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All books should have a point, IMO. Otherwise, what's the point in reading them. IndigoAjah Send a noteboard - 25/09/2009 04:32:43 PM
And 1984 is Fantasy/SciFi in many schools of thought, because it reimagines events using a theoretical future (and different past) and thus is based in a world mirroring but different from our own. You don't need Knights or Magic to have fantasy, though I class 1984 as SciFi (kind of). Plus there are several other books that are similar, but are very much fantasy. If Watership Down is fantasy, we can argue that Animal Farm is, as well. Mortal Engines is Fantasy/SciFi and has a rather dystopian world. Though to be fair, most books that spring to mind lack pitched battles, so I'm really being pedantic and not relevant to the OP.
Does the Devil ever struggle to be good again, or if so is he not a devil?

What difference does it make after all? Anonymity in the world of men is better than fame in heaven, for what's heaven? What's Earth? All in the mind.
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Ever notice how in fantasy books the smaller army always wins? - 20/09/2009 01:01:18 PM 1322 Views
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I don't quite agree - 21/09/2009 01:22:45 AM 898 Views
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Fail. - 21/09/2009 04:43:24 AM 1030 Views
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Re: Ever notice how in fantasy books the smaller army always wins? - 20/09/2009 08:45:48 PM 1088 Views
That, and... - 20/09/2009 09:08:48 PM 931 Views
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That is not even fantasy... - 21/09/2009 12:00:48 AM 870 Views
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All books should have a point, IMO. Otherwise, what's the point in reading them. - 25/09/2009 04:32:43 PM 946 Views
Wheel of Time? - 20/09/2009 11:52:36 PM 854 Views
I have not found that to be always true - 21/09/2009 12:52:00 AM 825 Views
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everybody loves an under dog *NM* - 21/09/2009 03:51:12 PM 369 Views
Pratchett makes much of this. *NM* - 21/09/2009 04:11:04 PM 386 Views
Exactly what I was going to say - 27/09/2009 02:55:02 PM 1022 Views

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