Clovis Merovingian
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Post by Clovis Merovingian on Apr 30, 2018 2:28:43 GMT
No, I'm not just talking about fictional genres. So the way I see it there are two types of people, science fiction and fantasy people. Science Fiction people are science oriented and are fascinated by what is possible within the realms of scientific inquiry and the material world and are very future oriented and tend to see the past as backward and unenlightened and the mythologies and religions of ancient peoples as silly. I call them Science fiction people because when these people decide to write stories they naturally gravitate toward Science Fiction. Fantasy people on the other hand are fascinated by what exists outside the realms of the physical world, by what is not possible. They tend to be fascinated by what comes out of the imagination or what is supernatural, magic, mythology, folklore, the paranormal, religion, and history and see the past in a manner where they have deep respect for it (idealization of the Middle Ages) and even if they don't believe in the myths and religions of ancient people they respect them. These types of people tend to write fantasy if they are inclined to write.
So which one are you or do you fall in between? I am a fantasy oriented person myself.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2018 15:42:06 GMT
According to the types, I'd say I'm a Science Fiction person. One of favourite writers - H. P. Lovecraft - was the one, so me too.
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Post by Elizabeth on Apr 30, 2018 21:02:53 GMT
I'm both. I transform I guess Shrug
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Post by Διαμονδ on May 1, 2018 22:41:03 GMT
Fantasy!
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wotanaz
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Post by wotanaz on May 9, 2018 10:24:57 GMT
I'm both! I think we need to be pragmatic about futurism and conserve some things and discard others. Discarding everything of the past would be a grave mistake.
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