tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7663321286319002443.post2548366909606722689..comments2024-03-28T08:02:30.057-04:00Comments on Word-Whores: SFF Tropes that Still Make Me CrazyK.A. Krantzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06674754426001151828noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7663321286319002443.post-28470098507990438122015-08-06T16:15:43.595-04:002015-08-06T16:15:43.595-04:00I so agree, Jeannie! and love Maria Snyder, too! :...I so agree, Jeannie! and love Maria Snyder, too! :-)Jeffe Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04779020656676094853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7663321286319002443.post-89482077637409350292015-08-06T13:45:13.927-04:002015-08-06T13:45:13.927-04:00I stayed away from fantasy until about six years a...I stayed away from fantasy until about six years ago, thinking it was all Tolkien, Pratchett and star trek stuff, having seen son number one's reading mainstay....and learned none of that was for me. Then ordered a Maria Snyder book in error and loved it and found the other side of the genre. Now it's my reading mainstay. So we both love fantasy but rarely read the same books. There does seem to me to be a big dif in general between fantasy written by male and female authors. Write what you want, there's many of us looking for it. Everyone has different ideas and reading should be fun. I hated being told at school "don't read more til next class. You won't understand it." Horribly patronising and books are for enjoying. Who's to say what's the "right" interpretation except the author.... <br />jeanniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06763522701238400667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7663321286319002443.post-83896509392103872972015-08-03T19:14:08.177-04:002015-08-03T19:14:08.177-04:00You are awesome to say so, Lexy! I love leaving ou...You are awesome to say so, Lexy! I love leaving out everything that doesn't make them boy books. ;-)Jeffe Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04779020656676094853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7663321286319002443.post-31264591403667288732015-08-03T17:38:24.918-04:002015-08-03T17:38:24.918-04:00(I love Aiken's Dragon Kin series, some great ...(I love Aiken's Dragon Kin series, some great strong females) <br /><br />I had a similar experience in elementary when I had to read Are You There God, It's Me Margaret and hated it while everyone else seemed to love it. I always read what I liked...hmm, still do. And I love your female driven fantasy books, just love them and their absence of everything that doesn't make them another 'boy book'.Alexia Chantelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03048542370172786608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7663321286319002443.post-86831503365642573802015-08-03T10:57:20.107-04:002015-08-03T10:57:20.107-04:00I have not read Aiken, though you're not the f...I have not read Aiken, though you're not the first to recommend her! I think I just got deeply scarred by JFC and will never be able to read him without remembering that deep frustration of hating to read. That teacher was an idiot - I'd love to go back in time and strangle her. :D<br /><br />When you get to Jordan, let me know what you think! Jeffe Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04779020656676094853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7663321286319002443.post-35768295887010132332015-08-03T08:39:41.721-04:002015-08-03T08:39:41.721-04:00Have you read G.A. Aiken's Dragon Kin series? ...Have you read G.A. Aiken's Dragon Kin series? She doesn't follow the fantasy tropes at all and those books are wicked awesome. But not because she doesn't follow the tropes, if that makes any sense. Her books are just damn enjoyable reads - like yours. Screw the tropes, have them or don't have them, just make sure you're writing something enjoyable to read and I'll read it. =o)<br /><br />LOL, like you, I'm an eclectic reader. Unlike you, I actually enjoyed JF Cooper. Once I got past his penchant for long descriptive passages and picked out the storylines, I found a kind of magic in his writing. And learned to enjoy his descriptions. Haven't read Robert Jordan yet, but he's on the list. It's a long list of 'I should probably read this someday' books, so who knows when I'll get to him.B.E. Sandersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04336115135400388268noreply@blogger.com