deannaknippling.com \u00bb Blog Archive \u00bb The Distance of Fantasy<\/a>
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tI've been thinking about fantasy novels, having written a lot about mirrors lately during NaNoWriMo (via Through the Looking-Glass). What is fantasy? A reflection, either internal or external, of …\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
As opposed to, say, SF? Does the presence of psionics \/ ESP make something Fantasy (or SF)? How about things that are claimed to be tech, but meld up with Clarke's Law ("Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic"?), including things that we'd currently consider impossible by our understanding of the laws of the … Continue reading “What Makes Fantasy Fantasy?”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,36,24],"tags":[107],"class_list":["post-24248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-media-books","category-writing-and-language","tag-ddtb"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":24069,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/26\/worldbuilding.html","url_meta":{"origin":24248,"position":0},"title":"Worldbuilding","author":"***Dave","date":"Sat 26-Nov-11 9:43pm","format":false,"excerpt":"In a reality where folks debate whether it's possible for a man to coherently write something from the perspective of a female (or, less rarely, vice-versa), how can you right about another culture, or historical fiction, or, even less probably, fantasy or science fiction? #ddtb Embedded Link World building 101\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":26639,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/23\/no-you-cant-blame-newt-gingrich-on-sf-or-on-robert-heinlein.html","url_meta":{"origin":24248,"position":1},"title":"No, you can't blame Newt Gingrich on SF (or on Robert Heinlein)","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 23-Feb-12 8:54am","format":false,"excerpt":"I can't imagine Heinlein being particular pleased with any of the GOP candidates this year. 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