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Question: What fantasy and/or science fiction audiobooks would you recommend?
Please tell me your favorites so I can listen to them! =)
If possible, I would like a list under categories “fantasy,” “science fiction,” or “both.” A special notification if the title has good music would also be nice – good music is a nice bonus but not a requirement.
As always, thank you for participating and helping out!
Answer:
Answer by marbehraglaim
A great one I listened to was “Spirits in the Wires” by Charles de Lint. It is not necessarily my favorite de Lint book, but the audiobook presentation is one of the best I’ve ever heard. It features two speakers, a male and a female, and they alternate depending on the character’s gender, but they each know how to do a variety of voices and accents.
“Spirits in the Wires” is part of de Lint’s Newford series. Another good book from that series is “The Onion Girl,” which has been recently made into an audiobook, though I haven’t heard it yet. I’m hoping my library will one day carry it, and I may order it from Amazon, if the price goes down.
I am currently listening to the audiobook of Richard Matheson’s “What Dreams May Come,” which is one of my favorite books, and it is about Heaven and Hell. For a more mainstream Matheson title, you might try “I Am Legend,” though I haven’t listened to the audiobook version of it.
Question: What do you think the main difference is in fantasy fiction over adventure fiction?
Once you introduce a paranormal element, is it no longer to be classified as “adventure fiction”? If you know your stuff, please say so. If you want to quess, or even have a strong opinion, you’re welcome to answer, but I especially want to hear from those in the know.
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Answer by MOM KNOWS EVERYTHING
I think a little paranormal element can be contained in adventure fiction, (ESP, ghosts to a limited degree, “possession”) but once you get into truly “unreal” subject matter (dragons, wizards, time travel, the distant future, etc.) it becomes “fantasy” because there isn’t any reality base anymore.
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Question: what’s the difference between “fiction” and “fantasy”?
Answer:
Answer by belle_fuchsia
fantasy is NOT real
fiction COULD be real meaning it’s realistic or real
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please use only the reliable sources. no wikipedia. thank you people!
fantasy fiction: generally speaking. no sub-genres, etc. nada!
good ones.
or adventure books or realistic fiction
someone who has written books recently and wrote more than 10 books. (from 1970 to now)
Of course, fantasy writing is fiction, but with a number of subtle differences, and if it is your desire to writer fictional material it helps greatly to have a genre in mind. The modern generation has grown up with an ever increasing awareness of fantasy, supernatural and otherworldly themes â?? witness the success of World of Warcraft and other such games, the TV prominence of such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and the latter day runaway success of the Twilight series of films â?? and for this reason fantasy is a very popular area of fiction, especially with the young.
Many will tell you that writing fantasy is easier than standard fiction as it involves detaching yourself from reality and indulging in the greater use of imagination; this may be so to an extent, but the danger with fantasy is in getting too far from reality, and allowing your writing to confuse the reader.
Fiction is about telling stories, after all, but the standard genres of contemporary fiction draw on the everyday, the mundane; look at any current best sellers list and you will find many books that also draw on personal experience, or the memoirs and experiences of others â?? this is not possible with fantasy, except up to a certain degree.
One aspect of fantasy that is important to understand is that it should not just be a free for all for the weird and wonderful; much fantasy has its roots in reality, and often draws on the innermost fears of ordinary people. Children believe a monster is under the bed â?? and it is, they find strange lands by stepping through mirrors, they engage with invisible friends and so on. All of these are common themes, but when it comes to outlandish fantasy there is much to be said for reading the masters.
Tolkien took the genre to new heights with the (recently filmed) Lord of the Rings series, a beautiful portrayal of a mysterious world, yet one that was inherently believable â?? as all fantasy should indeed be.
Accurate and interesting drawing of characters and places, all too real depictions of magical acts and more are all part and parcel of the success of fantasy fiction â?? and if that is where your path leads you then reading some well regarded work is a recommended path.
Join a writing club and you will undoubtedly find others who indulge in writing fantasy, go online and you will find many a forum dedicated to the subject; each is worth doing. Try some short scenes, read them to friends and family, and be ready to accept criticism, and you may find you are honing the art of writing fantasy.
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For those of you who have read Tamora Pierce, I want a similar setting to her Tortall stories.
For those who have read tamora pierce, I would like a simliar setting to her tortall world, probably in far south like her short story “Student of Ostriches” with magic ect. (but not called ‘the Gift’, that’s been used far too much)