tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371628584376797540.post8852549223617760447..comments2023-12-26T23:07:08.005-08:00Comments on TOMORROWVILLE: Further on Long Shadows in the GenresDavid Isaakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04928598446742324391noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371628584376797540.post-46829330852581976602010-07-06T10:16:04.667-07:002010-07-06T10:16:04.667-07:00Hi, Frances--
I wasn't referring to your feel...Hi, Frances--<br /><br />I wasn't referring to your feelings about Bond--I was just referencing your "love him or loathe him" characterization of how people seem to respond to Tolkein. (A lot of people seem to respond the same way to Fleming.)David Isaakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04928598446742324391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371628584376797540.post-82084989561627011742010-07-06T10:13:25.734-07:002010-07-06T10:13:25.734-07:00Both of those are good examples (I think--I'm ...Both of those are good examples (I think--I'm still in the process of reading the first Abercrombie).<br /><br />Something that interests me is the extent to which the swords-and-sorcery model (or even swords without sorcery) still dominates "fantasy". True, there has been a boom in "urban fantasy" recently, but most of that has been horror remarketed under another name. In principle it seems to me that fantasy ought to be a more diverse field than it is.David Isaakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04928598446742324391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371628584376797540.post-2971329771516561862010-07-06T07:05:05.425-07:002010-07-06T07:05:05.425-07:00I never said I loved (or loathed) Bond! Actually, ...I never said I loved (or loathed) Bond! Actually, I quite liked the books, tho' it's a long time since I read them.Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371628584376797540.post-23741057984064496732010-07-06T02:05:15.049-07:002010-07-06T02:05:15.049-07:00I never said I loved (or loathed) Bond! I read th...I never said I loved (or loathed) Bond! I read the novels years ago and quite enjoyed them.Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371628584376797540.post-84882398245663130412010-07-06T01:10:22.152-07:002010-07-06T01:10:22.152-07:00Staying with Tolkien, GRR Martin's "Song ...Staying with Tolkien, GRR Martin's "Song of Ice and Fire" draws much of its power from the way it undercuts the original. There could have been no Martin without Tolkien. Joe Abercormbie pushes it even further in his "First Law" trilogy, where seemingly every fantasy cliche is set up and then subverted.Tim Strettonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08598897603628943741noreply@blogger.com