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<blockquote data-quote="Pielorinho" data-source="post: 227492" data-attributes="member: 259"><p>Wolfen, check out Le Guin's essay on the dangers of genres; I think it applies very well here.</p><p></p><p>Definitely Willow and Conan are one type of fantasy, but I think the term is useful to refer to a wide variety of fiction, ranging from Frankenstein to Buffy to Like Water for Chocolate to Conan. And it's commonly used to refer to all these types of works.</p><p></p><p>Sure, you can subclassify:</p><p>Frankenstein=horror fantasy</p><p>Buffy=modern-day fantasy</p><p>Like Water for Chocolate=Magical Realism</p><p>Conan=sword-and-sorcery fantasy</p><p></p><p>But they do all fall under the "fantasy" rubric.</p><p></p><p>Heck. I consider myself a total fantasy fanboy: almost everything I read, sadly, falls into the genre. But I hate Conan, and I think Willow is overrated*. And don't even get me started on Robert Jordan. They're just not to my taste.</p><p></p><p>On a similar note, have you ever checked out the <em>Year's Best Fantasy and Horror</em> anthologies? They're fantastic (pardon the pun), and they include everything that could conceivably be considered fantasy. It's part of why I love these anthologies so much: not only are the stories uniformly excellent, but they also cover a wide range of styles, ranging from gritty sword& sorcery to lyrical poetic magical realism. </p><p></p><p>And each year they have a summation of the previous year's work in fantasy and horror both in written works and in the mass media, which are much, much more informative and interesting than AO Scott's trite, imprecise observations.</p><p></p><p>Daniel</p><p></p><p>*Willow the Movie, that is. Not Willow the Witch. Willow the Witch is a nummy treat.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pielorinho, post: 227492, member: 259"] Wolfen, check out Le Guin's essay on the dangers of genres; I think it applies very well here. Definitely Willow and Conan are one type of fantasy, but I think the term is useful to refer to a wide variety of fiction, ranging from Frankenstein to Buffy to Like Water for Chocolate to Conan. And it's commonly used to refer to all these types of works. Sure, you can subclassify: Frankenstein=horror fantasy Buffy=modern-day fantasy Like Water for Chocolate=Magical Realism Conan=sword-and-sorcery fantasy But they do all fall under the "fantasy" rubric. Heck. I consider myself a total fantasy fanboy: almost everything I read, sadly, falls into the genre. But I hate Conan, and I think Willow is overrated*. And don't even get me started on Robert Jordan. They're just not to my taste. On a similar note, have you ever checked out the [i]Year's Best Fantasy and Horror[/i] anthologies? They're fantastic (pardon the pun), and they include everything that could conceivably be considered fantasy. It's part of why I love these anthologies so much: not only are the stories uniformly excellent, but they also cover a wide range of styles, ranging from gritty sword& sorcery to lyrical poetic magical realism. And each year they have a summation of the previous year's work in fantasy and horror both in written works and in the mass media, which are much, much more informative and interesting than AO Scott's trite, imprecise observations. Daniel *Willow the Movie, that is. Not Willow the Witch. Willow the Witch is a nummy treat. [/QUOTE]
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