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Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 5:09 pm
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Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 7:35 pm
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Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2008 8:13 am
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Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2008 12:36 am
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I heart fantasy of course... yes, the journey is a huge part of the fantasy genre. It can be a way of both getting out what's in you imagination, and your experiences in life. Take for example, Christopher Paolini. His books (Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr (?)) are based on a boy who becomes a dragon-rider. His journey, however, is really more of the story than the actually story, if you take my meaning. Eragon's journey, his struggles, his weaknesses, his strengths, are all based on Paolini's own that he faced growing up, which he DID write the books when he was about 16 (Eragon's age) and only started editing them more recently... There's my jabber. I tried to make it short... oh, and thanks for the invite, Living Ink! 3nodding
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Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2008 3:33 am
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Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 2:04 pm
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Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 2:07 pm
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dark_elven_assassin I heart fantasy of course... yes, the journey is a huge part of the fantasy genre. It can be a way of both getting out what's in you imagination, and your experiences in life. Take for example, Christopher Paolini. His books (Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr (?)) are based on a boy who becomes a dragon-rider. His journey, however, is really more of the story than the actually story, if you take my meaning. Eragon's journey, his struggles, his weaknesses, his strengths, are all based on Paolini's own that he faced growing up, which he DID write the books when he was about 16 (Eragon's age) and only started editing them more recently... There's my jabber. I tried to make it short... oh, and thanks for the invite, Living Ink! 3nodding
>>[[ I think EVERYTHING has to have at least SOME reality in it. If it didn't who could, a)understand what they're reading b)relate to what they're reading and c) enjoy it at all? I love it when Reality & Fantasy are combined. WELL, reality is always in there but I like it when there is a good portion of reality, like when it's BASED on reality. Agree? Disagree?]]<<
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Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 2:17 pm
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Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 9:12 pm
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Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 10:08 pm
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MaiaRyuu I love fantasy. It allows for every manner of imagination to be expressed and, regardless of the tale, everytime you return to it there is another mystery, another lesson, another twist around the corner. Most books deal with good vs. evil, darkness against light. Yet the ones that really hook me in are the ones were the lines between those 4 things are blurred, where bad guys can come out the winnder and the good guys are all too human.
Fantasy is a story within a story, a maze that you can re-enter only to find it different every time. The underlying themes, however, are simple: There must always be a balance. Willing or unwilling a person must rise up to meet their fate Love and courage conquers all Not everything is what it seems.
>>[[ Yup, there you go. Once more I say; the twists and surprises are what keep people holding on. Mystery is what makes people wonder and if you can get them to wonder, you've got them entertained. I also love when things are'nt expected. Yet sometimes, I have to disagree with endings. ]]<<
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Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2008 7:43 am
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Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 5:55 pm
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Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 4:44 pm
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Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 4:01 pm
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Very new. Still checking everyhting out, but I wanted to post here. Fantasy, I must say, makes my world go round. I very easily get lost in my books when I've had a crappy day. I write a lot of fantasy as well. If you like lines being blurred, you'd like "The Phantom of the Opera." The original, by Gaston Leroux. Raoul's a sissy-whiny-baby (No offence, Raoul fans), and Erik - The Phantom - is amazing. A genius, shunned because of his deformities, changed by them. Monsieur Leroux does an amazing job giving character to "poor Erik". You can feel for him, feel pity at his predicament. He may not seem all that human at the beginning, but by the end, he seems so much more real than Raoul. Check it out sometime - it's not half bad.
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