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- Elizabeth Barrette (
ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
Elizabeth Barrette
ysabetwordsmith
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Discussing SF Poetry
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July 1 2008, 14:35:57 UTC 13 years ago
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I Agree
July 2 2008, 04:36:04 UTC 13 years ago
That's how I feel -- and my earlier post on bad poetry drew much inspiration from modern poetry that is lauded as "great" but actually sucks. Demonstrably so, not just subjectively so.
July 1 2008, 18:16:03 UTC 13 years ago
As to this particular writer, I have noticed that some people like to complain (a lot), with no more contact with him/her than reading this post, I wonder if he might be one of them. I remember talking with one SF fan who always had something negative to say about fandom or fans (and usually more than one something) and I asked him why he bothered to hang around SF cons and fans, then. He answered that he just got tired of hearing people all gung-ho positive about their own social group. I guess he thought he was doing a public service by pointing out that like everyone else, his friends and peers have faults. Or maybe I'm not characterizing his opinions well--I found his answer to my question not to the point and unsatisfying, so maybe I wasn't really understanding him.
Part of me wonders what this guy would say to the thought that since a lot of fantasy is set in medieval-like settings, those authors might be deliberately choosing medieval-like tropes and forms because those fit the world they have chosen to write within, but the rest of me didn't enjoy reading his post enough to want to ask, and thereby feel obligated to read the answer.
Still, I think it is a valid point that just as authors would arm their heros with a sword or knife instead of a blaster if they have chosen a medieval-like setting for their work, they might deliberately choose medieval poetry forms and archaic words BECAUSE they are medieval and archaic.
Oh, an odd question, if anyone has read all the way down to here--Speaking of archaic words, does anyone know of synonyms for "tunic" that aren't too obscure? One of my readers has complained that this word is overused in genre fiction, but no synonyms came to mind.
July 2 2008, 04:33:38 UTC 13 years ago