tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-703407003551541113.post7564019312756943681..comments2023-05-14T16:42:37.980+01:00Comments on Spoilers and Nuts: Why I like Fantasy, or, Location, Location, LocationQuiguihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05602742240626521732noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-703407003551541113.post-23930615967539677452011-05-11T20:20:24.294+01:002011-05-11T20:20:24.294+01:00@p7
You do have a point, with a real setting if th...@p7<br />You do have a point, with a real setting if there is something missing in the book, we can always check a travel guide. I just preferred if there was no need for a travel guide. (Also you made perfect sense :D)<br /><br />@Ana<br />I also hope the author will guide me through the place when I start a book. But I have this notion (maybe wrong) than when it's in an imaginary world, the author has no choice but to do so.<br /><br />Also, maps and no descriptions are a no-no for me. Be it in any genre.<br /><br />As much as I love my country (warts and all) and hope fantasy really kicks in, I am still a bit wary of the things written in Portuguese. I've read good thing, but I've also read bad ones and I guess it put me off a bit. But I can see Fantasy definitely happening in Portugal. Porto could have something pretty much like London in Neverwhere. Not old underground stations, but tunnels, lots of tunnels, an hidden city!<br /><br />(I have yet to read one of your stories, I have to check it out)<br /><br />@Jen<br />Mmm... Carlita e o Dalmata Malvado (eu já sugeri isto noutro sitio qualquer?)<br /><br />Anyway, get to work then. Fantasy in Porto, I dare you to write it! (or in Gondomar, if you prefer)Quiguihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05602742240626521732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-703407003551541113.post-68730756858354581662011-05-11T15:46:33.255+01:002011-05-11T15:46:33.255+01:00I'll have to agree with p7 on this. Even thoug...I'll have to agree with p7 on this. Even though most urban fantasies happen in places I've never been too, when I start reading a book (be it urband fantasy, or pure fantasy), I hope the author will guide me through their chosen places. If an urban fantasy authoir doens't give me every detail I need on a cioty, than I won't like the book. Authors can't assume people know the places they're describing, they have to assume they don't, and describe accordingly.<br /><br />Still, too much description can be a bother, so I guess, all in all, equilibrium is the best.<br /><br />But I guess it depends from person to person. Personally I think I'm much more lost, for example, in epic fantasies (where everything is invented), especially when the book comes with a map, and the author never gets to describe things as he should, because he assumes people will just look at the map. That's just lazy!<br /><br />Still, I wish more urban fantasy writers would use our beautiful, beautiful country. It's quite sad if you think that even most portuguese fantasy authors don't use our grounds (I'm a bit guilty of this as well, even though I've used Portugal in a few of my stories). After all, this is a beautiful land, filled with misteries. <br />And to those authors who dare write about Portugal, I always give their books a chance, just for that. :)Ana C. Nuneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08129634263678456267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-703407003551541113.post-73899818572964420562011-05-11T11:39:11.930+01:002011-05-11T11:39:11.930+01:00How curious. One of the reasons I like Urban Fanta...How curious. One of the reasons I like Urban Fantasy is because of the cities. If a book happens in, say, NYC, and since I've never been there, the city is as good as an invented one, because I don't know it. But there are plenty of maps and stuff in the web, so if I don't understand something I have a lot of things available to help me out. The point is, I suck at imagining things, especially when it comes to geography. If a book is Epic Fantasy and there is no map I'll be way lost when I'm reading. So when things happen in a real city I feel more grounded and can relate to the story and the characters. I hope I made sense. ;)p7https://www.blogger.com/profile/18357810281550837502noreply@blogger.com