tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post5575459656642715267..comments2024-03-17T11:17:53.826+00:00Comments on Authors Electric: The Possible and the Impossible, by Elizabeth KayKatherine Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-81104789423968868812016-02-18T00:19:26.549+00:002016-02-18T00:19:26.549+00:00Thanks for a thought provoking post! I don't n...Thanks for a thought provoking post! I don't necessarily want fantasy fiction to reflect reality at all. I don't think the writer of fantasy has a duty to be faithful to anything except the world and the characters that he or she is creating. Some of the fantasy books I've enjoyed most have played with my perceptions of reality to an astonishing degree but that was half the fun. I think far more important for the writer to worry about is self consistency within the world of the book. Not accuracy according to the 'real' world outside the book. If we trip ourselves up by not imagining something fully, then we'll trip the reader up as well. Catherine Czerkawskahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14554969254207924049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-66188533381970195332016-02-17T15:46:43.294+00:002016-02-17T15:46:43.294+00:00A fascinating post Elizabeth! I have noticed thoug...A fascinating post Elizabeth! I have noticed though that as more is learned, explanations for vagaries in fiction tend to become a bit more detailed and technical themselves. It would be possible to invent explanations for why certain life-forms could function at greater or smaller than normal size. Also there are extremes in nature which break the laws we thought nature obeyed - cf living things surviving on earth without any access to sun and at very high temperatures, quite recently discovered. We have to allow characters to break the laws of physics, or bend them, in order to have Spiderman, or Superman, or fairies. I know of a writer who explains the fairies (the original full human size ones of old ballads like Tam Lin) in a very believable and clever way. You may have heard of her, Susan Price is her name! Lydia Bennethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09328239009863878547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-29356468361604854662016-02-17T15:04:36.867+00:002016-02-17T15:04:36.867+00:00Fascinating Elizabeth, these are the things we don...Fascinating Elizabeth, these are the things we don't think of when writing. I'm glad I don't write sci fi.Chris Longmuirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02488093821886798927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-65798479431409758712016-02-17T14:02:18.299+00:002016-02-17T14:02:18.299+00:00Me too. It's invigorating to look at familiar ...Me too. It's invigorating to look at familiar things or preconceptions with a new perspective. Thanks Elizabeth.Bill Kirtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16345949773423764808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-29074633738229558572016-02-17T11:33:09.537+00:002016-02-17T11:33:09.537+00:00Completely fascinating. I really enjoyed it. Thank...Completely fascinating. I really enjoyed it. Thank you.Susan Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738737493756183909noreply@blogger.com