Million-to-one chances, a huge army being scared shitless going up against 10 guys and so on.
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I am the Demon of Delightfulness and Sinister Smirkings!
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identity named after the Terry Pratchett of 18th century mathematics
Ever notice how in fantasy books the smaller army always wins?
- 20/09/2009 01:01:18 PM
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Re: Ever notice how in fantasy books the smaller army always wins?
- 20/09/2009 01:17:00 PM
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Well, usually the bigger army are the invaders. Defence tends to have an edge
- 20/09/2009 04:38:45 PM
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It's an essential plot device
- 20/09/2009 04:41:04 PM
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Yeah but...
- 20/09/2009 07:38:36 PM
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I don't quite agree
- 21/09/2009 01:22:45 AM
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I'm sitting here trying to think if I've read any books like that...
- 21/09/2009 01:40:08 AM
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Fail. 
- 21/09/2009 04:43:24 AM
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- 21/09/2009 04:43:24 AM
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Hrmm...guess Miéville failed to follow the script then *NM*
- 20/09/2009 07:48:29 PM
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and a lot of others. But there's a rumour somewhere that it's not the size that matters... *NM*
- 20/09/2009 07:53:41 PM
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It's still a valid point, even if one author doesn't "follow the script." *NM*
- 25/09/2009 12:34:48 AM
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Re: Ever notice how in fantasy books the smaller army always wins?
- 20/09/2009 08:45:48 PM
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That, and...
- 20/09/2009 09:08:48 PM
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Nineteen Eighty-Four, baby!
- 20/09/2009 10:37:05 PM
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That is not even fantasy...
- 21/09/2009 12:00:48 AM
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IT ISN'T?! *NM*
- 21/09/2009 01:42:16 AM
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Yeah, didn't your dad tell you about the double ungood days of the 80s? *NM*
- 21/09/2009 01:52:46 AM
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Doubleplusungood.
- 25/09/2009 02:09:27 AM
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Oops, sorry. Probably a thoughtcrime to put a space in. Rebellious waste of... pixels? Space? *NM*
- 25/09/2009 04:26:14 PM
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I agree. 1984 is not SF-F. *NM*
- 25/09/2009 12:36:46 AM
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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
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Nineteen Eighty-Four is unquestionably Science Fiction. *NM*
- 26/09/2009 04:12:47 AM
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No, it's not. ScyFy does not lay claim to anything and everything that takes place...
- 26/09/2009 07:05:59 AM
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It's a novel which heavily relies upon futuristic technology. How is it not Science Fiction? *NM*
- 28/09/2009 01:43:23 AM
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I read it years ago and I don't remember any futuristic technology except...
- 28/09/2009 04:16:21 AM
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I would say that if a story uses that sort of thing, it has a science fiction element.
- 28/09/2009 05:20:39 AM
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Because you don't have to root for the huge army that's supposed to win.
- 21/09/2009 04:38:22 AM
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Pratchett makes much of this. *NM*
- 21/09/2009 04:11:04 PM
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"You can take our lives, but you can never take our freedom!" "...wrong!" *NM*
- 21/09/2009 11:02:25 PM
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Exactly what I was going to say
- 27/09/2009 02:55:02 PM
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