitist fellow
student from an elitist family of Witches hates Mildred.</span><br />
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<span style="background: #FAFAFA;">10- Benevolent, warm-hearted
Headmistress loves and helps Mildred.</span><br />
<span style="background: #FAFAFA;">11- The first year
students take special lessons to learn to fly with broomsticks.</span><br />
<span style="background: #FAFAFA;">12- Miss Cackle's
Academy was founded by a witch called<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Hermione<span class="apple-converted-space"> Cackle.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background: #FAFAFA;">All of these sound
familiar, right? There are other similarities, these are just a few!!</span><br />
<br />
<span style="background: #FAFAFA;">Now, if Harry
Potter had come first then everyone would scream that The Worst Witch is a
Harry Potter rip-off, but in fact the first Mildred Hubble book was written
back in 1974... J.K. Rowling is a wonderful writer and a superb storyteller and
there are also many differences between WW and HP, but I think that all HP fans
(myself included) should accept that WW is actually the roots.</span><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> * The
fan art by Zaionczyk on DeviantArt.com is a fun comparison which illustrates the
similarities. A portion of the artwork is shown above for this post, but you
can see the whole thing <a href="http://zaionczyk.deviantart.com/art/Worst-Witch-vs-Harry-Potter-240525799" target="_blank">here</a>. </b><br />
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<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> * Lastly,
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couple of years ago I posted about fantasy books that were adapted to the
screen (see <b><a href="http://contentinfantasy.blogspot.com/2013/07/from-book-to-screen.html">here</a></b>), and I feel it’s
time to say just a little bit more about it. There has been a lot of success
with movie adaptations for fantasy novels lately—more than ever before. In the
70’s and 80’s, fantasy was rampant on the screen (both television and movies),
but none of them would be as epic and successful as Peter Jackson’s <i>The</i> <i>Lord
of the Rings</i> trilogy (first released in 2001—a month after the first <i>Harry Potter</i> movie). 2001 was like the
kick-off year for what would be an avalanche of fantasy movie adaptations (in addition
to the <i>Lord of the Rings</i> and <i>Harry Potter</i> sequels) with the release
of <i>The Chronicles of Narnia</i>, <i>Eragon</i>, <i>Stardust</i>, <i>The Golden Compass</i>,
<i>The Spiderwick Chronicles</i>, <i>Seventh Son</i>, and Peter Jackson’s <i>The</i> <i>Hobbit</i>
trilogy. However, the <i>Lord of the Rings</i>,
<i>Harry Potter</i> and <i>Hobbit</i> movies would outshine them all.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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small screen (television) has been rolling out fantasy adaptations as well,
such as: <i>Legend of the Seeker</i>, based
on Terry Goodkind’s <i>Sword of Truth</i>
series; Merlin, which was loosely based on the King Arthur legend; and the
all-popular <i>Game of Thrones</i>, based on
George R.R. Martin’s <i>A Song of Ice and
Fire</i> series. Coming up in January of next year is the release of <i>The Shannara Chronicles</i>, based on Terry
Brooks <i>Shannara</i> series. Of course
there were and are more fantasy TV shows, but I’m speaking specifically about
fantasy literary fiction that was adapted to the screen.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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add on to the big and small screen fantasy fiction adaptations, today’s
(October 1<sup>ST</sup>) announcement of Patrick Rothfuss’ Kingkiller Chronicle
series being acquired by Lionsgate for movie, television and video game (read
about it <b><a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/lionsgate-wins-rights-fantasy-book-828557" target="_blank">here</a></b>) shows that the fire
is still burning hot for fantasy books converting to screen. Of course the Game
of Thrones TV show breaking a record at the Emmy Awards (see <b><a href="http://www.ew.com/article/2015/09/20/game-thrones-emmys" target="_blank">here</a></b>) comes to show that fantasy has
what it takes to compete in the very competitive market of onscreen
entertainment.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the flux of comic book movie and TV mania, fantasy is creating its own waves on
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Fiction and Fantasy are two genres that have been grouped together for as long
as I can remember (even longer than that, actually) and it’s not really too
hard to see why. As a child growing up in the 80’s, seeing a mash-up of
spaceships, robots, swords and magic was common in the realm of cartoons and
movies; such as<i>, He-Man and the Masters
of the Universe, Thundercats, Krull,</i> <i>Heavy
Metal and Flash Gordon</i>. But there were books mixing these two genres
together way before the 80’s.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">A
ground-breaking novel of its time, <i>Dune</i>
by Frank Herbert, published in 1965, is a story set in the distant future with
interstellar space travel, politics, religion, technology and ecology. Often
called the greatest science fiction novel of all time, <i>Dune</i> holds an authority in the science fiction genre like no
other. <i>Dune</i> is like science fiction’s
<i>Lord of the Rings</i>; in the words of
science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke: “<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;"><i>Dune seems to me unique among novels in the depth of
characterization and the extraordinary detail of the world it creates. I know
nothing comparable to it except The Lord of the Rings.” </i>The journey and mystic
feel of the novel gives the story an appeal that fantasy readers can gravitate
to—with psychic powers in place of magic, swords as weapons, prophecies and the
semi-feudal political structure of the empire. Douglas Cohen explains on
<a href="http://www.tor.com/" target="_blank">Tor.com</a> how <i>Dune </i>is science fiction for fans of fantasy—that post</span><span style="background: white; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;"> is</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;"> <b><a href="http://www.tor.com/2009/04/08/dune-science-fiction-for-fantasy-fans/" target="_blank">here</a></b>.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Another
popular science fiction series is the <i>Dragonriders
of Pern</i> series by Anne McCaffrey—the first book, <i>Dragonflight</i>, published in 1968. One would think with the word
“dragon” in the titles, and the covers of these books showcasing this
fantastical creature, that the <i>Pern</i>
novels were straight fantasy. But, again, we’re dealing with a story that takes
place in the distant future, were mankind inhabits a planet called Pern, but
society is reduced to a more post Middle Ages-type of setting with low technology.
The dragons are basically “animals” genetically modified so that the humans can
communicate with them through telepathy and use them to fight off virus-like organisms
called Thread. Again, it is psychic abilities that give the characters their
“magic-like” abilities. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">One
who has often been accredited as one of the founders of “science fantasy” is Christopher
Stasheff, who had his first book in the <i>Warlock
of Gramarye</i> series published in 1969. The first book, called <i>The Warlock in Spite of Himself</i>, tells
the story of undercover agent, Rodney Gallowglass, who discovers a planet
called Gramarye inhabited with people who dwell within a medieval-type
civilization. Riding around on Fess, his robotic companion—who takes the guise
of a robot horse—Rodney Gallowglass’s use of technology makes him a wizard in
the eyes of the inhabitants. There are other parts of the series where “real”
magic comes into the act. These books are not trying to be science fiction, nor
are they trying to be fantasy. The author uses the components of both genres to
kind of illustrate his political views within an adventurous story.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Even
earlier than the works mentioned above, Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Mars (or <i>Barsoom</i>) series, starting with the
publication of <i>A Princess of Mars</i> in
1917, told the story of John Carter from planet Earth finding himself on Mars
and having great strength and special abilities, making him renown as a
hero on Mars—a work containing a lot of fantasy-like overtones. Later authors,
like Jack Vance, Arthur C. Clarke and John Norman, were inspired by Burroughs’ <i>Barsoom</i> series. John Norman’s <i>Gor</i> series, first published in 1966 with
<i>Tarnsman of Gor</i>, goes along the same
vein as Burroughs’ <i>Barsoom</i> series—a man from Earth going on
a journey within an alien planet. Books like these tend to fall under the
subgenre phrased as “Sword and Planet”, a phrase said to have been invented by
Donald A. Wollheim (founder of DAW books) in the 60’s. Sword and Planet
pertains to science fantasy stories which take place on other planets, where
the protagonist is usually someone from Earth and the combat is usually
hand-to-hand, with swords as the typical weapon.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Hard
Science Fiction is based entirely on more plausible science within the story,
but in the “softer” Science Fiction you will find stories where physic powers
and telepathy are the “magic” within the stories, found in many books like the <i>Saga of the Pliocene Exile</i> by Julian May
and Marion Zimmer Bradley’s <i>Darkover</i>
series, in addition to <i>Dune</i> and the <i>Pern</i> novels.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I can’t go away without mentioning <i>Star Wars</i>. I won’t say much about it because
I have already discussed <i>Star Wars</i> a couple of years ago on this blog (you can
read about it <b><a href="http://contentinfantasy.blogspot.com/2013/05/star-wars-is-fantasy.html" target="_blank">here</a></b>), but I think what
makes <i>Star Wars</i> such a huge success is because it’s a perfect mix of science
fiction and fantasy with great adventures and unforgettable characters.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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when you really look at the long history of science fiction, you really can see
the reason why these two genres tend to co-exist together. They share a section
together in the bookstores, and they share the successful explosion of
speculative fiction in the 20</span><sup style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">TH</sup><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> century. But let’s not forget that Fantasy
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dtycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18423417644821621588noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3608492294207292695.post-29352729416677964742015-09-11T21:03:00.000-05:002016-05-17T21:39:29.480-05:00Thin Line Between Science Fiction and Fantasy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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of all, to my followers, my apologies for not posting as much this year. I have
been really focused on finishing my book, and I am glad to say that I’m on
track to finish by the end of this year. With that said, I am working on new
articles, and one happens to be about the <b>Thin
Line Between Science Fiction and Fantasy</b>. However, before I post my view on
this topic, I would like to share a link to a blog post that author Judith Tarr
wrote earlier this year, which is a great perspective on this subject. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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on the link <b><a href="http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2015/04/who-got-fantasy-in-my-science-.html" target="_blank">here</a></b>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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dtycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18423417644821621588noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3608492294207292695.post-15175042980754382612015-07-28T13:27:00.000-05:002015-12-15T13:31:39.576-06:00Dinosaurs in Fantasy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Today, Tuesday,
July 28, is the release date here in the U.S. for a new book by author Victor <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Milán</span><span style="color: #111111;"> </span>called
<i>The Dinosaur Lords</i>. Ever since the
cover was revealed in the Fall of 2014, with brilliant artwork by Richard
Anderson and a short blurb from George R.R. Martin across the top, <i>The Dinosaur Lords</i> has been a long anticipated
book. Knights riding dinosaurs into battle is an idea and image that has
sparked excitement among a lot of fans of fantasy fiction.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My
first thought was like everyone else, thinking how cool the idea was, but also
thinking that it would have to be done well in order for it to work. If you get
real technical, the word <i>dinosaur</i> is
not even 200 years old; so how can an author make that work in a piece of
fantasy fiction set in a world based on 14<sup>TH</sup> century Europe? After
reading an excerpt consisting of the prologue and the first two chapters, I’ve
found that Mr. <span style="background: white;">Milán</span> definitely makes it
work. Even though he uses the actual scientific names of the dinosaurs (such as
the familiar Stegosaurus, Allosaurus, Tyrannosaurus Rex, Triceratops, just to
name a few), he makes it work with a text within his secondary world called The
Book of True Names. By using the actual names of the dinosaurs it helps the
reader have a clear visual of the creatures that grace the pages. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i><span style="background: white;">The Dinosaur Lords</span></i><span style="background: white;"> is
the first of a trilogy, with the second installment currently named <i>The Dinosaur Knights</i>, yet to be released.
This could be the start of something new in the fantasy genre. Though </span>Victor <span style="background: white;">Milán</span> would not be the first to include dinosaurs
in a work of fantasy fiction, he is the first to actually have dinosaurs
without making them something different, and actually calling them by their
names. The only other piece of epic fantasy fiction that I can think of that
used dinosaurs is Ricardo Pinto’s <i>The
Stone Dance of the Chameleon</i> series, but they were not called dinosaurs in
the books. In those books the beast known as a <i>Huimur</i> was a lot like a Triceratops, and there was another creature,
called an <i>Aquar,</i> that was akin to
another type of dinosaur, but I don’t know which to compare it to. You can see
pictures and excerpts from the books at the author’s website <a href="http://www.ricardopinto.com/books/stone-dance/chosen/the-naralan/huimur/" target="_blank"><b>here</b> </a>and <a href="http://www.ricardopinto.com/books/stone-dance/chosen/the-naralan/aquar/" target="_blank"><b>here</b></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Dragons have always been the reptilian creatures that have dominated
fantasy fiction, and they will always be. But adding dinosaurs within the genre
is just another good thing—if done well. We are yet to see how </span></span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Mr. <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Milán</span>’s trilogy will be received and how it
will inspire future works within the genre. Fantasy fiction still has the potential
to expand and grow, as long as writers are willing to think outside the box. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"> </span></span><br />
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Fantasy. The panel featured authors Peter Orullian, Robin Hobb, Patrick
Rothfuss, Peter V. Brett, and Steven Erikson; and it made for an interesting
discussion among these authors. See the video below. Enjoy!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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dtycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18423417644821621588noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3608492294207292695.post-40833217459649832842015-02-25T17:00:00.000-06:002015-02-25T17:34:04.266-06:00Discussion About Epic Fantasy with Brian McClellan and Sam Sykes - VIDEO<br />
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