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I majored in raising more questions and doubting absolutes Larry Send a noteboard - 07/12/2009 02:50:35 AM
I don't think there's exactly a single definition for it, but perhaps you have learned something of this while in school?


Much like God, it's more easily defined by what it isn't. And it certainly isn't A Confederacy of Dunces.


Good luck with that definition; it's largely been rejected by scholars in the field over the years.
Illusions fall like the husk of a fruit, one after another, and the fruit is experience. - Narrator, Sylvie

Je suis méchant.
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Since people are weighing in on that best fantasy list I posted, how many on this list have ya read? Larry - 06/12/2009 05:22:40 AM 2282 Views
A lot of those books aren't fantasy. Tom - 06/12/2009 05:34:18 AM 817 Views
Most of those depend upon how loosely one defines it Larry - 06/12/2009 06:41:50 AM 793 Views
Up next, fantasy fans attempt to co-opt Carl Sagan's Pale Blue Dot. *NM* Ghavrel - 06/12/2009 07:20:03 AM 253 Views
Actually, considering who put that list together, I'd at least look into their rationales Larry - 06/12/2009 07:42:11 AM 724 Views
Mmm... there's been a pronounced tendency among spec ficcers, from what I've seen, Ghavrel - 06/12/2009 09:09:26 AM 970 Views
I agree Camilla - 06/12/2009 09:35:32 AM 716 Views
I'm a bit different than that Larry - 06/12/2009 09:20:09 PM 779 Views
Re: I'm a bit different than that Ghavrel - 07/12/2009 02:04:47 AM 826 Views
Then what should it be defined as? Larry - 07/12/2009 02:28:55 AM 866 Views
What, didn't you major in Fixing Up Confusions and other Issues? Ghavrel - 07/12/2009 02:49:30 AM 558 Views
I majored in raising more questions and doubting absolutes Larry - 07/12/2009 02:50:35 AM 684 Views
You majored in being a pain in the butt is what you majored in. Ghavrel - 07/12/2009 02:52:00 AM 731 Views
No, that was my second minor Larry - 07/12/2009 02:54:53 AM 645 Views
In that case, I trust my definition more than theirs. Ghavrel - 07/12/2009 03:05:32 AM 711 Views
Re: I majored in raising more questions and doubting absolutes The_Last_Gunslinger - 08/12/2009 10:59:03 PM 754 Views
Not really Larry - 08/12/2009 11:19:46 PM 1055 Views
Fantasy has no easy definition. Werthead - 07/12/2009 02:46:33 AM 771 Views
That's true. Ghavrel - 07/12/2009 02:50:37 AM 730 Views
But the Song of Soloman is certainly akin to that *NM* Larry - 07/12/2009 02:51:21 AM 246 Views
No, that's just porn. *NM* Ghavrel - 07/12/2009 02:52:24 AM 345 Views
If you redefine fatasy as fiction, the category loses its value Camilla - 06/12/2009 12:33:03 PM 753 Views
Remember what I studied for my grad degree Larry - 06/12/2009 04:10:08 PM 765 Views
Re: Remember what I studied for my grad degree Camilla - 06/12/2009 04:33:58 PM 775 Views
Really? Larry - 06/12/2009 09:22:21 PM 892 Views
Re: Really? Camilla - 06/12/2009 10:49:36 PM 848 Views
Literature does not exist in a vacuum Larry - 06/12/2009 10:53:58 PM 555 Views
Obviously I know that Camilla - 06/12/2009 11:30:55 PM 715 Views
But it is a material artifact of a culture Larry - 07/12/2009 12:47:45 AM 624 Views
But that is not all it is. Camilla - 07/12/2009 08:16:32 AM 819 Views
Indeed. A lot of them are science fiction. Werthead - 06/12/2009 04:32:26 PM 739 Views
Re: Indeed. A lot of them are science fiction. Camilla - 06/12/2009 05:01:55 PM 634 Views
Several dozen contributed to the suggestion list Larry - 06/12/2009 09:23:21 PM 554 Views
I've read 34. Legolas - 06/12/2009 10:53:38 AM 616 Views
Well, when individual preferences affect listings, such things happen, I guess Larry - 06/12/2009 09:24:39 PM 619 Views
78 that I have finished, but that is really not the point. Camilla - 06/12/2009 11:55:16 AM 766 Views
Definitions of "fantasy" vary considerably Larry - 06/12/2009 09:25:35 PM 712 Views
According to the one you just applied, my master's thesis was one... Camilla - 06/12/2009 10:47:25 PM 630 Views
It's just a state of mind, I suppose Larry - 07/12/2009 12:50:22 AM 735 Views
Re: It's just a state of mind, I suppose Camilla - 07/12/2009 08:17:09 AM 764 Views
I've read 28. Linda - 06/12/2009 03:42:40 PM 812 Views
89... but in general, that is many by the same author. jh - 06/12/2009 06:17:06 PM 623 Views
46. This is an idiotic list. A Confederacy of Dunces just IS NOT fantasy. Ghavrel - 06/12/2009 08:34:07 PM 843 Views
You say that, based on having read maybe 2% of the list? Larry - 06/12/2009 09:27:32 PM 551 Views
Jane Eyre? Napoleon62 - 07/12/2009 12:00:36 AM 695 Views
It plays upon the Gothic novel precepts Larry - 07/12/2009 12:51:31 AM 581 Views
Larry...come on...if it's Fantasy I have a bridge in Brooklyn for you to buy Tom - 07/12/2009 04:17:38 AM 750 Views
Devise a better? Larry - 07/12/2009 04:34:46 AM 665 Views
It would be much shorter Tom - 07/12/2009 02:20:05 PM 931 Views
It should be shorter than some of the ones you listed Larry - 08/12/2009 11:26:35 PM 674 Views
Argh. Your quoting skills need work. *NM* Ghavrel - 09/12/2009 08:58:15 AM 353 Views
You seem to be misunderstanding Tom's post. Legolas - 09/12/2009 10:57:08 AM 686 Views
No,I was just just commenting on my likes/dislikes of that list Larry - 09/12/2009 01:21:45 PM 818 Views
I think you are misunderstanding again... jh - 09/12/2009 01:46:49 PM 791 Views
Yes. What Jonte said. *NM* Legolas - 09/12/2009 02:41:41 PM 370 Views
Oh,that Larry - 09/12/2009 06:07:11 PM 866 Views
Re: It should be shorter than some of the ones you listed Camilla - 21/12/2009 09:35:11 AM 1077 Views
I read it very recently. He masturbates to a dog. Fetishes != fantasy. Ghavrel - 07/12/2009 01:58:57 AM 596 Views
Like I said, it's been years for me Larry - 07/12/2009 02:30:58 AM 799 Views
No worries. That one just got me a little testy. Ghavrel - 07/12/2009 02:48:01 AM 691 Views
96... but so many books are missing that i can think of... i mean, really! temeraire - 07/12/2009 02:07:18 AM 639 Views
It's an interesting experiment of a list, miki, and I think it's little more than that Larry - 07/12/2009 02:29:56 AM 583 Views
I've read about 90 of them ranagrande - 18/12/2009 03:37:49 PM 955 Views
It would be a more interesting list if it contained more books that fantasy fans would want to read random thoughts - 30/12/2009 06:35:18 PM 821 Views
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