tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198937586313151543.comments2013-01-25T17:12:26.489-05:00The Low WatermarkAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10245403786699057200noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198937586313151543.post-10040181421146748852013-01-25T17:12:26.489-05:002013-01-25T17:12:26.489-05:00Thanks Sara. And its important for us big time fa...Thanks Sara. And its important for us big time fantasy fans to jump outside of our favoured genre and see the greats stories that Don't involve a Dragon or two. LOLAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10245403786699057200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198937586313151543.post-48514095914486644272013-01-25T16:01:46.082-05:002013-01-25T16:01:46.082-05:00Great post, I thoroughly enjoyed reading this. You...Great post, I thoroughly enjoyed reading this. You guys are way beyond my depth of understanding the genre. Thst being said, I have to say that I have greatly enjoyed all the fantasy novels I have read. In the end I'm looking for a good story, some solid characters and a few plot twists regardless of the setting in which it takes place. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04658596728911811330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198937586313151543.post-12761412078883830422013-01-25T13:15:59.630-05:002013-01-25T13:15:59.630-05:00That's the worst of all. People thinking that...That's the worst of all. People thinking that because there's some dude with a sword, that its for kids. Are Homer's Epics for children? Nope, they deal with some pretty adult issues. Is Robert E. Howard's Conan stories for kids? Not with that amount of sex and violence.<br /><br />The Genre is doing very well now. We're seeing a lot more authors out there now that would never have been published 20 years ago. Thankfully, some insightful folk decided to publish writers like Philip k. Dick, Michael Moorcock, Glenn Cook and Martin. Writers like these brought that mature realism to the forefront.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10245403786699057200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198937586313151543.post-10137196637712007972013-01-25T12:49:35.662-05:002013-01-25T12:49:35.662-05:00Awesome point and you know I feel your pain. High ...Awesome point and you know I feel your pain. High school we fought for these books to be accepted and I actually got to study a D&D fantasy book as my final project. I think if you could explain to people as simply as you did that these are as great as all their favorite books just with fantastical creatures and setting and a great place to run away to, then they would be more accepted. The good news is that George R.R. Martin has been doing great things for the genre. I swear I see multiple people reading game of thrones on the subway every day.<br /><br />I actually had a friend of a friend tell me, as I was talking about the current fantasy novel I was reading, "Aren't those books for 12 year olds?". I just wish we wouldn't be judged for reading what we want. Makes me feel like I'm back at high school fighting to get over the fact that I'm known as one of the guys who sits at the Magic the Gathering table.<br /><br />Anyways great post and the thoughts hit homeJay Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10273793917104701410noreply@blogger.com