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Science Fiction---this despite not reading much of it of late. (Once in a blue moon I read one of the magazines cover to cover.)
I'm amenable to trying other things, and occasionally have done so. But my mind generally churns out SF ideas and that seems to be what I'm stuck with. (For now.)
I buy an sf novel at least every two or three months to support the genre. I don't like most of them. I want real adventures with a bit of an upbeat to them. Not depressing near future scenarios or space war or stuff in cyberspace.
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Near-term Science Fiction (upbeat, though, like arriki - not a fan of the depressing stuff that seems rampant in all of popular lit these days.)
I dabble a little in non-fiction too. Parenting topics.
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Christian chic lit, I think. Unless it turns out to be something different. J.K. Rowling never intended to write children's fantasy, after all. Sometimes I think of some interesting sci-fi stories. I used to read a lot about Greek mythology as a kid, but I've never really gotten much into the novels about mythological characters, or even historical fiction about Romans. I used to want to write about some horse-lord types of people. But I'm not much for magic.
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All the above -- whatever plot idea comes to mind.
IMO this is the advantage short story writers have over novelists. We have more time to pursue so many different story options without letting the genre determine the topic. Posts: 147 | Registered: Mar 2007
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Sci-fi I definitely wouldn’t call it hard sci-fi, but I sure spend a lot of time researching facts and verifying numbers. I’ve also started a Realistic Fiction screenplay, and there seem to be a couple Fantasy concepts lodged in the gray matter. Posts: 13 | Registered: Mar 2007
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I remember hearing OSC say one time, "I don't write science fiction. I write fantasy with science as the magic."
I suspect there are a lot of "science fiction" writers out there who do the same thing.
I write mostly fantasy, though I read both science fiction and fantasy.
I don't write much science fiction because the science fiction I like is more technical/technological than I know I'm capable of (I have a master's in mechanical engineering, so I know enough to know I don't know enough).
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I write Science Fiction, mostly my "series" is SF, but I have one fantasy, and one??? it deals with witchcraft and polygamy don't ask, it just came out that way. I came across a futuristic romance and liked it but would not go as descriptive as she did in the "romance scenes". Good read but wouldnt want my friends and family going what did you write????
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I'm probably the opposite of OSC... Or the same, depending on how you look at it. I lean towards modern or future myth scifi, that is science fiction with a splash of fantasy. But I'd love to write scifi mysteries one day.
And I just finished Speaker for the Dead this weekend. And frankly, I don't know why Ender's Game gets all the attention. Of the two I've read so far, Speaker is by far his best.
He's literally forced me to go out and pick up Xenocide and Children of the Mind. I only read Ender's Game to get an idea of OSC's style. I read Speaker because I was bored. Now I actually dig the guy.
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I write mostly low/urban fantasy and I dabble in science fiction. Doing so, I feel I am writing fantasy with science as the magic, as OSC said. I would write anything if the right idea came to mind, though.
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Oh gosh, let's see. I guess I'd fit somewhere in the speculative fiction bucket, maybe more on the fantasy/supernatural side than on the hard SciFi side. But, I'm hoping to try many things over time.
Right now, I have no intention to ever write romance, but that's about the only thing I've ruled out (but who knows, maybe I'll rule it back in someday, especially if it involves a hatchet-wielding troll or something fun like that.
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I'm wondering---is Science Fantasy a thing? I don't have a strong inclination to label my work, but it is important to be able to find a way to explain it to people. I'm not quite sure how to describe what I am writing to people who ordinarily don't read speculative fiction--whenever I describe it as science fiction, which I think it technically is, people seem to infer that it is about space or the future, which it is not. Calling it fantasy seems to imply that it contains magic or magical creatures, which it also does not. The piece is set in an alternative world that operates similarly to our own but with subtle differences in how the physics work. I feel like this might be sort of a newbie question, but honestly, I don't know anyone who writes speculative fiction, so I am trying to figure out how to talk about it . . .
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Most of the ideas I have for novels tend to be Fantasy. My short stories almost always end up as Science Fiction. Huh...what's that about?
I have ideas for contemporary fiction and romance; however, to date they remain only ideas. I also worked on a couple of screen plays with my sister that would fall under the three word title teenie bopper genre.
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People who don't read speculative fiction -- who only experience it through TV or the movies -- have no clue what it is. You're writing speculative fiction; that's all you need to know.
For what it's worth, the way you describe your story, I'd say it's science fiction.
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I actually dabble in a little of everything. I have a completed crime fiction novel, I guess is the best genre it would fit into. I also have a sword and sorcery fantasy novel that needs some serious editing. I’ve started an historical fiction novel set in late 18th century America. A religious themed short story, again incomplete. Just started working on a literary/drinking fiction novel. Got some vague ideas for a few sci-fi novels. Really whatever floats my boat or where the muse leads me. I have tendency to read a certain genre and than say, “I could never write a _________ book.” Which means I end up giving it a try.
I also write what I want to see published. Like I wanted to write a fantasy starter novel, if you will. A stand-alone book with a minimum of characters. My sci-fi ideas tend to be space opera instead of NASA tech manuals.
JOHN!
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My likes in most things are very eclectic. Music, reading, movies, whatever; I dabble in a lot of different elements.
My writing is the same way. The book I'm writing now is fantasy. The short story I'm shopping is a ghost story. I've written urban fantasy, which is fun. I have ideas stored for a ghost series and a scifi novel.
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I write fantasy here, mostly epic/high fantasy, though I refuse to use elves/dwarves as races.
To jenniferhb: generally speaking, I think alternate universe/world type stories are considered Fantasy. The general idea is that Science Fiction is a story that could theoretically take place some time in the future (ie no "magic" or different laws of nature) while alternate history / alternate rules of nature is considered "fantasy."
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I write fantasy with a bit of romance thrown in at times, but they're not "high fantasy" or "sword and sorcery" fantasy (at least, I don't think they are!) They take place in our time, but they involve magical people and there are some magical races involved too.
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I don't know. I write SF in distant planets with primitive societies that get bounced by SF editors who think it feels too much like fantasy. I write about ghosts in the future. I write about fairies with access to technology. I really don't know. I guess most of my stuff would be a blend of SF and Fantasy
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Fantasy usually, but I slip into Sci-Fi now and then. The longest thing I've ever written was normal (I dare not call it literary) more of a crime thriller (which wasn't too exiting). I also quite enjoy writing essays. (not for class, just for me)
Of course I'll work hard at anything that presents itself.
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I tend to write contemporary stories that have a bent of the fantastic to them. I have no idea why. I enjoy fantasy and sciience fiction (though I am a bit snobbish), but I have difficulties just writing them. The iideas I receive are all usually are either present day or near future/near past, not derivating much from reality, with the exception of some single fantastical element.
If that's not the most convoluted description ever, someone pinch me.
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Hard to categorize my writing, but it mainly stays with Fantasy, Superheroes, Sci-Fi, and a little life humor. . . if you like that sort of thing.
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SF (usually more space opera than "hard" SF) Fantasy Historical Fantasy Metafiction Angsty Poetry Posts: 20 | Registered: Apr 2007
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it is ammazing what you come up with for writing when you are riding as the 50 gunner for an RG31 and you see how underdeveloped a 3rd world country is. it brings grnd ideas. most of what i write is scifi i tried some fanticy. befor the army i got my ideas from drinking and smoking the refer. no more do i do that. my PLT is curently writing a movie about ourselves staring a shi@ tun of famous actors. more as that develops
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Glad to see a lot of writers in the genres I like looking around for boards, I was worried everyone would be writing traditional fiction, chick lit, etc....not my alley at all!
Up until high school, I was a sci-fi geek. In high school, I transitioned to fantasy and wrote Legend of Zelda fanfiction. Then I had an idea for a realistic type of superhero story (along the lines of the X-men movies :P although I finished my rough draft before those started coming out). That one turned into a 185,000 word novel that I'm now submitting.
I've got ideas for a reversed Twilight Princess x Anne Bishop fantasy story though if Judgment (the superhero one) takes off, I'd love to submit the fantasy story as a video game design.
Just finished outlining a graphic novel about the line between reality and hallucination / what defines a monster. It's done in a series of panels where the text flows into the image flows back into the text along with primary evidence (journal entries, photographs, police reports, etc).
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Ah, ZellieBerraine, another brought up from the ranks of fanfiction. I like those success stories. Your concept of a graphic novel sounds cool. Have you read 'The Raw Shark Texts'? It's a prose novel most of the time, but incorporates what sounds like what you're doing.
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I used to be able to reply with a firm claim of fantasy as my genre, but lately ideas outside of that sphere have presented themselves. I still believe that ultimately my main projects will be low fantasy, but soft science fiction, historical fiction, and normal fiction are also in my line of interest.
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I'd say I write mainly sci-fi, I dabble with fantasy and am currently toying with some alternative period/historical fiction.
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I stumbled into superhero stories last year and they are Way Too Much Fun. They came out of watching the Incredibles and Spiderman, pretty much, but now I'm trying to educate myself in the longer tradition of comics and such.
I've been writing primarily "high" fantasy for a long time. I'm branching out into urban fantasy, another thing I stumbled into when trying to write a sci-fi that turned Not on me.
I love YA fiction in many forms. I hope to contribute to the great pool of literature out there for young people, and have the cash to support other people writing it by actually buying the books rather than denuding the library.
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Is there such a thing as fantasy with a psycho-semantic edge? Or is that just contemporary fantasy?
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