Frank Creed
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Post by Frank Creed on Sept 23, 2008 13:45:38 GMT -5
Yes, compiling this list has been fun. Suppose that diagnoses me as a spec-fic geek. Pixydust--the highest honor I give any book is deeming it worth re-reading. Lexkx--exactly why I'm not defining these--TOO speculatively subjective. torainfor--Sir Dar is what I tagged soulpunk, the only sub-sub-genre on the list that I made up: non-sentient beings becoming sentient. If that genre exists, I couldn't find it. Soulpunk exists as a musical genre, but I found nothing literary. Faith, f
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Post by pixydust on Sept 24, 2008 16:37:09 GMT -5
I'm really annoying that way. I have a whole list of books I've read again and again. Pillars of the Earth (3xs, working on 4th) Swan Song (4-5xs, not sure) The Giver (4xs) Son fo Shadows (5xs) Redeeming Love (3xs) Twilight (3xs) Interview With a Vampire (4xs) And the first two of those are almost 1000 pages long. So, that's saying a lot. LOL...
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Post by dizzyjam on Oct 11, 2008 20:45:55 GMT -5
frankcreed, you've got one exhaustive list there. Just reading it is an education. One thing I don't think I saw was Sci-Fi Comedy such as Doug Adams Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy five book trilogy or also such as the Honey, I Shrunk.... movies. Think you could add that as a sub genre category?
pixydust, I'm bad about reading certain things over again too. I've re-read the Stephen King Dark Tower books too many times to count (the first three - the last four I can still count the times I've read). And the Chronicles of Narnia are also well worth the re-read. Lately I've also started re-reading Ted Dekker and Frank Peretti. I've read the Circle trilogy twice and The Oath either two or three times now.
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Frank Creed
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Post by Frank Creed on Oct 14, 2008 0:18:17 GMT -5
Thanks dj. Humor/ satire's now in crossover. Man, I tried rereading Peretti's Darkness series. His craft improved so much I hear Faith, f
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Post by dizzyjam on Oct 14, 2008 19:41:50 GMT -5
His "Darkness" series may be a little harder to read than his later novels, but I still think they stand out as great examples of what it takes to succeed in this industry. Also, I've heard he's going to write a third "Darkness" novel. His best novel by himself in my opinion is "The Oath", while I think his absolute best was his co-author with Ted Dekker: "House", but I'm not sure if that's because of Ted being involved or not. I'll have to check out his next novel when it arrives on the bookstore shelf.
As an end note: The one I liked the least out of his novels is the one I read first - "Prophet". Since I liked it enough to read more of his stuff, that tells you that you really can't go wrong with any of his novels. :-)
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Frank Creed
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Post by Frank Creed on Oct 20, 2008 1:20:56 GMT -5
Y'all-- Kay, the article is now available in my free e-zine. Just go to frankcreed.com, click the newsletter link, and type in which addresses you'd like it poppin'.
This issue also has a word-count table for lengths of different fiction forms.
Faith, f
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Post by kirstymca on Mar 16, 2009 18:19:42 GMT -5
I wouldn't say Time Travel is necessarily Science Fiction. Obviously yes, if it includes a time machine or something.
An example of non-sci-fi time travel would be A Traveller in Time by Alison Uttley. The girl is living in a house with historical connections, and every so often she suddenly finds herself back in the time of Mary Queen of Scots. No explanation is ever given.
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Post by Frank Creed on Mar 17, 2009 20:05:32 GMT -5
Good point Kirsty. What can be done with tech can be explained with magic--or in this case--not at all.
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Post by Therin on Mar 22, 2009 22:31:38 GMT -5
Yeah, time travel doesn't necessitate technology (though this is the most frequent means). For example, for a civil rights assignment in my U.S. History class, I wrote a short story about an African prince who is given a talisman that takes him forward in time throughout the whole history of the civil rights movement. Then there's the Prince of Persia game series if anyone's played that. Focuses on this Persian prince (obvbiously) who uses the "Sands of Time" to try to change his mistakes. Also makes for a nice effect when you can rewind after falling into a bottomless pit.
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